Cartwheels on the Sky featuring poet Kirk Lumpkin

<p>This episode features Kirk Lumpkin, a poet, spoken word &amp; performance artist, lyricist, and environmentalist. Since moving to Mendocino County in 2016 he has become a California state certified Naturalist; a singer in a community choir, the Emandal Chorale; and a Board member of the Willits Environmental Center.</p> <p>Before moving to Mendocino County he worked at the Ecology Center in for over 20 years and was according to the <em>Bay Area Poets Seasonal Review</em>: “ . . . an important part of the Bay Area (and beyond) poetry scene for years, hosting readings in San Francisco and Berkeley, helping to facilitate the Watershed Environmental Poetry Festival [with Poetry Flash &amp; former U.S. Poet Laureate, Robert Hass], and hosting open mikes at Burning Man.…”</p> <p>He has most recently been published in the anthology<em> Fire and Rain: Ecopoetry of California </em>and in<em> Poem In Your Pocket </em>(Berkeley Public Library). More about Kirk can be found at his website:&nbsp; <a href="https://www.kirklumpkin.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><u><strong>https://www.kirklumpkin.com/</strong></u></a></p> <p><em>This show originally aired live on Saturday, September 5 on KGUA FM 88.3 Gualala, </em><a href="https://www.kgua.org/" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><u><em><strong>kgua.org</strong></em></u></a></p>