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Living PoetryThe Everyday - Edward HirschEdward Hirsch - The Everyday Episode 28 Edward Hirsch reads "What the Living Do” by Marie Howe (1997) at 9:33 https://youtu.be/VWabOtq10UI?si=8bz-f7gRimUEOOKj 100 Poems to Break Your Heart, Edward Hirsch (2021) Listen to: Living Poetry Episode 17 Poetry as Memorial - Edward Hirsch “I Am!”, John Clare (1865) https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43948/i-am Gerard Manley Hopkins Terrible Sonnets: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/audio/76757/his-dark-places Paul Celan: Poet, Survivor, Jew by Josh Felstiner2025-06-2420 minLiving PoetryThe Point of Art - Ashley M. JonesAshley M. Jones - The Point of Art Episode 27 “Lullaby for the Grieving”, Ashley M. Jones, From You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World (Milkweed Editions, 2024), edited by Ada Limón read at 14:07 Lullaby for the Grieving, 2025 Reparations, Now!, 2021 https://ashleymjonespoetry.com/ “Won’t You Celebrate With Me” by Lucille Clifton: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50974/wont-you-celebrate-with-me Honey, I Love and Other Love Poems by Eloise Greenfield (1985) Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People by Imani Perry (2025) Instag...2025-06-1737 minLiving PoetryHope While Despairing - Joan ShearerJoan Shearer - Hope While Despairing Episode 26 This episode contains material of a sensitive nature that may be triggering for some individuals. “The Forest” by Nikita Gill read at 11:50 and 13:01 Instagram: @nikita_gill Dr. Gabor Maté on Trauma: https://youtu.be/nmJOuTAk09g?feature=shared 2025-06-1039 minLiving PoetryThe Art of Memory - Lee HerrickLee Herrick - The Art of Memory Episode 25 “This Room and Everything in It”, Li-Young Lee, The City in Which I Love You (1990) read at 13:27 In Praise of Late Wonder (2024) Scar and Flower (2019) leeherrick.com California’s 10th Poet Laureate Fresno City College: https://www.fresnocitycollege.edu/ Li Young Lee Reading “This Room and Everything In It” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcAeCqCAwpo Coalition to End Social Isolation & Loneliness: https://www.social-connection.org/partnerships/coalition-to-end-social-isolation-loneliness/ 2025-06-0337 minLiving PoetryA Larger World - Joshua Stamper with Kory StamperJoshua Stamper with Kory Stamper - A Larger World Episode 24 “Sonnet IV, Part 1”, Sonnets to Orpheus read at 9:51 and 36:04 “Sonnet IV, Part 1”, Sonnets to Orpheus, Rainer Maria Rilke, (translated By M.D. Herter Norton) (1962) https://www.joshuastamper.com/ Instagram: @joshuastampermusic2025-05-2738 minLiving PoetryHow To Be Alive - Kory Stamper with Joshua StamperKory Stamper with Joshua Stamper - How to Be Alive Episode 23 “Sabbath Poem VI” read at 11:18 and 35:14 “Sabbath Poem VI”, Wendell Berry, This Day: Collected & New Sabbath Poems (2014) Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries (2017) History of Swear Words, Netflix series (2021) Instagram: @harmless_drudge2025-05-2036 minLiving PoetryAvailable to Surprises - Luci ShawLuci Shaw- Available to Surprises Episode 22 “The Old Barns of Skagit County” (2025) read at 05:45 “Pleasures” (2025) read at 19:25 “Anticipation” (2020) read at 33:38 https://lucishaw.com/ An Incremental Life (2025) Reversing Entropy (2024) The Generosity (2020) https://renovare.org/podcast/luci-shaw-madeleine-lengle2025-05-1336 minLiving PoetryWhat is Real - Winn CollierWinn Collier - What is Real Episode 21 “A Brief for the Defense” Jack Gilbert read at 10:30 https://poetrysociety.org/poems/a-brief-for-the-defense https://winncollier.com Instagram: @winncollier Substack: winncollier.substack.com A Burning in My Bones The Authorized Biography of Eugene Peterson (2022) The Eugene Peterson Center for Christian Imagination https://petersoncenter.org/a-burning-in-my-bones-the-biography-of-eugene-peterson/2025-05-0635 minLiving PoetryBless the Space - Sandra McCrackenSandra McCracken - Bless the Space Episode 20 “A Morning Offering”, John O’Donohue from To Bless the Space Between Us Read at 15:56 “The Space Between”, Sandra McCracken, Cindy Morgan, Gabe Dixon from Christmas Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/track/1AbUIe7rsWEscPcKKqNhYm?si=AZN8de5LRA2PBz5PV7MvYQ&nd=1&dlsi=8210ae6ded90403b Lyrics read at 23:00 https://www.sandramccracken.com/ Instagram: @sandramccracken The Maker of the Mountain by Sandra McCracken and Tim Nicholson, illustrated by Fia Tobing (2025) Light in the Can...2025-04-2934 minLiving PoetryCharacter & Contradiction - Carol EdgarianCarol Edgarian - Character & Contradiction Episode 19 “He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven” by William Butler Yeats read at: 12:42 Rise the Euphrates excerpt read at: 14:55 Vera excerpt read at: 26:58 https://www.caroledgarian.com/ Instagram: @c.edgarian, A Word, Please! February 24, 2025: “Giornata”: Italian> days work March 10, 2025: “Gar Oo Chugar”: Armenian> There was and there was not Instagaram: @Narrativemag Rise the Euphrates (1994) Three Stages of Amazement (2012) Vera (2022)2025-04-2240 minLiving PoetryFace the Wind- Lisa Sharon HarperLisa Sharon Harper - Face the Wind Episode 18 Show Notes: Beyoncé, "AMERIICAN REQUIEM, Cowboy Carter (2024) Lyrics read at 13:32 “AMERIICAN REQUIEM” Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/track/6K2Iut8nSQigP83yvbiqi8?si=b9111b62b53145e0 https://lisasharonharper.com/ Instagram: @lisasharonharper @freedomroad.us Freedom Road podcast Fortune (2022) The Very Good Gospel (2016) An’ Push Da Wind Down: A Play in Two Acts (1998)2025-04-1535 minLiving PoetryPoetry as Memorial - Edward HirschEdward Hirsch - Poetry as Memorial Episode 17 “Cotton Candy” read at 9:15 “Cotton Candy”, The Living Fire (2010) https://poets.org/poem/cotton-candy Excerpts from “Gabriel” p.13, read at 25:38 (Issa, The world of dew) p.73, read at 31:56 (The work of mourning) Gabriel: A Poem (2014) https://www.edwardhirsch.com/gabriel-a-poem-2/ Kobayashi Issa, Japanese poet 1763-1828 https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/kobayashi-issa Greek myth of Sisyphus: eternally pushes a boulder uphill only for it to roll back down as he reaches the top....2025-04-0842 minLiving PoetrySeason 2: Living PoetrySeason 2 of Living Poetry is on the way! We had so much fun during Season 1 where my guests brought favorite poems, song lyrics, and passages as a portal into conversations about what moves them in this life and what it means to them and to us to be more human. We’re back for more starting April 8! 2025-04-0102 minLiving PoetrySlow Down - Mary Ellen OwenLiving Poetry Show Notes: Episode 16 Slow Down with Mary Ellen Owen “You wake the dead to life” by Rumi Poem read at 12:42 “Gold” by Haleh Liza Gafori, New York Review of Books, 2022 Poetry Unbound with Pádraig Ó Tuama, Dec. 12, 2022 https://onbeing.org/programs/rumi-you-wake-the-dead-to-life/ https://theallendercenter.org/about/team/mary-ellen-owen/ Helena Bonham Carter reads “Wild Geese” by Mary Oliver: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DB3obZhi8ZR/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D Ecstasy of Saint Teresa sculpture by Lorenzo Bernini...2024-12-3140 minLiving PoetryStudy Beauty - John CunninghamLiving Poetry Show Notes: Episode 15 Study Beauty with John Cunningham “The Power of Taste” by Zbigniew Herbert https://allpoetry.com/poem/14330389-The-Power-Of-Taste-by-Zbigniew-Herbert Poem read at 15:23 Czeslaw Milosz, Polish poet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czesław_Miłosz “My Back Pages” by Bob Dylan: https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/my-back-pages/ “The Prayer of the Traveler Mr.Cogito” by Zbigniew Herbert http://only-the-imagination.blogspot.com/2012/06/prayer-of-traveler-mr-cogito.html “Ode on a Grecian Urn” by John Keats, English poet, literary style: Romanticism...2024-12-2435 minLiving PoetryGo to the Heart - Becky AllenderHidden in Plain Sight by Becky Allender “Oh, Had I A Golden Thread” lyrics by Pete Seeger, 1962 Lyrics at 10:55 “Oh, Had I A Golden Thread” from Songbird by Eva Cassidy, 1998 “Where Have All the Flowers Gone” by Pete Seeger, 1955 https://theallendercenter.org/offerings/trainings https://theallendercenter.org/marriage2024-12-1736 minLiving PoetryNo Map for Grief - Vicki Gilliam No Map for Grief with Vicki Gilliam Just Be Held song by Casting Crowns https://open.spotify.com/track/5t35FJYwzRt9MG3ae2O41L?si=qE9TI16rTV25J9ol1oNjkg&nd=1&dlsi=50aba2c1faa54e45 Serge|Grace at the Fray https://give.serge.org/s/donate/a1eRb000000nRGZIA2/51263-worker Some Books for Care in Grief: Notes on Grief by Chimamanda by Ngozi Adichie Daring to Breathe by Armen Bacon Grieving A Beginners Guide by Jereusha Hull McCormack Every Moment...2024-12-1039 minLiving PoetryHear Music - Denise Gentilini Hear Music with Denise Gentilini Anguish as a Second Language by Denise Gentilini Lyric read at 14:43 Anguish as a Second Language https://www.denisegentilini.com https://www.youtube.com/dgentilini A Road Less Traveled: The Handjian Story by Denise Gentilini https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hckg0XIpQQg&list=OLAK5uy_kRjlYDdv3sp7M4u6dk_6sbPlOe3rLCUFY&index=2 I AM ALIVE - a new musical IG:@denisegentilini2024-12-0336 minLiving PoetryRide Out - Al Andrews Riding Out at Evening by Linda McCarriston, Talking Soft Dutch, Texas Tech University Press. Thank you to Linda McCarriston and Texas Tech University Press for kind permission and encouragement. Riding Out at Evening read at 18:30 https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/browse?volume=140&issue=3&page=33 The Beatitudes: Jesus taught a series of blessings in the Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew in the Bible. IG: @itsalandrews https://www.porterscall.com2024-11-2640 minLiving PoetryFull Circle - Jen Oyama Murphy"Warning" and "Sphere" from Full Circle: New and Selected Poems by Mitsuye Yamada, 2019 "Warning" read at 25:25 "Sphere" read at 34:52 Used with kind permission from the poet. Paper Crane Coaching2024-11-1941 minLiving PoetryFind More - Lora Kelley Bone by Mary Oliver poem read at 16:20 Why I Wake Early by Mary Oliver, Beacon Press, Boston God has planned good things in advance for us. Ephesians 2:10 IG: @storied.living @lorakelleymusic https://www.storiedliving.org https://www.lorakelley.com Spotify: Lora Kelley https://theallendercenter.org2024-11-1240 minLiving PoetryConnect & Belong - Charlotte DonlonPerhaps the World Ends Here by Joy Harjo https://www.joyharjo.com/ charlottedonlon.com Spiritual Direction for Writers https://www.spiritualdirectionforwriters.com/ Charlotte’s podcasts: https://charlottedonlon.com/podcasts IG @charlottedonlon, @spiritualdirectionforwriters, @ belongingthroughart Glen workshop in Seattle https://imagejournal.org/2024-the-glen-workshop The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other by Charlotte Donlon Psalms Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World by Pádraig Ó Tuama Poetry Unbound podcast https://onbeing.org/series/poetry-unbound/2024-11-0540 minLiving PoetryLet Go - Rachael Clinton ChenFeatured Poetry & Resources: Rachael Clinton Chen The Sacrament of Letting Go by Macrina Wiederkehr Seasons of Your Heart: Prayers and Reflections, Macrina Wiederkehr, O.S.B. Harper One (1991) The Allender Center Podcast Inside Out 2 (2024) dir. Kelsey Mann2024-10-2938 minLiving PoetrySay the Unsayable - Nita AndrewsFeatured Poetry & Resources: Pole Dance by Nita Andrews Frederic Eugene Basil Foley, MD (1891-1966) American Urologist The Clearing by Martha Postlethwaite I Wish in the City of Your Heart by Robley Wilson The Facts of Life by Pádraig Ó Tuama The Lanyard by Billy Collins Dog Songs by Mary Oliver Denise Levertov, British-born naturalized American poet William Carlos Williams, American poet & physician E. E. Cummings, Emily Dickinson, Sharon Olds, American poets Fred Rogers, American television host and au...2024-10-2239 minLiving PoetryInnocence and Hope - Adam YoungFeatured Poetry & Resources: Adam Young (website) You Can Take It With You, Josephine Jacobsen In the Crevice of Time: New and Collected Poems, Josephine Jacobsen, The Johns Hopkins University Press (1995) Richard Corey, Edwin Arlington Robinson (1897) Walter Bruggemann, American Theologian John Donne, English poet, scholar, soldier Teresa of Avila, Carmelite nun, Spanish mystic The Weight of Glory and Other Addresses, C.S. Lewis The Allender Center Podcast with John Cunningham - July 4, 2015 The Allender Center Podcast with John Cunningham...2024-10-1540 minLiving PoetryPay Attention - Deborah M. Prum Featured Fiction & Resources: Deborah M. Prum Help Our Lady of Perpetual Mold Gravity 2024-10-0840 minLiving PoetryRevolution Within - Linda RoysterFeatured Poets & Resources: Revolutionary Dreams by Nikki Giovanni The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni 1968-1998, Harper Perennial Healing the Wounded Heart, Dan B. Allender, Baker Books Appendix, The Implications for African-American Women by Linda Royster Beauty for Ashes Counseling, PLLC — Giving Voice to Story Bearing Witness to Stories of Sexual Abuse and Racial Trauma Dan Allender, Sue Cunningham, and Linda Royster2024-10-0138 minLiving PoetryPoetry is Dangerous - Dan AllenderFeatured Poetry & Resources: Dan Allender God’s Grandeur by Gerard Manley Hopkins The Wreck of the Deutschland by Gerard Manley Hopkins Psalm 23 2 Corinthians 4:10 Romans 8 Revelation 21, 22 N.T. Wright The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology The Allender Center Books by Dan Allender 2024-09-2439 minLiving PoetrySee Something Different - Joy Roulier SawyerFeatured Poets & Resources: The Word by Tony Hoagland Gerard Manley Hopkins Billy Collins Naomi Shihab Nye William Stafford Mary Oliver T.S. Eliot Kathleen Norris National Association for Poetry Therapy Academy of American Poets The Poetry Foundation Lighthouse Writers, Denver Lectio Divina Books by Joy Roulier Sawyer: Tongues of Men and Angels Lifeguards Dancing to the Heartbeat of Redemption Biblio/Poetry Therapy2024-09-1645 minLiving PoetryLiving Poetry - Trailer2024-08-2600 min
The Arise PodcastSeason 1, Episode 36: Susan Cunningham, Danielle Castillejo & Maggie Hemphill dive into arts, poetry, soul care and traumaWith more than 30 years of experience, Susan has walked alongside and listened to the stories of countless women and men and across the United States and around the world, helping them to discern and engage what God seems to be doing in their lives. Because of her unique background, she is an especially attentive listener and effective communicator. Her work is thoughtful and wise, Biblically and theologically informed, educational and inspiring. She is committed to providing practical guidance in the present and God’s hope for the future.A Licensed Professional Counselor for over two decades, Susan co...2020-06-0551 min
The Arise PodcastSeason 1, Special Episode 35: Susan Cunningham, Danielle Castillejo and Chase Estes present "First Mother"What are you doing right now? Are you eating? Listening to a podcast? Out for a run or a walk? Heading home from work? Ready to fall asleep? Maybe you are intentionally doing something to nourish your heart, your body, your mind— your self. Maybe some combination of all of the above. I’m writing at home, not thinking about safety. Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor were doing something ordinary when they were killed. Ahmaud was out for a run, Breonna was asleep. Their lives and deaths bring to mind too many other Black Americans and people of color doing...2020-05-2803 min