George Bilgere
poetry & readings
Wordplay Podcast
Current Show
“Solstice Tree”
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As the World Turns
Wordplay cohost John Donoghue lights up a Solstice Tree on his porch every December 21 — the shortest day of the year. It will remain there until June 21 — the longest day of the year.
Wordplay — the Sound of Poetry
For the last 18 years the popular Wordplay poetry broadcast has aired weekly on Cleveland’s WJCU FM radio to a wide audience of poetry lovers. For thirty minutes hosts George Bilgere and John Donoghue — both of them poets themselves — read contemporary poems by writers like Billy Collins, Dorianne Laux, Seamus Heaney, Naomi Shihab Nye, Tony Hoagland, and Ross Gay. They banter about poetry, argue about it, have a lot of laughs, and generally give each other a hard time.
Previous Shows
“Christmas Light”
“Carp Gallbladders”
“Orpheus”
“Talking Dogs”
“Somebody Worse”
“Colonoscopy”
“The Present”
“Pilcrow”
“Parkersburg”
“It’s Beginning to Feel Like Fall”
“Our Poems”
“Dear Superman”
“Willy Loman”
“Unproductive”
“Hidden Poems”
“Change Your Life”
“Astounding.”
“Tony Hoagland Tribute”
“New Thing”
“Fourth of July”
“Road Trip”
“Friendship”
“Our Own Poems”
“Memorial Day”
“Monsoon”
“Sunshine”
“Cult”
“Birdsong”
“Easter”