The Beat

Series produced by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota

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A daily reminder that, in Minnesota poetry matters, and Minnesota poets prove that every day.

This series features short poems by writers that have some connection to Minnesota. Some of these poets are alive, some are not. Some are well known, some are not.

Programming is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.


852 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
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Dylan Rundell is an eighth grader at Schoolcraft Learning Community. He makes the best newyork cheesecake you've ever tasted, sometimes he even bri...

  • Added: May 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:10
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Louis Saxton a sixth grader at School Craft Learning Community only recently started writing poetry. At home he enjoys sitting in the woods by hims...

  • Added: May 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:14
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Robert Jevne lives, works, and talks about himself in the third person in the greater Jacobson area. This manner of speaking is most likely an outg...

  • Added: May 29, 2014
  • Length: 02:03
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Louise Fouqerel-Skoe is a sixth grader and has attended Schoolcraft Learning Community since kindergarten. She likes to write and act and has a spe...

  • Added: May 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:43
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Farhia Omar is a Minneapolis based artist who was born in Somalia. When she isn't writing poetry and stories she's designing jewelry. The Beat is...

  • Added: May 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:42
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Morgan Douglas is a seventh grader at Schoolcraft. She's an avid reader whenever she has a spare moment between assignments she's reading. She like...

  • Added: May 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:24
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Isaac Treuer is a seventh grader at Schoolcraft, he especially likes to do traditional seasonal outdoor activities such as hunting and wildricing w...

  • Added: May 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:11
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Ryan Vine is a Duluth poet. He is a Professor of English at the College of St. Scholastica. And Ryan Vine has been widely published including in su...

  • Added: May 29, 2014
  • Length: 02:07
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AnnaMae Sovick's first graders at Schoolcraft Learning Community spent a semester learning all about food and why people eat what they eat. Then th...

  • Added: May 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:24
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Erin Lynn Marsh has been published in Sugarhouse Review, Post Road Magazine, and Paper Darts. She holds an MFA from Lesley University in Boston, is...

  • Added: May 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:33
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AnnaMae Sovick's first graders at Schoolcraft Learning Community spent a semester learning all about food and why people eat what they eat. Then th...

  • Added: May 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:39
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AnnaMae Sovick's first graders at Schoolcraft Learning Community spent a semester learning all about food and why people eat what they eat. Then th...

  • Added: May 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:31
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Ben Westlie graduated from Bemidji State University in 2006 with a BFA in Creative and Professional Writing. He's published three chapbooks of poet...

  • Added: May 29, 2014
  • Length: 02:00
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Sonya Kosler is a poet who lives in Dent, Minnesota. She belongs to the Lakes Area Story Guild, the National Storytelling Network, and the Northlan...

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  • Added: May 14, 2014
  • Length: 02:16
  • Purchases: 1
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AnnaMae Sovick's first graders at Schoolcraft Learning Community spent a semester learning all about food and why people eat what they eat. Then th...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 14, 2014
  • Length: 01:44
  • Purchases: 1
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AnnaMae Sovick's first graders at Schoolcraft Learning Community spent a semester learning all about food and why people eat what they eat. Then th...

  • Added: May 14, 2014
  • Length: 01:38
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AnnaMae Sovick's first graders at Schoolcraft Learning Community spent a semester learning all about food and why people eat what they eat. Then th...

  • Added: May 14, 2014
  • Length: 01:24
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Teresa Evangeline spends her days on a little piece of land along the Pine River observing and experiencing the beauty of the world. Then, through...

  • Added: May 14, 2014
  • Length: 01:51
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AnnaMae Sovick's first graders at Schoolcraft Learning Community spent a semester learning all about food and why people eat what they eat. Then th...

  • Added: May 14, 2014
  • Length: 01:29
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Joyce Sutphen is Minnesota's Poet Laureate. Here Joyce Sutphen recites her poem, "The Scythe." The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Minnesota poet...

  • Added: May 14, 2014
  • Length: 01:43