On this week’s episode, Spokane Poet Laureate Mery Noel Smith assures us that the kids are alright.
During her two-year tenure so far, she’s spearheaded several programs to get poetry into the hands and hearts of children as well as young adults — including her most recent initiative, the selection of Spokane’s first-ever Youth Poet Laureate.
Mery sheds some light on some of those programs and discusses unconventional spaces that have proven good platforms for poetry, such as farmers markets and an upcoming Inland Sessions performance on KSPS.
Keep listening for Mery’s reading of “My Father Fed Me” from her forthcoming project Cake plus, as always, the unpredictable questions and answers of the Lightning Round.
The application for the Spokane Youth Poet Laureate is already live and closes on March 31, 2026. The opportunity is open to aspiring poets aged 14–17.
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