In this imaginative episode of Quintessential Listening Poetry Online Radio and YouTube, Dr. Michael Anthony Ingram engages writer, storyteller, and electronic music artist Garett in a quintessential poetry podcast conversation exploring his creative evolution from childhood narrative invention to contemporary poetic expression. Born in Folsom, California, Garett grew up running cross‑country through suburban neighborhoods, trampolining in the backyard, and taking road trips to Los Angeles County—experiences that shaped his early storytelling instincts. He began writing narrative stories at age ten, often centered on tragic heroes who met dramatic ends in the heat of action.

His poetry blossomed during his senior year of college in Poetry 101, where group critique sessions offered a space of freedom for sharing zany, erratic imagery. Guided ...