Rappers are not the only freestyling poets.  Here is an example of one poem I freestyled in December 2017 while the SpiritHouse Quartet played at a Como Cottage Salon.   Later with slight editing, I prepared the poem for publication.

This episode is my telling of a Metis tale, Little Man with Hair All Over. I used to tell a version of this tale to my son when he was a boy.  This version is a recording from my telling to The Fifth Direction Men's Elder Circle.

In 2019 Dalyce and I produced an after-dinner program for her sister and friends  at the Crave restaurant. We put together a program of poetry, music, and storytelling for their enjoyment and relaxation. 

Here are six poems prompted by pictures of horses painted in the Caves of Lascaux.  The first three I read for the Elder Circle of the mythopoetic group, The Fifth Direction, on October 2, 2025.  The final three are read from the book...

This episode is a recording of a poetry reading at the 1988 Minnesota Men's Conference at Camp Lake Hubert in Nisswa, MN.  John Lang and I were introduced  by Todd Davis.  Roy McBride and Thomas R. Smith also read that evening an...