Poetry

Nina Farley and her family were McIntosh County pioneers, having moved from Michigan in 1887. In 1891 she married John Wishek, a lawyer, banker, and politician. He was also a partner in Wishek and Lilly, a land office, which helped pioneers file homesteads. Nina and John came to be known as “Mother” and “Father” Wishek.

Associate Poet Laureate of North Dakota Madelyn Camrud returns to The Great American Folk Show to share two news poems and talk to Tom about her creative process.

Read by Keith Schweigert and Dawn Gunderson

Denise Lajimodiere does poems from her book. Each poem is paired with a new music composition. A drum group plays for a jingle dress dance.

Hear North Dakota Associate Poet Laureate Bonnie Larson Staiger read from her new collection of poetry, "In Plains Sight," and answer audience questions at a poetry reading at The Capital Gallery in Bismarck.

"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…

Sunday, April 25, at 5pm:Poems for the Moment is a series of short pieces — poems by North Dakota poets that we invited to share poems reflecting the…

Since 1987, cowboy poets have met at the Dakota Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Medora, North Dakota. This year, the gathering is celebrating its 35th…