On Saturday, August 8, from 7-7:30, Cartwheels on the Sky (always the first Saturday of the month) features the poems and process of Chico poet Susan Wooldridge. Susan has held workshops on creative language and process with thousands of adults and children. Her book poemcrazy: freeing your life with words is now in a 32nd printing…
Tune into KZYX&Z’s Be More Now program at 7pm on Thursday, August 5 when host Blake More will interview Diane Frank, editor Fog and Light: San Francisco through the Eyes of the Poets Who Live Here. The show will be a mix of poetry and discussion, with a few of the poet contributors reading their poems. Poets include, Dan Langton, Angie Minkin…
Tune into KZYX&Z’s Be More Now program at 7pm on Thursday, July 1 when host Blake More will interview composer, lyricist, musician Daniel Savio, the musical director of the San Francisco Mime Troupe. They will be talking about the Mime Troupe’s upcoming 62nd seasonal offering…
On Saturday, June 3, from 7-7:30, Cartwheels on the Sky (always the first Saturday of the month) features the poems and process of Mendocino Coast poet Gordon Black. Born in Detroit, Black is a second generation, of Polish background, American. His father was a firefighter, later Battalion Chief, and his mother a social worker and theater director in stage and radio productions, and in his words he “was expected to succeed!â€
Tune into KZYX&Z’s Be More Now program at 7pm on Thursday, June 3 when host Blake More will interview Sound Healing author, teacher, researcher and practitioner David Gibson. They will be discussing vibrational healing and its connection to science, healing, consciousness, nature and the Universe – now and in the future! David Gibson is the founder…
Today’s lesson is about Personification — a figure of speech where non-living objects are described to seem like people. In other words, personification means representing a non-human thing as if it were human. Personification gives human traits and qualities, such as emotions, desires, sensations, gestures and speech, often by way of a metaphor. Examples include: “the leaves …
Tune into KZYX&Z’s Be More Now program at 7pm on Thursday, May 6, when host Blake More will interview author, philanthropist and spiritual teacher J. Jaye Gold, who founded the Center for Cultural & Naturalist Studies, a California non-profit organization that offers disaster relief in the US and works with underprivileged children worldwide. They will be discussing his work…
On Saturday, May 1, from 7-7:30, Cartwheels on the Sky features the poems and process of jazz poet Tony Seymour. His literary career spans nearly five decades, encompassing poetry writing, journalism, academic research and public performances. His collection of over 1,200 poems…
Created just because. This poem pretty much came to me in a single sitting, just as is, at 2am on the night before my featured reading at Sacred Grounds in SF. I always want a new poem when I feature, just so I don’t get bored with myself. Obviously, these thoughts had been brewing for a while, and when I mentioned “Big Daddy Patriarchy” to a friend earlier in the day, we both were like, “this has to be a poem title”, and the rest, shall I say, is history…
A hangout for most of today’s youth, social media is a mixed bag, especially when it comes to the effect of social media on teenagers, those pros and cons are particularly significant. On the plus side, platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat can be lifesavers for teens who feel isolated or marginalized. These groups include LGBTQ teens and teenagers struggling with mental health issues. In addition, researchers have found…
Tune into KZYX&Z’s Be More Now program at 7pm on Thursday, April 1 when host Blake More is honoring Poetry Month by devoting the hour to poetry, but not just to poetry, but to youth poetry – the voice of our future, a voice that the world is not hearing enough of right now. Some poems are brand new, some are a few years old, some you…
On Saturday, March 6, from 7-7:30, Cartwheels on the Sky features the poems and process of Mendocino county poet Peter Lit. Peter was born in 1944, and eventually graduating from UC Berkeley as a political science major in the midst of the Free Speech Movement. He says he missed graduation since…
Tune into KZYX&Z’s Be More Now program at 7pm on Thursday, March 18 when host Blake More will interview host Blake More will interview author, animal rights advocate and veterinary homeopath Jan Allegretti. They will be discussing holistic health care for animals, as well as animal/human wellness and how it relates to…
This week’s Cartwheels on the Sky features the poems and process of Mendocino county poet and current Ukiah Poet Laureate Melissa Eleftherion. Melissa Eleftherion (she/they) is a cis queer human, a writer, a librarian, and a visual artist. She is the author of field guide to autobiography (The Operating System, 2018), & ten chapbooks, including little ditch…
This week’s Cartwheels on the Sky features the poems and process of poet Marylyn Motherbear Scott, who writes memoir, poems, poetic narration, and theatre review. A founding member & editor for the online journal Coreopsis, she is published by Cauldron Press; Bantam Press, Skinner Press, Coreopsis, Green Egg, and WMC Anthologies and regularly features in readings…