Kari GunterSeymour first appeared on Rattlecast 48 and was interviewed in our Appalachian Poets issue. She is the current Poet Laureate of Ohio and just published a new book of poems, Dirt Songs. Her previous poetry collections include Alone in the House of My Heart and A Place So Deep Inside America It Can’t Be Seen, winner of the 2020 Ohio Poet of the Year Award. A ninthgeneration Appalachian, she is the editor of I Thought I Heard A Cardinal Sing: Ohio’s Appalachian Voices, funded by the Academy of American Poets and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Women of Appalachia Project’s anthology series Women Speak.

For more on Kari, visit her website:
https://www.karigunterseymourpoet.com/

As always, we'll also include the live Prompt Lines for responses to our weekly prompt. A Zoom link will be provided in the chat window during the show before that segment begins.

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This Week’s Prompt:
Write a traditional ghazal that references at least one other poet. When submitting, please include the name of the poets referenced in the submission note.

Next Week's Prompt:
Write journalistic poem that explores the sensory details of where you live.

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0:00 Welcome
1:30 Nina Peláez, “Prayer After Iconoclasm”
7:28 Featured Guest: Kari GunterSeymour
1:15:40 Prompt Poet of the Month: Dick Westheimer
1:24:15 Prompt Lines
2:44:30 Sciku, Next Week's Prompt & Guest