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Austin poet Susan Bright reads a selection of her poems during National Poetry Month on Austin News Real, a program on community television.

Susan Bright is author of 19 books of poetry, three of which have been recipients of Austin Book Awards. She is the editor/publisher of Plain View Press, which since 1975 has published 100 books. Her work as a poet, publisher, activist and educator has taken her all over the United States.

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In this episode of Austin New Real, Pam Thompson interviews U.S. military veterans Marie Kindlinger, Doug Zachary, and Alan Pogue about the work of Veterans For Peace and Iraq Veterans Against The War. Topics covered include the Winter Soldier event held in Austin and Under The Hood, the new GI coffeehouse near Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas. For information on Veterans For Peace see http://www.veteransforpeace.org. For information on Iraq Veterans Against The War see http://ivaw.org.

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Fran Hanlon of Austin Code Pink and Doug Zachary of Veterans for Peace joined Pam Thompson of iconmedia on Austin News Real to describe events and the purpose of their organizations. Fran read a Mother's Day poem that was performed on the pedestrian bridge in Austin, Texas in 2008 and showed photos of events that were held all over the country. Doug talked about an event in Washington, DC at the National Archive where banners were hung from the building.

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At a public hearing on Monday, April 20, Susan Bright and John Corry were two of many concerned Austin citizens who spoke out against the plan to remove tagged trees at Barton Springs pool.

They join Austin News Real’s Pam Thompson to question the wisdom and motive for such invasive tree removal. Susan Bright is a poet, publisher of Plain View Press, and Save Barton Creek Association board member. John Corry has been an arborist for 25 years. Both are swimmers at Barton Springs.

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Mike Sloan, Founder and President of Virtus Energy, discusses the upcoming local election's impact on Austin's Green Energy future. This Austin News Real program features iconmedia footage from the Combined Environmental City Council/Mayoral Candidates Forum held at Austin City Hall on April 9, 2009.