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Upcoming Broadcasts:

August 2010 Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday August 22nd, 2010 ~ 2:00 pm (pacific)
Join our monthly open reading. Tune in to hear poets from all over the world read their work and/or call in and read one of your poems. There are no content or style restrictions. We'd love to hear your poem! Hosted monthly by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert.

Archived Shows: (Click here to listen to these archived shows or use the player on the right just below.)

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Chat with 2010 Poetry Contest Judges
Sunday July 18th, 2010
Listen in to our conversation with the 2010 Poetry Contest Judges to learn what they look for when they are scoring your contest entry poems. Rick Lupert was on hand filling in the details regarding how the contest is run, the rules, the entry guidelines etc. If you're considering entering the contest, this is a great opportunity for you to learn directly from the contest judges valuable insights to help you do well in the contest!

June 2010 Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday June 13th, 2010
Great show this month featured callers from Vancouver, BC, Canada, Sonoma, CA, Lake Wells, FL, Newark, NJ, Los Angeles, CA, Columbos, OH and Valley Center, OH. Lots of information about Russian dogs in space as well.

May 2010 Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday May 16th, 2010
Our May 2010 show featured callers from Lake Wells, FL, Newark, NJ, Columbus, OH, British Columbia, Canada, Desert Hot Springs, CA, South East, Idaho and Central Florida.

April 2010 Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday April 11th, 2010
The April 2010 PSH Live Open Reading featured poets from Canada, Washington, DC, Newark, NJ (of course), Desert Hot Springs, CA, Long Beach, CA and Los Angeles, CA, along with a spoken word track from Columbus, OH in absentia. Click the link above to listen!

March 2010 Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday March 7th, 2010
The March 2010 PSH Live Open Reading begin with an impromptu poem from Dracula from beyond this mortal world, as well as callers from Laguna Hills, CA, Lake Wells, FL, Valley Center, CA, Columbus, OH, Newark, NJ, and Elkins Park, PA. We won't blame you if you tune out after the impression of Arnold Schwarzenegger from one of our callers. (listen)

February 2010 Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday February 7th, 2010
The February 2010 PSH Live Open Reading featured poets from Newark, NJ, Desert Hot Springs, CA Colombus, OH, Lake Wells, FL, Santa Barbara, CA, Valley Center, CA, Birmingham, AL, North Hollywood, CA and Sonoma, CA. (listen)

January 2010 Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday January 10th, 2010
Our January 2010 Show featured poets from Newark, NJ, Eska, MN and Portland Oregon, plus a lot of crazy talk about the weather. (listen)

December 2009 Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday December 6th, 2009
Our December 2009 Show featured poets from Orange County, CA, Newark, NJ, Sioux St. Marie, Canada, Columbus, OH, Columbia, SC, New South Wales, Australia, Santa Monica, CA, Birmingham, AL and Saskatchewan, Canada. (listen)

Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday November 1, 2009
The November 2009 open reading featured Jim Knowles from Andover, MA reading his poem that won the 2009 Poetry Super Highway Poetry contest and a non-stop lineup of callers from Colombus, OH, Newark, NJ, Laguna Hills, CA, Orlando, FL, Birmingham, AL, Daytona Beach, FL, Santa Monica, CA and Woodland Hills, CA.

2009 Poetry Contest Winners Announcement
Sunday October 4th, 2009
We announced the winners of the 2009 Poetry Super Highway Poetry Contest in this live broadcast first! A few of our top ten scoring poets were on hand to read their poems and the show began with comments from all three contest judges. Read the poems online at http://PoetrySuperHighway.com/PoetLinks.html and listen to this archived broadcast to hear the announcement and some of the top scoring poems read live.

Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday September 6, 2009
Ignore the couple of minutes of silence at the beginning of the show while I Was realizing my microphone wasn't properly plugged in and enjoy the poetry from Columbus, OH, Newark, NJ, Lake Wells, FL, Valley Center, CA, Los Angeles, CA, Sonoma, CA and a new caller from Philadelphia, PA.

Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday August 9, 2009
Our August 2009 open reading featured poets from Newark, NJ, Columbus, OH, Valley Center, CA, Maywood, CA, Orange County, CA West Hollywood, CA and Birmingham, Alabama.

Chat with 2009 Poetry Contest Judges
Sunday July 12, 2009
Listen in to a conversation with the 2009 Poetry Contest Judges to learn what they look for when they are scoring your contest entry poems. Rick Lupert was also on hand to answer any questions regarding how the contest is run, the rules, the entry guidelines etc.

Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday June 14, 2009
Our June 2009 open reading featured poets from Colombus, OH, Poland,OH, Seattle, WA, Newark, NJ, Valley Center, CA, Trayfee, CA, West Hollywood, CA and Ardmore, PA and a fascinating section of silence when I briefly disconnected myself from the broadcast. Otherwise a very packed show with lots of good poetry.

Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday May 17, 2009
Our May 2009 open reading featured poets from Hudson Valley, NY and Lake Wells Florida, including a lengthy conversation with Michael Bernard from Montgomery, NY about self publishing, art and almost everything related to poetry under the sun.

Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday April 19, 2009
Our April 2009 open reading featured many poets reading from our annual Yom Hashoah issue (available online here) as well as others. A packed one hour of poetry including our first every caller from a listener in Sweden! (As well as, California, Maine, Ohio, Florida and New York.)

A Poet's Virtual Seder (Parts 1 and 2)
Sunday March 22, 2009 ~ 2:00 pm (pacific)!
Join Rick Lupert and poets from "A Poet's Haggadah" as original work is used to reinterpret the the themes from the traditional Passover Haggadah in this unique, virtual Passover Event. This is a 2 part show. Visit http://www.poetseder.com/ for more information about the "A Poet's Haggadah" anthology.

Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday March 8, 2009 ~ 2:00 pm (pacific)
Our March 2009 open reading featured poets from Santa Monica, CA, Valley City, CA, Lake Wells, FL, Seattle, WA, Florence, OR, Sonoma, CA and Colombus, OH.

Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday February 1, 2009 ~ 2:00 pm (pacific)
Our February 2009 open reading featured poets from The Bronx and New York City, NY, Valley Center and Arroyo Grande, CA, Brimingham, AL, Columbos, OH and Pughkeepsie, NY. We also heard information about The California Poets in the Schools Program, the Poets on the Hudson group and the Columbos, Ohio poetry scene. Listen to this show in the archive!

Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday January 4, 2009 ~ 2:00 pm (pacific)
Our January 2009 open reading featured a spoken word track from Richard Lynch and live callers from Oakland, CA, Washington, DC, Calabasas, CA, Sonoma, CA, Toluca Lake, CA and Poughkeepsie, NY.

Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday December 7, 2008 ~ 2:00 pm (pacific)
Our December 2008 open reading featured poets from Columbus, OH, Arroyo Grande, CA, East Hampton, CT, Albuquerque, NM, Delray Beach, FL, Valley Center, CA and Birmingham, AL. Listen to the archived edition for some great poetry and in depth conversation with our callers.

Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday November 9, 2008 ~ 2:00 pm (pacific)
Our November 2008 open reading featured poets from London, England (almost), Calabasas, CA, Colombus, OH, Albuquerque, NM, Cambria, CA, Dallas, TX, Birmingham, AL, Studio City, CA Valley Center, CA, Canoga Park, CA Los Alamitos, CA. A Callifornia centric show. Represent!

Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday October 12, 2008 ~ 2:00 pm (pacific)
Our October 2008 open reading featured poets from Boston, MA, Santa Monica, CA, Birmingham, AL, Sonoma, CA and Delrey Beach, FL. Here them all read poetry as well as a more in depth conversation with Doug Holder from Ibbetson Street Press and a good 15 minutes of Rick vamping at the end while he attempted to get the elusive caller from the 205 area code on the air.

PSH Contest Winners Special
Sunday, October 5, 2008, 2:00 pm (pacific)
We announced the winners of the eleventh annual Poetry Super Highway Poetry contest in this special PSH Live event. Several of the top 10 scoring poets were listening and called in to read their poems including first and third place! Listen to L.A. local John Epstein provide the live dramatic drum rolls over the phone as well.

Worldwide Open Reading -
Sunday September 14, 2008 ~ 2:00 pm (pacific)
Our September 2008 open reading featured poets from Delrey Beach, FL, The Central Coast of California, Columbos, Ohio, Hokitika, New Zealand, Sioux St. Marie and Ontario Canada. Listen in to hear great poetry and various comments on aging and the new atom smasher that will soon create black holes that will suck as all in. (Perhaps to a better place.)

Worldwide Open Reading -
Sunday August 10, 2008 ~ 2:00 pm (pacific)
Listen to our August, 2008 open reading featuring poets from Calabasas, CA, Encino, CA, Delray Beach, FL, Columbus, OH, Pipersville, PA, Burbank, CA, Sonoma, CA and Atlanta, GA. Also hear the fascination at the beginning of the show as Rick discovers the buttons to put people on the air weren't working. ;)

2008 Poetry Contest Conversation With the Contest Judges
Sunday July 13, 2:00 pm (pacific)
Listen in to a conversation with the 2008 Poetry Contest Judges to learn what they look for when they are scoring your contest entry poems. Rick Lupert was also on hand to answer any questions regarding how the contest is run, the rules, the entry guidelines etc.

Worldwide Open Reading -
Sunday July 6, 2008 ~ 2:00 pm (pacific)
The July, 2008 edition of our open reading featured readers from Greenville, South Carolina, Miami, Florida, Atlanta, Georgia, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Redlands, California, Selah Washington and Shamesburg, Pennsylvania.

Worldwide Open Reading -
Sunday June 8, 2008 ~ 2:00 pm (pacific)
The June, 2008 edition of our open reading featured readers from East Canton, Ohio, Washington, DC, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Delray Beach, Florida, Ontaro, Canada, Calabasas, California, Tacoma Park, Maryland, Seattle, Washington, Hunterton County, New Jersey, Evenston, Illinois and Los Angeles, California.

Worldwide Open Reading -
Sunday May 4, 2008 ~ 2:00 pm (pacific)
The May, 2008 edition of our open reading featured readers from Cambrilla, CA, Princeton, West Virginia, Augusta, Maine, Calabasas, CA, Birmingham, AL, Long Beach, CA, British Columbia, Canada, Barrington, New Jersey and Del Rey Florida. This show also included several callers whose work appeared in the Poetry Super Highway's Holocaust Remembrance Day issue reading their poems that appeared in that issue. Listen to the show in our archive!

Worldwide Open Reading -
Sunday April 6, 2008 ~ 2:00 pm (pacific)
The April, 2008 edition of our open reading featured readers from Dallas, Austin and Katie, Texas, Los Angeles, Augusta, Maine, Tempe, Arizone, Portland Oregon, Kansas City, Encinitas, California, and Birmingham Alabama. Listen to the show in our archive!

Worldwide Open Reading -
Sunday March 9, 2008 ~ 2:00 pm (pacific)
The March edition of our open reading featured readers from Santa Monica, CA, Valley Center, CA, North Carolina, Augusta, Maine and Portland Oregon. Listen to the show in our archive!

Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday January 13, 2008 ~ 2:00 pm (pacific)
The January edition of our open reading featured callers from Tacoma Park, Maryland, Sioux City, IA (Our first call in regular!), a slew of callers from North Carolina, Valley Center, California and Virginia (D.C. area.) Listen to the show in our archive!

Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday December 16, 2:00 pm (pacific)
Hear poets from Lawrencville, NJ, Sioux City, IA, Birmingham, AL, Chicago, IL and the poet laureate of New Hampshire from Walpo, New Hampshire in the archived edition of our open reading from December of 2007

Poet Violet Monday Interview and Reading
Friday December 14, 3:30 pm (pacific)
Violet Monday will share some insights about her writing and poetry, read some of her published work, and answer caller questions. Cynthia, a journalist and a friend of Violet's, would facilitate Violet's interview.

Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday November 18, 2:00 pm (pacific)
The November, 2007 edition of our monthly open reading which featured readers from Glendale, California; Ontario, Canad; Covales, New Mexico; Eagle Rock, California; and Orlando, Florida.

2007 Poetry Contest Winners Announcement
Sunday October 7, 2:00 pm (pacific)
We announceed the winners here first in the 10th annual Poetry Super Highway Poetry contest. Listen to hear all the statistics...how many people entered, average scores, and all the names of the poets who scored in the top 10 positions. We also had several poets who scored in the top 10 spots call in and share their winning poems after their names were announced. (Also we apologize for the Chorizo story.)

World-Wide Open Reading
Sunday September 23, 2:00 pm (pacific)
An open reading broadcast throughout the universe. Call in and read your poetry. No content or style restrictions. MC'd by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert.

PSH Live Open Reading
Sunday August 5, 2:00 pm (pacific)
Tune in to our first live world-wide open reading. Call in and share a poem or two as well as hear work from recent Poetry Super Highway Poets of the Week. No content or style restrictions. MC'd by Poetry Super Highway's Rick Lupert.

2007 Poetry Contest Conversation With the Contest Judges
Aired: Sunday July 15, 2:00 pm (pacific)
Listen in to a conversation with the 2007 Poetry Contest Judges to learn what they look for when they are scoring your contest entry poems. Rick Lupert was also on hand to answer any questions regarding how the contest was run, the rules, the entry guidelines etc.

Got a show idea?

Poetry Super Highway Live would love to host your reading, interview, contest promotion or other poetry/writing related show. Please e-mail your show idea to Rick@PoetrySuperHighway.com, and we'll take it from there.

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A Man With No Teeth Serves Us Breakfast | I'd Like to Bake Your Goods | Stolen Mummies | Brendan Constantine is My Kind of Town
Up Liberty's Skirt | Feeding Holy Cats | Mowing Fargo
| I'm a Jew, Are You? | Lizard King of the Laundromat | I Am My Own Orange County
Paris: It's The Cheese
| Poetry Super Highway | Judaic Links | Rick's Bookmarks | Cobalt Poets
E-mail Rick
| Other Cool Rick Stuff / Upcoming Readings | Who The Hell Is Rick