SONG 1: Roses on the Floor    by JVM with Dan ModaffPOEM 1: “The Landing” by Mark Sanders, published in bosque journal #8. www.bosquepress.com. Mark is the author of Conditions of Grace. https://sandersme1.wixsite.com/FICTION: excerpt from “The Surrogate,” a novel in progress by Lynn C. Miller, author most recently of The Lost Archive. www.lynncmiller.comFeed the Cat Break: “Funky Stroller” by JVMPOEM 2: “Pond Coat and Alteration” by Barbara Rockman, author of most recently To Cleave. Poem published in bosque journal #8. www.bosquepress.comSONG 2: You Don’t Love Me   by Dave Merrill with The DelversEpisode artwork by Lynda Miller Show theme and incidental music by John V. Modaff, BMI Recorded in Albuquerque, NM and Morehead, KY Produced at The Creek Studio, MoreheadNEXT UP on Episode 33:  At What Price Money?

SONG 1: "Boom" (composed and sung by John V Modaff, joined by Dan Modaff)POEM 1: “War” by Hilda Raz. From List & Story. Also collected in Letters from a Place I’ve Never Been: Collected and New Poems. University of Nebraska Press, 2021. https://hildaraz.com/ FICTION: “Trauma,” excerpt from the novel The Day After Death by Lynn C. Miller. Published by the University of New Mexico Press, 2016. www.lynncmiller.comFEED THE CAT BREAK: Grendel's Nap" (John Modaff)POEM 2: “Ask” by John V Modaff. Published in ABQ inPrint #6, 2022 by Bosque Press. www.bosquepress.comSONG 2: "Watching the Barn Burn Down" (Dan Modaff with Good Enough)          Episode artwork by Lynda Miller Show theme and Incidental music by John V. Modaff, BMI Recorded in Albuquerque, NM and Morehead, KY. Produced at The Creek Studio, Morehead. NEXT UP: Episode 32 THE CHILL VIBE

SONG 1: Almost Blew My Face Off  (composed and sung by jvm)POEM 1: “If Only” by Jack Cooper. First published in Spectrum 2. Anthology edited by Don Kingfisher Campbell, 2016Author of Across My Silence, 2007, World Audience, Inc. PROSE READING: “Near Misses,” a story by Lynn C. Miller. Her latest book is the collection The Lost Archive (April, 2023, U of Wisconsin Press). https://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/6155.htm  www.lynncmiller.comBREAK MUSIC: "Waking up in a Baobab" by jvmPOEM 2: “Outside the Frame” by Susan Aizenberg from her new collection, A Walk With Frank O’Hara and Other Poems, in press from the University of New Mexico Press. susanaizenberg.wordpress.comSONG 2: "Horseshoes, Hand Grenades & Love"  (composed and sung by jvm)Episode artwork by Lynda Miller Show theme and Incidental music by John V. Modaff, BMI Recorded in Albuquerque, NM and Morehead, KY. Produced at The Creek Studio, Morehead.NEXT UP:  Episode 31   MONSTERS

Teasers by John Burroughs and Jane FrancisSong 1: "The Edge” (composed and sung by JVM)Poem 1: “Why We Bought a Horse” by Mark Sanders. Mark lives in Nacogdoches, TX and teaches at Stephen F. Austin University. https://sandersme1.wixsite.com/mark-sanders/Short Story: excerpt from “David’s Harvest” by Lynn C. Miller from her collection The Lost Archive (April, 2023, U of Wisconsin Press). https://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/6155.htmFeed the Cat Break: : intro to "Try It Again" (by Dave Merrill w/ jvm on bass, 1984)Poem 2: Coronary Artery Bypass Graft by Kelly Yenser, from his collection in process, “So Far Undone.” He has two poetry collections with UNM Press: Walking Uphill at Noon and The News as Usual.Song 2: "This New Song"  (Dave Merrill, 2006)  Episode artwork by Lynda MillerShow theme and Incidental music by John V. ModaffRecorded in Albuquerque, NM and Morehead, KY. Produced at The Creek StudioNEXT UP: The Unruly Muse #30: “Near Misses”

Poem 1: “Ghosts in my Pockets” by Julie Williams, author of Escaping Tornado Season and Drama Queens in the House.Song 1: Chalk Marks  (poem by Ivria Sackton of Austin TX, 1981, arranged and sung by jvm)Poem 2: “Comfort Inn” by Scott Wiggerman, from his first book Vegetables and Other Relationships.Story excerpt: from “The Last Usher” in The Lost Archive by Lynn C. Miller (2023) https://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/6155.htmFeed the Cat Break: "Night Light" by jvmProse excerpt: from the novel The Blue Diamond by John Vincent Modaff (amazon)Song 2: Ghost Melodies (jvm; harmonica by Dave Merrill)Episode artwork by Lynda Miller Show theme and incidental music by John V. Modaff, BMI The Unruly Muse is Recorded in Albuquerque, NM and Morehead, KY. NEXT UP: Episode 29, “Taking the Leap”

Song 1: Deaths Elsewhere (John V. Modaff)Poem 1: “Her Brown Horse Must Rise from the Dead” by Marge Saiser. Originally published in bosque #6 literary journal. www.bosquepress.comShort Story excerpt: “Solid Ground” by Lynn C. Miller. From a collection of stories in process about a North Dakota farm family. www.lynncmiller.comFeed the Cat break:  from Hot Summer by Dave MerrillPoem 2: “Enough” by JoAn Rittenhouse. Originally published in bosque #6 literary journal. www.bosquepress.comSong 2: A Little Smoke (Phil Schmidt, circa 1978, arr. John V. Modaff)Episode artwork by Lynda Miller Show theme and incidental music by John V. Modaff The Unruly Muse is Recorded in Albuquerque, NM and Morehead, KY. NEXT UP: Episode 28, “Haunting”

Song 1: “The Nasty Song” composed and sung by Dave Merrill with instrumental and vocal help from John V. Modaff and Vaughn Deel. (1984)Poem 1: “Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home” by Mikki Aronoff. First published in Love’s Executive Order  (background music Hail to the Chief  by James Sanderson)Short story excerpt: “Everyday Monsters” by Lynn C. Miller. Her new collection, The Lost Archive, came out in April, 2023: https://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/6155.htm Feed the Cat Break: "News From The Cat Network" by JVM (1997)Poem 2: “What is Offensive” by Hilda Raz. Her latest book is Letters from a Place I’ve Never Been: Collected and New Poems. University of Nebraska Press, 2021. https://hildaraz.com/ Song 2: "Didja Want Toast Wit Dat?" composed & performed by TBone Kelly, registered France, 2015.Episode artwork by Lynda Miller Show theme and incidental music by John V. ModaffThe Unruly Muse is Recorded in Albuquerque, NM and Morehead, KY. NEXT UP: Episode 27, “Friendship”

Teasers: Ernest Hemingway, C.S. Lewis, and HeraclitusSong 1: Grand Prize written and sung by JVM with Dan Modaff on lead guitarPoem 1: “Window Shopping in Guatemala” by Kelly Jon Yenser, whose new book of poems, Walking Uphill at Noon,  2022 from UNM Press.Story excerpt from “The Last Usher” by Lynn C. Miller. Published in The Lost Archive, 2023, https://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/6155.htmFeed the Cat Break: excerpt from Centrum Amsterdam Purples by Tbone Kelly. Druidbone Productions, registered 2013, FrancePoem 2: “Autumn,” by Sue Hallgarth, published in bosque 5, www.bosquepress.com. Her series on Willa Cather and Edith Lewis, On the Rocks and Death Comes are published by Arbor Farm Press.Song 2: Mathias Rust by JVM, Dan Modaff on mandolin and 2nd guitarEpisode artwork by Lynda Miller Theme and Incidental Music by John V. Modaff, BMI Recorded in Albuquerque NM and Morehead KY. Produced at The Creek Studio. NEXT UP: Episode 26, “What is Offensive?”

Song 1:  Magic Word composed and performed by John V. Modaff. Viola by Dave Merrill.Poem 1: “Abracadabra” by Sarah Kotchian. Published in ABQ inPrint issue #3, 2019. www.bosquepress.com Her new book, Light of Wings, will come out in 2024.Short story, “Simply Magic,” by Lynn C. Miller. Her new collection, The Lost Archive, comes out in April, 2023: https://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/6155.htmFeed the Cat Break: Ride by Dave Merrill.Poem 2:  “At Home” by Mark Sanders. Mark lives in Nacogdoches, TX and teaches at Stephen F. Austin University. https://sandersme1.wixsite.com/mark-sanders/Song 2: Blue River composed and performed by JVM.Episode artwork by Lynda MillerTheme and Incidental Music by John V. Modaff, BMIRecorded in Albuquerque NM and Morehead KY. Produced at The Creek Studio.NEXT UP: Episode 25, Strange Encounters

Teasers by Albert Einstein, Sylvia Plath, and Mackenzie FinkleaSong 1:  Froney’s Museum (composed and performed by John Modaff with Dan Modaff on mandolin and solo guitar)Poem 1: “The Invisible Woman” by Julie Williams (2013), from her collection in progress. Author of Escaping Tornado Season (a novel in poems) and Drama Queens in the House.Short Story: excerpt from “Archival Footage” by Lynn C. Miller from her collection The Lost Archive (April, 2023, U of Wisconsin Press). https://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/6155.htmFeed the Cat Break: Snow Day (composed and performed by Dave Merrill)Poem 2: “Suddenly My Life” by Jack Cooper. Author of Across My Silence, 2007, World Audience, Inc. Song 2: Your Wall (composed and performed by John Modaff)Episode artwork by Lynda Miller Theme and Incidental Music by John V. Modaff, BMI Recorded in Albuquerque NM and Morehead KY. Produced at The Creek Studio. NEXT UP: Episode 24, What is Magic?

Teaser: Quotes from Ernestine Ulmer, Julia Child, and Maya AngelouSong 1: Shaving Cream Eyes  (Robert Hopper; played by JVM and Dan Modaff)  Poem 1: “One Toe Crooked” by Hilda Raz. Published in Letters from a Place I’ve Never Been: Collected and New Poems.University of Nebraska Press, 2021. https://hildaraz.com/Short Story: “Old Vines” by Lynn C. Miller. Forthcoming in the collection The Lost Archive, University of Wisconsin Press, April, 2023.Feed the Cat break:  a cut of Baby Fat by T-bone Kelly from his CD ToastPoem 2: “Carciofo”by Katherine DiBella Seluja. Published in bosque journal #8, 2008 and forthcoming in Point of Entry, UNM Press, 2023. Song 2: Platter of Love  (JVM)                      Episode artwork by Lynda Miller Show theme and Incidental music by John V. Modaff The Unruly Muse is Recorded in Albuquerque, NM and Morehead, KY. NEXT UP: Episode 23, “Collecting”

Teaser: Quotes from Oscar Wilde, Arthur C. Clarke, and Ernest HemingwaySong 1: Generic Protest Song  (by jvm, performed by John Modaff & Dan Modaff)Poem 1: “Eleanor Can’t Sleep” by Susan Aizenberg, published in ABQ inPrint #6, Fall, 2022. Susan lives in Iowa City, IA. She has a new collection, A Walk With Frank O’Hara and Other Poems, in press from the University of New Mexico Press. susanaizenberg.wordpress.comShort Story: “Standing in the Light” by Lynn C. Miller. Her new collection of stories, The Lost Archive, will be published in March, 2023 by the University of Wisconsin Press. www.lynncmiller.com Feed the Cat Break: “Asteroid Belt” by Dave MerrillPoem 2: “Swimming Lesson” by Mikki Aronoff, published in Value: Essays, Stories & Poems by Women of a Certain Age, March, 2017.Song 2: “Gardener” by Dave MerrillEpisode artwork by Lynda Miller Show theme and Incidental music by John V. Modaff, BMIRecorded in Albuquerque, NM and Morehead, KY. Produced at The Creek Studio, Morehead.NEXT UP:  “Food for Thought”

Teaser: Quotes from Louise Glück and Milan KunderaSong 1: “Two Trains” by written and performed by John V. Modaff and Good Enough from the CD More Than A Line(2018)Poem 1: “All That Is Made” by Sarah Kotchian, published in ABQ inPrint #6, fall, 2022. www.bosquepress.com. Her new book, Light of Wings, will come out in 2024.Short story, “Remember?” by Lynn C. Miller. Her new collection of stories, The Lost Archive, will come in 2023. www.lynncmiller.comFeed the Cat Break: “Park Bench,” recollections of a certain bench at water’s edge on a warm day of rain by JVM. Poem 2: “There’s Another Story I tell Myself So I Won’t Forget,” by Julie Williams from her novel-in-poems Escaping Tornado Season, Harper, 2004.Song 2: “The Wounded,” written and sung by T. Bone Kelly, second verse drawn from “The Wound” by the warrior poet Dermot O’Neill.Episode artwork by Lynda Miller Show theme and Incidental music by John V. Modaff. Recorded in Albuquerque, NM and Morehead, KY. Produced at The Creek Studio, Morehead. NEXT UP: Episode 21, “Youth and Age”

Teaser: Quotes from J.M. Barrie, Edgar Allen Poe, and the Buddha on faith and doubt.Song 1: “To JC and the Boys” John V. Modaff (w/ Dan Modaff on banjo and mandolin.)Poem 1: “Doubting Thomas” by Scott Wiggerman, Albuquerque poet and co-founder of Los Gatos Press.Fiction: excerpt from story, “How Did You Know It Was Time to Go?” published in Articulated Short Story Anthology, 2016 and forthcoming in THE LOST ARCHIVE in Spring, 2023. www.lynncmiller.comFeed the Cat break: music by Dave Merrill, portion of Wolf TownPoem 2: “My Grandmother Told the Story This Way” by Katherine Seluja, forthcoming in her new collection Point of Entry, UNM Press, 2023.Song 2: “With You” JVM.Episode artwork by Lynda Miller  Show theme and Incidental music by John V. Modaff Recorded in Albuquerque, NM and Morehead, KY. Produced at The Creek Studio, Morehead. NEXT UP:  Episode 20, “Memory”

Teaser: Quotes by George Bernard Shaw, Henry Van Dyke, Jeremiah Brent, and Roald Dahl on closets and secrets.Song 1: “Ballad of Mollie Bean” written and performed by John V. Modaff, with Dan Modaff on mandolinPoem 1: “The Last Detail” by Jack Cooper. Published by Bosque Press in ABQ inPrint #5, Fall, 2021. www.bosquepress.comFiction: excerpt from “The Surrogate,” a novel-in-progress by Lynn C. Miller. www.lynncmiller.comFeed the Cat break: acoustic guitar by Chris Geyerman with jvm on pianoPoem 2: “Dear Husband from Afar” by Barbara Rockman. From the collection to cleave, published by UNM Press, 2019. The poet says: “I was literally afar at a three-week artists' residency at Atlantic Center for the Arts in Florida; my husband was home in New Mexico.” Song 2: “Closets Gonna Sing” by JVM, harmonicas courtesy of Dave MerrillEpisode artwork by Lynda Miller Show theme and Incidental music by John V. Modaff Recorded in Albuquerque, NM and Morehead, KY. Produced at The Creek Studio, Morehead NEXT UP: Episode 19, “Faith”

Teaser: Oscar Wilde and Agatha Christie on in/sanitySong 1:  “Kind of Crazy” written and performed by JVM with Dan Modaff on mandolinPoem 1: “Meditation“ by Hilda Raz. Published in Letters from a Place I’ve Never Been: Collected and New Poems. University of Nebraska Press, 2021. https://hildaraz.com/Short Story: “Flight,” by Lynn C. Miller. Forthcoming in The Lost Archive: Stories, University of Wisconsin Press, 2023. www.lynncmiller.comFeed the Cat Break:  “Dawgie’s Tale” by JVMPoem 2: “Monster” by Tina Carlson. Published in ABQ inPrint issue 5. Her new collection, A Guide to Tongue Tie Surgery,is forthcoming from the University of New Mexico Press in 2023.Song 2: “Tried to Be Cold” written and performed by JVMEpisode artwork by Lynda Miller Show theme and Incidental music by John V. Modaff Recorded in Albuquerque, NM and Morehead, KY.   Produced at The Creek Studio, Morehead NEXT UP: Episode 18, “Closets”

Teaser: Opposite takes on the country by Emily Bronte in Wuthering Heights (1847) and from Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle (stories written 1887-1927).Song 1: “Saturday” (JVM with Dave Merrill and Dan Modaff)Poem 1: “Memorial Day” by Julie Williams, Minneapolis-based poet, novelist and visual artist. Escaping Tornado Season, HarperCollins 2004, Drama Queens in the House, Roaring Brook/Macmillan, 2014Story excerpt: “A Winter Heart” by Lynn C. Miller, from a book of linked stories in progress. www.lynncmiller.comFeed the cat break—music by JVM, "Park Bench"Poem 2: “River-Mind” by Priscilla Long published in bosque 6(www.bosquepress.com). Her book Holy Magic won the Sally Abiso award from MoonPath Press. www.priscillalong.comSong 2: “Georgia Pacific 219” sung by Dan Modaff (Dan & John Modaff and Larry Modaff, cd: Dakota Plains)Episode artwork by Lynda MillerShow theme and incidental music by John V. ModaffRecorded in Albuquerque, NM and Morehead, KY. Produced at The Creek StudioNEXT UP: The Unruly Muse #17: “In/Sanity”

Teaser:  Guy de Maupassant (1850-1853), master of the short story, on conversation. Song 1: “Talking to Headstones” (John Modaff) Poem 1: “Quickening” by Elise McHugh, Albuquerque poet and editor, published in bosque journal, issue #5. http://bosquepress.com/book-series/bosque-journal/ Short Story excerpt “How Much Is Enough?” forthcoming in the collection THE LOST ARCHIVE from the University of Wisconsin Press, 2023. www.lynncmiller.com  Feed the Cat Break: a piece of "Indigenous Tuna," by TBone Kelly Poem 2: “You Went to the Prado,” by Jon Kelly Yenser, from the collection Walking Uphill at Noon: poems, University of New Mexico Presss, 2022. https://unmpress.com/search?keywords=Walking+Uphill+at+Noon Song 2: “Hold My Hand” (Dan Modaff with Good Enough, from the CD Too).Episode artwork by Lynda Miller Theme and Incidental Music by John V. Modaff Recorded in Albuquerque NM and Morehead KY. Produced at The Creek Studio, Morehead NEXT UP: The Unruly Muse #16: “THE COUNTRY”

Teaser: Harriet Tubman (1820-1913), abolitionist and suffragist on Dreams.Song 1: Just A Few of the Notes  (Paul J. Nickels & jvm)Poem 1: “Earth’s Shadow” by Claudia Putnam from THE LAND OF STONE AND RIVER in press 2022 from Moon City Press. https://claudiaputnam.com/Story: “Pueblo Luna” by Lynn C. Miller, forthcoming in the collection THE LOST ARCHIVE from the University of Wisconsin Press, 2023. www.lynncmiller.comFeed the Cat Break music:  "Middle Ground” by David R. MerrillPoem 2: “Radish Dreams” by Mikki Aronoff, published in bosque 9, 2019 Bosque Press. www.bosquepress.comSong 2:  Winters End   (David R. Merrill)  Episode artwork by Lynda Miller Theme and Incidental Music by John V. Modaff Recorded in Albuquerque NM and Morehead KY. Produced at The Creek Studio, MoreheadNEXT UP: The Unruly Muse #15: “Conversation”

Thoughts on superstition from Hypatia, first documented female mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher. Born 350-370––died 415 AD.Song 1: Step On a Crack, written and performed by John V. Modaff (harmonica Dave Merrill, piano/synth Jonathan Modaff)Poem 1: “After Reading the News this Morning, I Turn to the Curses of My Ancestors: A Found Poem” by Susan Aizenberg from her chapbook First Light (Gilbraltar Editions, 2020). Susan hails from Iowa City, IA. susanaizenberg.wordpress.comNovel excerpt: “The Séance” from Death of a Department Chair by Lynn C. Miller. University of Wisconsin Press, 2006. https://www.lynncmiller.com/book/death-of-a-department-chair/Feed the Cat Break, music by John V. ModaffPoem 2: “Old Matthew’s Last Words,” adapted from Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel The House of the Seven Gables, 1851.Song 2: Where You Going? Written and performed by John V. ModaffEpisode artwork by Lynda Miller Theme, background and incidental music by John V. Modaff The Unruly Muse is recorded in Albuquerque NM and Morehead KY. Produced at The Creek Studio. NEXT UP: The Unruly Muse #14: “Dreams”