Abstract Poetry

Abstract Essay, now in its sixth season, features Chester J Delagneau as my guest sharing thought-provoking perspectives, personal insights, and meaningful reflections on creativity, life experiences, human understanding, and the deeper ideas that shape personal and professional growth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Abstract Essay, now in its sixth season, features Katherine Staycova as my guest, bringing a thoughtful and engaging presence to the show. In this episode, we explore her unique perspective, the ideas that shape her work, and the experiences that have influenced her journey. Katherine offers insight that is both reflective and forward-thinking, inviting listeners to consider deeper questions about creativity, purpose, and the evolving landscape of human thought. Through a rich and meaningful conversation, she shares not only her professional expertise but also the personal philosophies that guide her, making this episode both intellectually stimulating and genuinely relatable. This discussion captures the essence of Abstract Essay—where ideas are unpacked, stories are explored, and listeners are encouraged to think beyond the surface. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Abstract Poetry, in its second season, features It’s a short line of night, where waves rewrite the sand faster than you can name what you saw — a contemplative exploration of fleeting moments, shifting emotions, and the quiet poetry of the unseen. Like waves that erase footprints before they are fully understood, this episode reflects on how memories, feelings, and thoughts come and go, leaving only echoes behind. Through imagery of night, water, and silence, it invites listeners to embrace impermanence, find beauty in passing moments, and discover meaning in the spaces where reflection and imagination meet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Have you been craving something... aberrant? Title Goes Here is a foolish adventure via a collection of curious stories and unusual styles. Through your journey, you will follow a fool's path to exile, hear from presidential candidate Sally McBride, and even learn how to be invisible. First on your itinerary is a section of existential poetry that includes a sobering look at the true cost of watches and war. Next are five short stories that range from mildly funny to so abjectly bleak they warrant a trigger warning. Lastly, you are walked through original spells that provide an eclectic viewpoint of magical concepts such as summonings, immortality and the aforementioned invisibility in a surprisingly applicable and practical manner. Together, your expedition is one of disillusionment. It is my hope that you will be a more foolish person after having read Title Goes Here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeffrey Bone Dr. Jeffrey Bone is a chronic illness mentor, living with Common Variable Immune Deficiency, podcast host, and author of two collections of poetry, coloring books, and a chronic illness journal. For more than two decades, Jeff has worked as a mental health specialist helping people navigate the emotional terrain of chronic pain and illness. Day after day he sat with clients whose bodies had betrayed them, people trying to build meaningful lives in bodies that would not cooperate. He helped them face fear, uncertainty, grief, and the quiet loneliness that often comes with long-term illness. Then life asked him to walk the same road. Jeff lives with Common Variable Immune Deficiency, a rare immune disorder that requires ongoing treatment and brings the same fatigue, uncertainty, and physical limitations that many of his patients face. Suddenly the theories were no longer just ideas discussed in a therapy room. What do you do when your body stops being reliable. How do you build a life when health is uncertain. How do you keep meaning when plans collapse. Instead of stepping away from the work, Jeff stepped deeper into it. He began writing poetry to give shape to experiences that medicine could not fix. He wrote guided meditations for people lying awake with pain. He created conversations about the psychological reality of chronic illness that rarely get talked about openly. His work blends existential psychology, acceptance based therapies, and the raw honesty that comes from living inside the problem rather than observing it from the outside. Today Jeff shares those ideas through books, guided meditations, and his podcast, helping people understand that chronic illness is not only a medical experience. It is an existential one. It raises questions about identity, meaning, isolation, freedom, and how to build a life when the body is no longer predictable. On a podcast, Jeff brings a rare perspective. He is both the mental health specialist and the patient. He understands the science of pain and the philosophy of suffering, but he also knows what it feels like to sit in the infusion chair, to face uncertainty about the future, and to rebuild a life around new limits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Katerina Stoykova Poet, Writer, Teacher, Editor, Translator, Publisher.... Promoter of books and connector of cultures. Katerina Stoykova is a bilingual poet living in Kentucky and is the author of Between a Bird Cage and a Bird House (University Press of Kentucky, 2024) and The Poet's Guide to Publishing: How to Conceive, Arrange, Edit, Publish and Market a Book of Poetry (McFarland, 2024). Katerina is the founder and senior editor of Accents Publishing, as well as the creator of the Accents podcast on WUKY. Katerina served as the 2023-2024 Director of the Kentucky Book Festival, as well as the Director for the Center for the Book in Kentucky and is the 2025-2026 President of the Kentucky State Poetry Society. Katerina grew up in communist Bulgaria and immigrated to the USA where she received three masters degrees, worked as a software engineer and project manager for high tech companies until one day she quit and started her own publishing company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Autumn Williams Autumn Williams Poetry Poet Autumn Williams explores human experiences of time, loss, and dreams in her Kirkus-praised, #1 Best Selling poetry collection "Clouds on the Ground". Through accessible free-verse and natural imagery, her work invites readers to find comfort in life's challenging seasons. Willams also earned a finalist spot in The Wishing Shelf book awards, has had her poems featured in multiple publications, and is the author of the chapbook "WAVES. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Karina Pen Name K. K. Biernath It is never too late to rediscover yourself and become the person you were always meant to be! Karina, who writes under the pen name K. K. Biernath, is a Polish-born author, poet, and speaker whose work focuses on vulnerability, courage, and the inner and landscapes of women's lives. Now living in Pennsylvania, she draws inspiration from her personal journey—including motherhood and raising children with special needs. She recently published her first book, a memoir, Karina: One Woman's Journey from Fear to Freedom. She wrote this book with her children in mind, to tell them, and others, through the book and her words, that anything is possible in life. You can be whoever you want to be. Do whatever you want to do. Live however and wherever you want to. She lived a life she thought she was supposed to. Career, marriage, family, and success—but inside, she was lost. Her body began to break down, and that was the wake-up call she couldn’t ignore. She then came to realize that her very own thoughts were making her sick. And if her thoughts could make her ill, then Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The rich, unique flavor of all that is Jamaican comes alive in these heartfelt, entertaining poems. Through imagery, sound, rhythm and rhyme your senses will awaken to the enchanting characteristics of the land, its people, and its culture. Poems written in English in the first portion of the book blend seamlessly with those written in Patois (Patwah/Patwa) to capture the essence of this beloved Caribbean island. It makes a perfect gift for yourself or a loved one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mickie Kennedy Award winning gay poet writing about childhood trauma, mental illness, survival, and healing. Mickie Kennedy is a gay poet whose life spans three distinct chapters that resonate deeply with listeners. A violent childhood marked by silence and fear. An adolescence shaped by the AIDS crisis, where desire and danger were inseparable. And a present grounded in reflection, healing, and survival. He doesn’t speak as an expert offering solutions. He speaks as someone who lived through it and learned how to name it later. What makes Mickie a strong podcast guest is his ability to talk about trauma without turning it into spectacle. He understands how to hold difficult material with care, humor, and clarity, making space for listeners who may recognize their own histories in his. His conversations often open into discussions about memory, masculinity, queerness, family systems, and what healing actually looks like over decades, not months. Hosts who book Mickie get a guest who is thoughtful, emotionally literate, and grounded. He respects the audience, honors boundaries, and knows how to tell a story that invites listeners in rather than overwhelms them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From her amazingly visceral opening of Let There Be Light to her final haunting echo in the book’s epilogue, Burnell’s voice jumps off the page, much like a microphone-wielding circus MC standing centre ring. [Usurper Kings is] a work of breathtakingly beautiful discovery." Kevin Hogan Sapha Burnell’s stellar poetry collection inspects the feminine through time. From act I’s genesis and the search for meaning within the hunter gatherer mindset, to the existential singularity of a transhumanist future, Usurper Kings is a mind bending cerebral and emotionally rebellious series of poems. Infinitely feminine, mighty and sometimes rebellious, the essence of Usurper Kings is the search to remember feminine might and discover the power to take it back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices