Painted Cave by Micki Blenkush
Sunday Morning Lyricality features a weekly song or poem by a Minnesota writer. Micki Blenkush’s “Painted Cave” hints at possible reasons
artists make art.
January 5, 2020
7 ways to read Joyce Sutphen’s Carrying Water to the Field: New and Selected Poems
Joyce Sutphen’s Carrying Water to the Field: New and Selected Poems, is a read that offers great pleasure and solace. As encouragement to spend time in the company of this beautiful book, here are 7 ways to read Joyce Sutphen’s Carrying Water to the Field
January 3, 2020
Why “Read Poetry Central Minnesota 2020” is NOT a competition
Is “Read Poetry Central Minnesota 2020″ a competition? Good grief—no! Lyricality is working is to honor all poets and all forms of poetry, not to make hierarchies and create ranks.
January 1, 2020
[a door asks you to live] by Betsy Johnson
Welcome to Sunday Morning Lyricality, featuring a weekly song or poem by a Minnesota writer. Poetry can sometimes be like an incantation, calling us to be our better selves. You might
December 29, 2019
7 Reasons to Read Katelynn Hibbard’s 3rd Collection of Poems, “Simples”
Simples by KateLynn Hibbard, one of five finalist books for Lyricality’s “Read Poetry Central Minnesota 2020” program. If you like to read history with a women’s studies point of view, if you like imaginative fact-based stories with a core of emotional truth, you’ll likely find something in this book to love.
December 27, 2019
Constellations by Nicole Borg
Welcome to Sunday Morning Lyricality, featuring a weekly song or poem by a Minnesota writer. Have you ever wondered what your place in the universe is, or means? This poem gazes
December 22, 2019
The 5 finalist books for “Read Poetry Central Minnesota 2020”
Paige Riehl, whose book Suspension was selected by Lyricality in April 2019, has chosen these five books as suitable to Lyricality’s “Read Poetry” program goal of stimulating meaningful discussions among readers throughout central Minnesota ’s Great River Regional Library system.
December 19, 2019
Poetry as a Stage for Dialogue: Abdi Mahad and Hudda Ibrahim on Embodied History and the Poetry of Somali
Abdi Mahad is a poet, editor, and instructor. His wife, Hudda Ibrahim, is an author, founder and president of Filsan Talent Partners and faulty member of SCTCC. In a conversation with Tracy Rittmueller, director of Lyricality. they consider how poetry might heal people and communities.
December 15, 2019
Riches by Charles Wm. Preble
Welcome to Sunday Morning Lyricality, featuring a weekly song or poem by a Minnesota writer. “Riches” by Charles Wm. Preble is a contemplative poem surrounded by watchful, waiting silence. “Behold,” says
December 15, 2019
on the bayou by Mark Conway
Sunday Morning Lyricality for December 8, 2019 features “on the bayou” by Mark Conway, from his book rivers of the driftless region, published by Four Way Books.
December 8, 2019
“100 ways to make everything okay”: TJ Larum on how to make our insignificance, significant
TJ Larum is a behavior analyst who works in Waite Park, Minnesota, providing therapy for children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, mostly 4 and 5 year olds. He is also a drummer and a songwriter, striving to create a culture in central Minnesota where everyone feels connected to their creativity, either as a maker of a creative product, or an appreciator of what is made in their community.
December 3, 2019
In My Darkest Hours by Mary Willette Hughes
Sunday Morning Lyricality presents “In My Darkest Hours” by Mary Willette Hughes.
December 1, 2019
Can We Create a Culture of Belonging? Karl Johnson on Spoken Word, Self Expression and Connection
Karl Johnson is a regular performer in the central Minnesota spoken word community, where poetry been helping him speak his truth and tell his story.
November 26, 2019
Why Lyricality chose Paige Riehl’s SUSPENSION to launch “Read Poetry Central Minnesota”
Why we chose Suspension by Paige Riehl Muriel Rukeyser, in her 1949 book of essays, The Life of Poetry, tells us contemporary poetry is important, especially in a climate of
November 24, 2019
Poet & Writer Mara Faulkner on the Humble Practice of Questioning Our Own Ideas
Mara Faulkner is a poet, literature and writing instructor, and author of the book Going Blind: A Memoir. In her essay “Memoir’s Arrogant I/Eye and How to Teach It Humility,” Mara Faulkner questions the purpose of writing and publishing contemporary memoir.
November 19, 2019
Measured Words: Brendan D. King on Poetry’s Graceful Power to Thwart Tyranny
Brendan D. King brings his knowledge of poetic forms together with his understanding of history, culture, and several languages, to access the ancient power of incantatory language. He is a man with a far-reaching, wide-ranging mind, who brings honed passion to his poetry.
November 12, 2019
Songwriter / Poet Juliana Howard on the truth of signs, and the lifelong task of moving on
Juliana Howard is a songwriter and poet living living in St. Joseph, MN. Her poetry practice and her spiritual practices (which often overlap) are helping her face the vulnerabilities created by aging, a process she refers to as unraveling and undoing.
November 5, 2019
The Mapmaker’s Dream: Bill Meissner on measuring the world precisely, to establish connection between us
Bill Meissner talks with Lyricality’s Tracy Rittmueller about his latest book, The Mapmaker’s Dream, and the ways poetry connects us.
October 29, 2019
The Recovery of Simplicity: Songwriter Adam Hammer on “The Love You Take”
For Adam Hammer, songwriting is necessary because he simply cannot not do it. Although his recently released single “The Love You Take” is finding significant airplay on Minnesota’s public and independent radio stations, and that’s exhilarating, of course, success or popularity is not what drives him to write. “Songwriting is just something I can’t seem to put down,” he said.
October 22, 2019
The Knowledge and Mystery of Truth: Delores Dufner on Words that Want to be Said
There’s a truth out there, a reality that wants to be expressed.Delores Dufner, OSB “The soul wants heart knowledge, a felt sense of the truth that we register not just
October 15, 2019
Alt-Lit: #instagrampoets Benjamin Aleshire, Pavana Reddy, and Atticus, and the Democratization of Poetry
Poems are like atomic particles with latent power. Tracy Rittmueller In the history of human culture, poetry is an important, primary experience. Maria Popova calls poetry an “adrenalizing force.” Poetry,
October 10, 2019
How to Survive Tragedy: Button Poets Rudy Francisco, Blythe Baird and Sarah Kay offer words to build hope
Spoken Word performers lift poems off the page and breathe them into the air between us in a way that can turn the wreckage of our tragedies into a celebration.
October 8, 2019
Poetry 101: What is literary poetry?
For some people, there is only Poetry (too often pronounced with a capital P and a snobbish, breathy accent), and everything that fails to meet their rigorous standards is NOT Poetry, is
September 4, 2019
6 Songs that work like Good Poems
Not convinced that song lyrics can be poetry? Minnesota’s own Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize in Literature—doesn’t that settle it? While not all song lyrics are lyrical, when, by
September 1, 2019