On this episode of Inspired Word Café, we sit down with Michael V. Smith, hear a few poems from his collection Bad Ideas, and talk about the magic of poetry. Then, we talk with Inspired Word Café Collective Member (and Board President!) Rikki Bassett about what we’ve been reading this month that’s inspiring us.
Content Warning: Please note that this episode contains references to violence, death, and childhood sexual abuse.
Find Michael at www.michaelvsmith.com
See Michael’s show Have I Told You the One About? at www.youtube.com/michaelvsmith71
We recognize that this podcast is made on the unceded traditional territory of the syilx Okanagan nation. For more information about the Okanagan Nation Alliance at www.syilx.org
This podcast is funded in part by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the City of Kelowna.