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

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The Beat: Sami Szendrey - "The Beach"
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Sami Szendrey is in the sixth grade at North Shore Community School near Duluth. She loves to play soccer, hang out with friends,a nd she reads a l...

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  • Added: Jul 17, 2013
  • Length: 01:52
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The Beat: Casiana Siegle - "My Family"
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Casiana Siegle was adopted by an American family at fourteen months from the country of Kazakhstan. She's now thirteen years old and living in Dulu...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2013
  • Length: 01:19
The Beat: Nora Hubbard - "Beauties of the World"
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Nora Hubbard is a sixth grader at North Shore Community School near Duluth. She started her literary career early when she had a book published at ...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2013
  • Length: 01:54
The Beat: Ahni Johnson-Jennings - "Can I Plant A Mango Seed"
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Ahni Johnson-Jennings is a sixth grader at North Shore Community School near Duluth. She loves to garden, play basketball, and soccer. She's hoping...

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  • Added: Jul 15, 2013
  • Length: 01:12
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The Beat: Louis Jenkins - "Insects"
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Robert Bly refers to Louis Jenkins, poet from Duluth, as the contemporary master of prose poetry. The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Minnesota p...

  • Added: Jul 15, 2013
  • Length: 02:12
The Beat: Iman Mefleh - "January 16th, 2013"
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Iman Mefleh, in her words, is a product of the Minnesota winter wonderland, born in a snowstorm in Minneapolis, and raised in a Lebanese-Scandinavi...

  • Added: Jul 15, 2013
  • Length: 01:15
The Beat: Chris Julson - "My Last Valentine"
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Chris Julson grew up on a farm in South Dakota where he discovered underground radio. Julson played in a touring band. He spent fifteen years engin...

  • Added: Jul 15, 2013
  • Length: 02:55
The Beat: Mike Rollin - "Summer"
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Mike Rollin has worked as a translator, writing instructor, and community organizer. He lives in Minneapolis. The Beat is a daily reminder that, in...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2013
  • Length: 02:41
The Beat: Julia Klatt-Singer - "Mistaken For Stars"
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The Beat daily reminder that, in Minnesota poetry matters, and Minnesota poets prove that every day. Julia Klatt-Singer writes, and paints, and wal...

  • Added: Jul 10, 2013
  • Length: 02:07
The Beat: Louis Jenkins - "Walking Through A Wall"
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Robert Bly refers to Louis Jenkins, poet from Duluth, as the contemporary master of prose poetry. The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Minnesota p...

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  • Added: Jun 27, 2013
  • Length: 02:37
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The Beat: Ellie Schoenfeld - "Chicken Farmer Barbie"
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Ellie Schoenfeld, in her own words, is a poet from Duluth who has never once been a trapeze artist in real life. The Beat daily reminder that, in M...

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  • Added: Jun 27, 2013
  • Length: 02:17
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The Beat: Susan Koefod - "Singed"
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Susan Koefod has published fiction, memoir, and poetry. And she was awarded a 2013 McKnight Artist Fellowship For Writers. She holds an MFA in writ...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2013
  • Length: 02:06
The Beat: Charmaine Donovan - "Introduction To the Plains"
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Charmaine Donovan makes her living as a Chemical Dependency Counselor in the Brainerd area. She's a member of numerous regional and national writer...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2013
  • Length: 02:06
The Beat: Doris Stengel - "Mielke Family Cemetary"
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Doris Stengel grew up on the North Dakota prairie, and then moved to the woods and lakes of Minnesota. She's been a high school teacher and has men...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2013
  • Length: 02:47
The Beat: Louis Jenkins - "Confessional Poem"
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Robert Bly refers to Louis Jenkins, poet from Duluth, as the contemporary master of prose poetry. The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Minnesota p...

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  • Added: Jun 20, 2013
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat: Dallas Crow - "The Holy Order of Fish Handlers"
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Dallas Crow's work has appeared in Tar River Poetry and Poet Lore. His book, "Small, Imperfect Paradise," is due out from Parallel Press this year....

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  • Added: Jun 20, 2013
  • Length: 02:14
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat: Melissa Fletcher - "Dressing Up Like Birds"
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Melissa Fletcher makes her home in the Twin Cities. Her poems and short stories have been published both locally, and nationally. The Beat is a dai...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2013
  • Length: 02:01
The Beat: Ed Dallas - "Hanging On"
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Ed Dallas is a member of The Heartland Poets. His poetry quest is to write perfect Haiku. But, as he says, "Fat chance of that happening." The Beat...

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  • Added: Jun 20, 2013
  • Length: 02:04
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The Beat: Rebecca Dosch Brown - "Skating Both Worlds"
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Rebecca Dosch Brown is a recent Jerome Foundation Travel and Study Grant Awardee, and a Loft Mentor Program Mentee. She's had poems published in Ky...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2013
  • Length: 02:51
The Beat: Gary Lee Joyner - "Mr. and Mrs. Filigree"
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Gary Lee Joyner is a musician, visual artist, and poet from the Twin Cities. The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Minnesota poetry matters, and Mi...

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  • Added: Jun 10, 2013
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 1