Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast

About Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast

The Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast explores the art of poetry through interviews with poets and artists including Safia Elhillo, A.E. Stallings, Dana Gioia, Yanyi, Olivia Gatwood, Lisa Marie Simmons and more. The podcast also features monthly submitted poetry, read by the poets. Host: James Morehead, Poet Laureate of Dublin, California and author of "canvas", "portraits of red and gray", and "The Plague Doctor". Web: viewlesswings.com YouTube: @ViewlessWings Instagram: @viewlesswings Threads: @viewlesswings Facebook: @viewlesswingspress TikTok: @viewlesswingspress

Publisher

James Morehead

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

2 Jul 2021

Latest episode

25 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

144 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   25 Aug 2026

   Maria Giesbrecht on "A Little Feral": Crafting Poems of Heritage and Healing [INTERVIEW]

   Maria Giesbrecht (https://mariagiesbrecht.com/) is a Canadian poet whose work explores her Mexican and Mennonite roots. Her writing has appeared in The Literary Review of Canada, Grain, Contemporary Verse 2, San Pedro River Review, and elsewhere. She is the winner of the 2025 Jack McCarthy Book Prize, a Best of Net nominee, and the founder of Gather, an international writing community that connects poets worldwide. Born in Durango, Mexico, she now lives in Toronto, Canada with her husband.

2. 

   13 Mar 2026

   Allison Mei-Li Explores the Joys and Sorrows of Motherhood in "a history of holding" [INTERVIEW]

   Allison Mei-Li (https://www.writtenbyallison.com/) is a writer based in Southern California. Her poems have appeared in anthologies, podcasts, and journals such as Rust & Moth, Coffee + Crumbs, MER Literary, Voicemail Poems, Ink & Marrow, wildscape, and others. A finalist for poetry prizes by The Alpine Fellowship and Central Avenue, she writes about motherhood, identity, and the stories our bodies hold. Allison co-hosts poetry sound baths and creative workshops for women.

3. 

   6 Oct 2025

   Rickey Laurentiis Reclaims Trans Identity Antecedents in Death of the First Idea [INTERVIEW]

   Rickey Laurentiis (https://www.rickeylaurentiis.com/) is the author of Boy with Thorn, which won the Cave Canem Poetry Prize and the Levis Reading Prize. Laurentiis is the recipient of fellowships from the Center for African American Poetry and Poetics (CAAPP), the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Poetry Foundation, among others. Her poems have appeared in The New Republic, BOMB, and poets.org. A 2018 Whiting Award winner, she lives in New Orleans. Below are excerpts from the interview with James Morehead (https://viewlesswings.com/james-morehead/) on the Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast (https://anchor.fm/viewlesswings).

Who has been a guest on Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Lauren Parker
• Sarah Abbett
• Wendy M Thompson
• Robbi Nester

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

65,343

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 76 / 100

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Quality

91

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

76

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