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Episode 57: Epiphany

 "Epiphany Poem" by George Mackay Brown approaches the story of the three kings in a new and very old way.

 

I heard Heidi White read this poem on The Daily Poem podcast two years ago and it's been in my mulling pot ever since. https://shows.acast.com/the-daily-poem/episodes/george-mackay-browns-epiphany-poem

Episode 56: Shepherd‘s Song

What was it like to go back to the bleakness of a shepherd's night shift after that one spectacular night when the veil was lifted?

This week's poem is "Shepherd's Song" by Richard Baukham

Episode 55: Two Poems on the Incarnation

Poetry is so good for mysteries... for wondering about things that lie beyond the scope of arguments and thesis statements. This week's two poems take on a big one.

"Annunciation" by John Donne and "Mary's Song" by Luci Shaw.

Episode 53: Advent Darkness and Light

Cozy up by the tortoise stove for two poems to kick off our advent season! Keith Hansen shares  John Betjemen's "Advent 1955" and "Christmas". 

Episode 52: ”Perhaps the World Ends Here”

Happy Thanksgiving! This week's poem honors the world of the table and the table of the world. 

It's "Perhaps the World Ends Here" by Joy Harjo. 

Episode 51: ”In Westminster Abbey”

Keith Hansen is back, this time with a poem by John Betjeman: "In Westminster Abbey". It has a spirited rhyme scheme & meter, and a good dash of satire & snark. Enjoy! 

Episode 50: There‘s a Poem About That

This episode includes a poem about preferring pencils to pens, a poem about two people who never meet, and a poem about writing a poem. 

There's nothing too small or obscure to be pondered in poetry... and in the jeweler's glass of the poem small things aren't so small after all. 

"The Pencil" by AE Stallings https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/03/pencil/513860/

"On The Way to Work" by Stephen Dunn

https://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php%3Fdate=2004%252F06%252F24.html

"Who" by Jane Kenyon 

 

Episode 49: Three by Jane Kenyon

It's as simple as it sounds. I read three small but substantial poems by Jane Kenyon. 

Episode 48: ”Klipsan Stallions”

Linda Bierds writes poems thick with beautiful language, historical drama, and an uncanny sense of discovery.  In today's poem, "Klipsan Stallions," she applies her genius to a true story of a shipwreck and the horses who swam out to save sailors' lives. 

Episode 47: Larry Woiwode‘s ”Venerable Elm” and ”Horses”

Keith Hansen brings us two poems by North Dakota's poet laureate Larry Woiwode. It's hard to top trees and horses among nature's beauties...this will be ten minutes well spent. 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Woiwode