PvI#93: Poetry Stands its Ground w/ Shannon Bass and Audrey Kohler

2025-06-04

Shannon the philosopher and Audrey the poet are Seattle improv buddies that form a duo called Closer to Clarity that uses improv to answer audience members’ big life questions (BLQs). Through these guests and their BLQs, philosophy and poetry face off and mind meld and do-si-do as we play through two wacky corporate office scenes and return once again to Empty Street for an attempted gas station poetry open mic. Follow their antics at @up_improv_seattle. Audrey’s poetry Insta is @pa...

Shannon the philosopher and Audrey the poet are Seattle improv buddies that form a duo called Closer to Clarity that uses improv to answer audience members’ big life questions (BLQs).

Through these guests and their BLQs, philosophy and poetry face off and mind meld and do-si-do as we play through two wacky corporate office scenes and return once again to Empty Street for an attempted gas station poetry open mic.

Follow their antics at @up_improv_seattle. Audrey’s poetry Insta is @passengerpoet.

Read about Audrey’s current favorite poet Mary Oliver.

The child’s poetry image here was swiped from pinterest.

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