Song 1: “Peace” (by Larry Modaff with Good Enough)

Poem 1: “For a Long Time I Have Wanted to Write a Poem About Happiness” by Susan Aizenberg. This poem, from her second collection, Quiet City (BkMk Press 2015); her newest collection is A Walk With Frank O’Hara (Mary Burritt Christiansen Poetry Series/University of New Mexico Press 2024).

Fiction: excerpts from “David’s Harvest: Stories,” a collection in process by Lynn C. Miller. www.lynncmiller.com

Feed the Cat Break: “Sea Change” (Christopher B. Geyerman & John V. Modaff)

Poem 2: “Before, We Sat Back and Twiddled Our Thumbs as Needles Rose Up from Below and Nails Rained Down from Above” by Mikki Aronoff. Her new book of fairy tales in 2026 is called Neverafters A collection of fairy and folk tales, of hauntings and whispers, of nibbles and notions by her and co-authors Christine H. Chen, and Amy Marques.

Song 2: “A Corner of Heaven” (by Dan Modaff with Good Enough)

Episode artwork by Lynda Miller
Theme & Incidental Music by John V. Modaff, BMI

Recorded in Albuquerque NM and Morehead KY

Produced at The Creek Studio

NEXT UP on Episode 60: Deja Vu

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Lynn & John

Song 1: “Before the Magi” (John V. Modaff, sung by The Woman of Mystery)

Poem 1: “Occupied” by Scott Wiggerman. His new collection, Beginning and Ending with Emily, came out Spring of 2026 with Casa Urraca Press. Scott lives in Albuquerque and is a painter and a poet. https://scottwiggerman.myportfolio.com/

Fiction: excerpt from The Surrogate by Lynn C. Miller, published March 31, 2026 from University of Wisconsin Press. Available on major platforms or order from your local bookstore. www.lynncmiller.com

Feed the Cat Break: “Song of the Owl” (by John V. Modaff)

Poem 2: “There Was…Pause” by Barbara Rockman whose book NIGHT SAID is in press for fall of 2026 from the University of New Mexico Press.

Song 2: “Never Give Up” (John Modaff, with Dan Modaff on guitar leads)

Episode artwork by Lynda Miller
Theme & Incidental Music by John V. Modaff, BMI
Recorded in Albuquerque NM and Morehead KY

Produced at The Creek Studio, Morehead, KY

NEXT UP on Episode 59: Peace

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Lynn & John

Song 1: “Say Hello” (composed and performed by John V. Modaff)

Poem 1: “Narrative Without People” by Hilda Raz, from Divine Honors. Author of eight collections of poems. The epigraph to this book is by Cynthia Macdonald: “May I see what I have tried not to see.” Hilda’s collected poems are published by the University of Nebraska Press (2021).

Fiction: “Hello Hello,” a story by Lynn C. Miller. Her fifth novel, The Surrogate, comes out March 31, 2026 from the University of Wisconsin Press. https://uwpress.wisc.edu/Books/T/The-Surrogate

Feed the Cat Break: “The A Train Home” (Chris Geyerman & John V. Modaff)

Poem 2: “Forever,” by poet Jack Cooper, author of Silly Lily’s Rhyming Adventures In Nature (2023) and Across My Silence (2007) World Audience, Inc. https://sillylilysadventures.com/

Song 2: “High Class” (John V. Modaff , with Dan Modaff on guitar/banjo interlude)

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
Produced at The Creek Studio, Morehead KY

NEXT UP: April, 2026 Episode 58: “Approach/Avoidance”

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Lynn & John