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Airs at 1:20 p.m. on Classical 91.5; at 2:04 p.m. on AM 1370; and at 9:20 a.m. on Different RadioWXXI celebrates poets and their words during the month of April, which is National Poetry Month. Once again this year, we will have a special series of Poetry Moments, created in collaboration with Rochester-based BOA Editions, celebrating more than 40 years of independent publishing.These WXXI/BOA Poetry Moments are an annual celebration. Our 2017 Poetry Moments are available here, and our 2018 Poetry Moments are available here.

Various Rains

Deborah Brown
Deborah Brown

“Various Rains” from The Human Half by Deborah Brown
Read by Peter Conners

Deborah Brown is the author of The Human Half (BOA Editions, 2019) and Walking the Dog’s Shadow (BOA, 2009), winner of the A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize and a New Hampshire Literary Award. She lives in Warner, NH.

WXXI Poetry Moments are created in collaboration with Rochester-based BOA Editions, in celebration of National Poetry Month.