Poems for the Moment

Prairie Public

Prairie Public asked ten North Dakota writers to select one of their poems to serve as a commentary on the current point in history. Poems for the Moment is a broadcast and podcast series and funded by a grant from the ND Humanities Council.

  1. 04/23/2021

    Poetry Month Compilation - Poems for the Moment + Poetry Out Loud

    "Poems for the Moment" is a series of short pieces -- poems by North Dakota poets that we invited to share poems reflecting the current moment -- some of them newly written, some poems they already had that were appropriate. Two Poet Laureates (Larry Woiwode of North Dakota and Debra Marquart of Iowa) are among the eleven poets who share their works. They are gathered together here.

  2. 03/22/2021

    Debra Marquart: Winter Amaranth and Barbara Crow

    [Scroll down for the text of the poems]

  3. 03/10/2021

    ShaunAnne Tangney "For Jacob Who Has Covid"

    Scroll down for the text of the poem.

  4. 03/03/2021

    Emily Vieweg "I'll Read Poems by the Pomegranates"

    Text of the poem is below.

  5. 03/03/2021

    Larry Woiwode "20", "Covid 1918", "When I Rise Up"

    Larry Woiwode is North Dakota's Poet Laureate. From his celebrated novel "Beyond the Bedroom Wall" through his publication in top national literary magazines, his prose and poetry have continually drawn appreciation and awards.

  6. 03/03/2021

    Warren Sturlaugson "Dear Coronavirus"

    Larry Woiwode (North Dakota's Poet Laureate) says : "Warren Sturlaugson's poetry is direct, uncluttered, infused with dimensional faith, and a full-bodied sense of humor and genial wit, along with graphic representations of North Dakotans' views on weather, the surrounding atmosphere and Dakotans' general state of mind". Warren is the author of two poetry collections, "Braiding Frayed Air" and "The Brightening Atmosphere", available at Amazon.com.

  7. 03/02/2021

    Shadd Piehl -- "Masks"

    A fifth-generation North Dakotan, Shadd Piehl’s poetry has appeared in the anthologies, Between Earth and Sky: Contemporary Cowboy Poets, Maverick Western Verse, Brushstrokes and Balladeers, and the magazines Aluminum Canoe, Pemmican, Red Weather, and Dry Crik Review, among others. A private investigator and adjunct English instructor, Shadd lives along Crown Butte Creek in the Heart River valley west of Mandan with his family.

  8. 03/01/2021

    Emily Vieweg "The First Friday in June"

    Text of the poem is below.

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Prairie Public asked ten North Dakota writers to select one of their poems to serve as a commentary on the current point in history. Poems for the Moment is a broadcast and podcast series and funded by a grant from the ND Humanities Council.

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