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The thirdactpoems's Podcast#98-December 26, 2025; I live in a countryWhat to say . . . ? Two poems about our country in these times.
Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Drawing by Rupert Peene
2026-01-0905 min
The thirdactpoems's PodcastInterlude: Sherzino Mexicano by Manuel PonceAnother lovely performance by Phineas Stolyavitch
Drawing by Rupert Peene
2025-12-2002 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#97: Off their backs, Singing to the cowsOvines and bovines, tra-la tra-la
Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Drawing by Rupert Peene
2025-11-2103 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#96: Raking leaves, A dog and a ballLeaves, dog
Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Photo by Arturo Lexicon
2025-10-3103 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#95-Shiny again, On days when I can think of nothing . . .In a pickle, plagiarizing myself
Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Drawing by Rupert Peene
2025-10-1103 min
The thirdactpoems's PodcastInterlude: Naci en la cumbre (Guatemalan folk tune)Guitarist Phineas Stolyavitch plays his arrangement of a Guatemalan folk tune.
Drawing by Rupert Peene
2025-09-2601 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#94: Summer evening, An airplane crash in ancient ChinaFrom decades long gone
Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Drawing by Rupert Peene
2025-09-1303 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#93: Up at dawn, Election yearA couple of old ones
Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Drawing by Rupert Peene
2025-08-2203 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#92: Cary and AudreyCult classic
Poem by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Drawing by Rupert Peene
2025-08-0102 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcastinterlude: Adagio by Tomaso AlbinoniAural enchantment
Phineas Stolyavitch performs another beauty.
Photo, Laguna grasses, by Arturo Lexicon
2025-07-1803 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#91.1-The reddening dust, Bovine calligraphyTwo little boys, the written language of cows
Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Drawing by Rupert Peene
2025-07-0504 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#90.1-I sat down to write, A needle in the eyeReluctant to write, poked with a needle
Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Drawing by Rupert Peene
2025-06-1403 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#89: Giving up giving up, The little house I am thinking ofExistential musings, imagining a house
Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Drawing by Rupert Peene
2025-05-1603 min
The thirdactpoems's PodcastInterlude: Cantata 147, Finale, J.S. Bach, P. Stolyavitch Gtr.Johann and Phineas
Guitar perfomance by Phineas Stolyavitch
Drawing by Rupert Peene
2025-05-0202 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#88.1: Great Extinction #6Pack the car
Poem by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Drawing by Rupert Peene
2025-04-1102 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#87: Spring!, On a warm day in FebruarySpring, but don't brag
Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Photo by Walt McCarthy, Winter Window, copyright 2024
2025-03-2103 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#86: After the storm, Grazing in the farmyardArresting the perpetrator, ignored by the sheep
Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Drawing by Rupert Peene
2025-02-2802 min
The thirdactpoems's PodcastInterlude: Study in E Minor by F. Tarrega, arr. G. SakellariouAnother beautiful interlude performed by guitarist Phineas Stolyavitch.
The copyrighted photo is by Walt McCarthy
2025-02-0701 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#85: GripeComplain, complain, complain
Poem by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Photo by Peg Hunter
2025-01-1702 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#84: Three winter poemsWinter, winter
Poems & photo by Buff Whitman-Bradley
2024-12-3103 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#83: My good friend died many years agoSonja
Poem by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Photo by Peg Hunter
2024-12-1302 min
The thirdactpoems's PodcastInterlude: Ton coeurComposer Gildas Allard plays a favorite early work of his.
Drawing by Rupert Peene
2024-11-2201 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#82-The head of a pinTiny dancers
Poem by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Photo by Artur Lexicon
2024-11-0102 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#81-Safe and soundCelestial bovines
Poem by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Photo by Arturo Lexicon
2024-10-1102 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#80: Blackberry dreamsHow sweet it is!
Poem by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Photo by Arturo Lexicon
You can order my new book, A Friendly Little Tavern Somewhere Near the Pleiades, from
https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/a-friendly-little-tavern-somewhere-near-the-pleiades-by-buff-whitman-bradley/
2024-09-2103 min
The thirdactpoems's PodcastInterlude: Andantino (Germaine Tailleferre)Guitarist Phineas Stolyavitch plays, we enjoy
Photo by Mitchell Mercury
2024-09-1301 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#79: Bookish ant, Blackberry politicsInsect literacy, blackberry convention
Poems & photo by Buff Whitman-Bradley
2024-08-3003 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#78: Of nothing at all, Small talkNo big deal
Poems and paper cutout by Buff Whitman-Bradley
You can order my new book, A Friendly Little Tavern Somewhere Near the Pleiades, from Finishing Line Press, at:
https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/a-friendly-little-tavern-somewhere-near-the-pleiades-by-buff-whitman-bradley/
2024-08-0902 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#77: Looking through old books56 years ago
Poem and paper cutout by Buff Whitman-Bradley
You can order my new book, A Friendly Little Tavern Somewhere Near the Pleiades, from finishinglinepress.com
2024-07-1904 min
The thirdactpoems's PodcastInterlude: Ballet (Michael Praetorius)In this musical interlude, guitarist Phineas Stolyavitch plays Ballet by Michael Praetorius
Art by Buff Whitman-Bradley
2024-07-0501 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#76: 200-year-old dog, Birds of low reputeEpisode of oddness, under-appreciated refuse workers
Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Drawing by Rupert Peene
2024-06-1404 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#75: After his funeralThe grief . . .
Poem by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Photo by Tuzzie Kingclip
2024-05-1702 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#74-Your nameRod Anderson ¡Presente!
Poem and photo by Buff Whitman-Bradley
2024-04-2902 min
The thirdactpoems's PodcastInterlude: Sarabande in B minor - DoublePhineas Stolyavitch performs an up-tempo version of Bach's Sarabande in B minor
Photo by S. Olivetti
2024-04-0601 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#73: Drab January, No questions, High above a Douglas firJanuary ambivalence, marshland beauty
Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Photo by Tuzzie Kingclip
2024-03-1504 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#72: At the marsh, Quails in the rainMarshland beauty, Covey of quails
Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Photo by Tuzzie Kingclip
2024-03-0103 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#72:A winter outing, All day the cows, After the winter holidays, HIATUSSome winter, some cows, a hiatus
Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Photo by Tuzzie Kingclip
2024-01-1004 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#71: Deep in the rubble, All will be wellTwo children go to sleep
Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Photo by Tuzzie Kingclip
2023-12-1503 min
The thirdactpoems's PodcastInterlude: Sarabande in B minorStolyavitch plays Bach
Phineas Stolyavitch plays Sarabande in B minor by J.S. Bach,
in mourning for those killed in Gaza.
Photo by Tuzzie Kingclip
2023-12-0202 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#70: Gaza mother and child, Kids galoreGaza; Un-break the world
Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Photo by Bix Fullerhooven
2023-11-1103 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#69: DeclineOphthalmology, audiology, la la la
Poem by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Photo by Tuzzie Kingclip
2023-10-2003 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#68: After weeks of cloudy skies; MasterpieceNewfound longevity and a day of great beauty
Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Photo by Peg Hunter
2023-09-3003 min
The thirdactpoems's PodcastInterlude: La Valentina (No. 3 of ”Tres Canciones Populares Mexicanas”)In this musical interlude, classical guitarist Phineas Stolyavitch plays a lovely piece by Manuel Ponce.
Image by Bix Fullerhooven
2023-09-1502 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#67: Merit badges, EternitySenior scouting and jazzy eternity
Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Photo by Peg Hunter
2023-09-0104 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#66: Heat wave, Travel plansA climate-ological gunslinger, a befuddled traveler
Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Photo by Bix Fullerhooven
2023-08-1203 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#65:1812A great performance and a guest with a different opinion
Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley and Cynthia Whitman Bradley
Photo by Tuzzie Kingclip
2023-07-2103 min
The thirdactpoems's PodcastInterlude: Vals Venezolano #3In this musical interlude, guitarist Phineas Stolyavitch plays Vals Venezolano #3 by Antonio Lauro.
Photo by Bix Fullerhooven
2023-07-0702 min
2023-06-1602 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#63: Yup, it’s spring; Beside themselvesSprung
Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Photo by Bix Fullerhooven
2023-05-2602 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#62: The melodious silence of woods, The old elationSylvan silence, Lost and found
Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Photo by Bix Fullerhooven
2023-05-0502 min
The thirdactpoems's PodcastInterlude: CampoIn this musical interlude, guitarist Phineas Stolyavitch performs "Campo," by Abel Carlevaro.
Photo by Bix Fullerhooven
2023-04-2103 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#61: Edit, Corvid cleanlinessEditing the weather and an evolutionary oddity
Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Photo by Peg Hunter
2023-04-0103 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#60: Falling down in 5 chaptersRapid descent
Poem by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Photo by Tuzzie Kingclip
2023-03-1003 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#59: How lovely we are in the woods, The wild beauty withinBeauty within us, beauty outside us
Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Photo by Peg Hunter
2023-02-1802 min
The thirdactpoems's PodcastInterlude: Les Barricades MysterieusesGuitarist Phineas Stolyavitch plays a piece by F. Couperin.
Photo by Peg Hunter
2023-02-0303 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#58: January melancholia, MopeGloomy weather, gloomy mood
Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Photo by Bix Fullerhooven
2023-01-1304 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#57: A cold, gray day; My new Swiss Army knifePoems by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Drawings by Nina Norgeot and Leona Norgeot
2022-12-2304 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#56: Crows with bad writing, The cup is fraught with coffeeScrawling crows and the unusual use of a word
Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Photo by Peg Hunter
My new book of 25 years of protest and social justice poems, And What Will We Sing?, is available from Kelsaybooks.com or Amazon
2022-12-0203 min
The thirdactpoems's PodcastEl Sueño de la MuñequitaGuitarist Phineas Stolyavitch performs El Sueño de la Muñequita, by Augustin Barrios.
Photo by Peg Hunter
2022-11-2602 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#55: So long, OscarFarewell to one of our own
Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Photo by Peg Hunter
2022-11-0903 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#54: Turtle pond, We do not identify flowers, InversionPond life, identifying flowers, upsidedown-ness
Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Photo by Bix Fullerhooven
2022-11-0403 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#53: Inspiration; December 26, 2020The ideas come and go; from the midst of the pandemic
Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Photo by Cynthia Bradley
2022-10-1403 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#52: Large man, small dog; UngluedA man's best buddy; pages on the run
Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Photo by Tuzzie Kingklip
2022-09-2305 min
The thirdactpoems's PodcastInterlude: EspañoletaMore beautiful music from our good friend Phineas Stolyavitch:
Españoleta by Gaspar Sanz
Drawing by Rupert Peene
2022-09-0201 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#51: The blackberries of AugustBLACKBERRIES!
Poem by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Drawing by Rupert Peene
2022-08-1201 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#50: Lucky stars, Friendly porch lightsStars and stars
Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Photo by NASA
2022-07-2203 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#49: Not to be confused with scribblingA diminutive cartographer goes to work
Poem by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Drawing by Freya Norgeot (poem tr. by David Hinton)
2022-07-0102 min
The thirdactpoems's PodcastInterlude: AllemandeMusic composed by Sylvius Leopold Weiss
Performed by Phineas Stolyavitch
Photo by Peg Hunter
2022-06-2403 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#48: Frog music, Screech owlsCritter music
Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Photo by Peg Hunter
2022-06-1003 minThe thirdactpoems's PodcastOn a sweltering afternoonI wrote this poem yesterday (5/24/22) after learning about the murder of 19 school children and 2 adults in a school in Uvalde, Texas.
Buff Whitman-Bradley
Photo by Peg Hunter
2022-05-2501 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#47-Houses, an essaySometimes houses are not just houses
Poem by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Drawing by Rupert Peene
Order my new book, The Heron Could Be Lost, from finishinglinepress.com
2022-05-2003 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#46: And it’s spring, #2 pencilCelebrating springtime and pencils
Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Photo by Peg Hunter
Order my new book, The Heron Could Be Lost, from finishinglinepress.com
2022-04-2904 min
The thirdactpoems's PodcastInterlude: Melancholy GalliardGuitarist Phineas Stolyavitch plays Melancholy Galliard by John Downland.
Photo by Bix Fullerhooven
Order my new book of poems, The Heron Could Be Lost, at finishinglinepress.com
2022-04-1503 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#45: The gorilla of what you must do, The shirtA moment of clarity and a wonderful shirt
(NOTE: I'm going to start including poems in this podcast that are not necessarily about aging. I hope you approve.)
Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Photo by Peg Hunter
You can order my new book, The Heron Could Be Lost, at finishinglinepress.com
2022-03-2603 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#44: Existential bluesOne way to cope . . .
Poem by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Photo by Bix Fullerhooven
You can order my new book, The Heron Could Be Lost, from finishinglinepress.com
2022-03-0402 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#43: Birthday poemAn old man gets older
Poem by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Drawing by Rupert Peene
** You can order my new book, The Heron Could Be Lost, from
www.finishinglinepress.com
2022-02-1101 min
The thirdactpoems's PodcastInterlude: Theme from SunflowerGuitarist Phineas Stolyavitch plays Henry Mancini's theme from the film Sunflower.
Photo by Peg Hunter
2022-01-2803 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#42: Witchy, Daddy longlegsA couple of memories from boyhood
Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Photo by Bix Fullerhooven
2022-01-0805 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#41: About me, Summer jobsA granddaughter speaks the truth; recalling summer jobs
Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Drawing by Rupert Peene
2021-12-1803 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#40: Another memorable performance, In touchAn impressive feat and staying connected
Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Drawing by Rupert Peene
2021-11-2702 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#39 Ta-da!; Snow geeseWhen memory visits and a powerful recollection
Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Drawing by Nina Norgeot
2021-11-0603 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#38: Joint to joint, In the gloamingInspecting the joints, reflections in the gloaming
Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Photo by Tuzzie Kingclip
2021-10-1503 min
The thirdactpoems's PodcastInterlude: MilongaGuitarist Phineas Stolyavitch performs Milonga by Jorge Cardoso.
Drawing by Fergus Cilic
2021-10-0702 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#37: Reading Tu Fu, Tiny curatorAn old, old poet; an inner museum
Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Photo by Bix Fullerhooven
2021-09-1705 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#36: Listen, A thought of great significanceImaginative listening and a brilliant idea
Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Photo by Tuzzie Kingclip
2021-08-2703 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#35: Local hero, MockingbirdKindergarten heroics, a mockingbird of memory
Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Drawing by Fergus Cilic
2021-07-3005 min
The thirdactpoems's PodcastInterlude: Los Cuatro GeneralesPhineas Stolyavitch performs a Republican song from the Spanish Civil War, based on "Los Cuatro Muleros" by Federico Garcia Lorca. (Arr. P. Stolyavitch)
2021-07-1701 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#34: You may see me in a boulder, On a hot, bright February afternoonWhere to find me, and retired turtles
Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Photo by Tuzzie Kingclip
2021-06-2702 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#33: Forgetting, BedriddenA troubling lapse, a day in bed
Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Photo by Bix Fullerhooven
2021-06-0403 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#32: The Dumpty kidAn update on an old friend from nursery rhyme days
Poem by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Photo by Tuzzie Kingclip
2021-05-1403 min
The thirdactpoems's PodcastInterlude: Pausa Para MeditacaoGuitarist Phineas Stolyavitch plays a piece by Anibal Augusto Sardinha ("Garoto")
Photo by Bix Fullerhooven
2021-04-3002 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#31: Dust, Grasshopper daysRemembering the dead, remembering long-ago summers
Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley
"Petal Portrait" by Nina and Leona Norgeot
2021-04-1603 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#30: Jigsaw, Goodbye UlaanbaatarWorking a puzzle, revising plans
Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Photo by Tuzzie Kingclip
2021-03-2603 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#29: DrugstoreA little pharmaceutical nostalgia
Prose by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Photo by Bix Fullerhooven
2021-03-0504 min
The thirdactpoems's PodcastInterlude: WaltzIn this musical interlude, classical guitarist Phineas Stolyavitch plays a lovely waltz by A. Harris.
Photo by Bix Fullerhooven
(You can order my new book, At the Driveway Guitar Sale: Poems on Aging, Memory, Mortality, from mainstreetragbookstore.com)
2021-02-2001 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#28: The good creekPoem by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Photo by Tuzzie Kingclip
You can order my new book, At the Driveway Guitar Sale, from
mainstreetragbookstore.com
2021-01-2906 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#27: Drawing a blank, Little storiesI don't remember the name, but the face is unfamiliar; and finding stories everywhere
Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Photo by Tuzzie Kingclip
2021-01-0903 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#26: Late, Going onMaybe it's not too late, and our best selves.
Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Photo by Tuzzie Kingclip
2020-12-1803 min
The thirdactpoems's Podcast#25: Neighborhood poet, Happy birthday to meHanging out with pigeons, and scouring the grout
Poems by Buff Whitman-Bradley
Photo by Bix Fullerhooven
2020-11-2703 minThe thirdactpoems's PodcastInterlude: Study #14In this interlude, classical guitarist Phineas Stolyavitch offers a quietly beautiful performance of a piece by composer Fernando Sor, Study #14.
Photo by Bix Fullerhooven
2020-11-1304 min