It has been awhile since we have posted a<strong><em> "Poetry! What Is It Good For" </em></strong>episode. And this one was not done on Zoom but with the living poets before us at <strong>Gebhard's Beer Culture Bar </strong>on Manhattan's Upper West Side. For this conversation we talked about running live poetry readings with three poets and organizers: Anton Yakovlev is a well-published poet born in Moscow, Russia; he co-hosts the<strong><em> Carmine Street Metrics </em></strong>poetry reading series. We first heard about Lola Koundakjian when she hosted the <em>World Poetry Movement's "For a World Without Walls" </em>global poetry reading event. Lola heads up the <strong><em>Dead Armenian Poetry Society. </em></strong>And, Rachel Aydt has moved from writing poetry to short stories; she formerly co-hosted the <strong><em>Crystal Radio Sessions </em></strong>poetry reading series at a local UWS bar.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>