Sharpening the focus, holding close the attention in this poem by Kerry Hardie.द्वारा marmccabe

Cold comfort in this poem by Shara McCallum.द्वारा marmccabe

Place and grace in William Stafford's poem "Spirit of Place."द्वारा marmccabe

Ways of seeing and being in Catherine Barnett's "Thought Experiment."द्वारा marmccabe

The self and the Other as one explored in this poem by Phil Metres.द्वारा marmccabe

Grappling with the past through poetry in this prose poem by Lindsay Stuart Hill.द्वारा marmccabe

Nine "figures" by Diamont Popelka, from a longer work, "Flashlight," as translated by Marcela Sulak, considering the new/old year.द्वारा marmccabe

M. S. Merwin and Soiku Shigematsu's translation of Muso Soseki's "Toki-no-Ge" or "Satori Poem" lightly and delightfully enlightens.द्वारा marmccabe

Said and unsaid in this short psalm by Gustaf Sobin.द्वारा marmccabe

Creating community and the grace of belonging considered in Natalli Amato's poem.द्वारा marmccabe

November and shifts and endings under consideration in this poem by Lucie Brock-Broido.द्वारा marmccabe

Weary well wishing in Bolina's "At War with the Cynics."द्वारा marmccabe

Youth and striving in Kelly's "The Leaving."द्वारा marmccabe

Naming the world with Kelli Russell Agodon's poem "The Naming of Things."द्वारा marmccabe

Warming God's hands with our fire in Daniel B. Summerhill's poem.द्वारा marmccabe

Eric Kocher's re-entry into the world after a red-eye flight wonderfully disorients in his poem "Red Eye Home."द्वारा marmccabe

Emily gives us what-for in this poem by Betsy Sholl. Are you listening?द्वारा marmccabe

Love and loss and what is left behind beautifully detailed in this poem by Jordan Smith.द्वारा marmccabe

Clare Goulet gets down low to hear what wisdom this lichen can impart.द्वारा marmccabe

Reality check on climate change in this short poem by Heather Sellers.द्वारा marmccabe

Love of country under scrutiny in my poem "Pro Patria."द्वारा marmccabe

Details and attention weave together this disparate poem's lines: "Evidence of Tenderness" by Lauren Camp.द्वारा marmccabe

The hazards and dull horror of war and John Balaban's vivid "The Guard at the Bin Thuy Bridge."द्वारा marmccabe

Small subversions and what poetry can do, seen at work in "Perserving an Ecosystem" by Christina Olivares.द्वारा marmccabe

Counting blessings, however mixed, under consideration and this Jane Hirshfield poem: "Counting, This New Year's Morning, What Powers Yet Remain To Me."द्वारा marmccabe

All things connected in this Li-Young Lee poem, "One Heart."द्वारा marmccabe

Remembering and misremembering and an old poem: Thomas Bailey Aldrich, "Memory."द्वारा marmccabe

Star-gazing with Wordsworth, and thinking about the notorious denizens of the planet Earth.द्वारा marmccabe

Two poems on faith and doubt and the small voice inside.द्वारा marmccabe

"Burning Box Braid on East & 94th, Tulsa, Oklahoma" by Kweku Abimbola explores the maintenance of old traditions in new lands, holding the "us" amid the "other," but understanding too that we are all "other" and "us" as well.द्वारा marmccabe

Reading "Vesper Sparrows" by Deborah Digges and thinking about humanity.द्वारा marmccabe

Going along to get along, and Anne Carson's short-short "Getaway" considered in this podcast.द्वारा marmccabe

Gerard Manley Hopkins and reveling in the death of some things and the birth of others in his poem "That Nature Is a Heraclitean Fire and of the Comfort of the Resurrection."द्वारा marmccabe

Lost on a byway in this quirky poem by Jackie Craven.द्वारा marmccabe

Tomas Transtromer's "Kort Paus I Orgelkonserten," translated by Patty Crane, and memory and experience considered in this podcast.द्वारा marmccabe

Patrick Rosal's prayer and meditation on home and hope, grief and ongoing.द्वारा marmccabe

Loving the world and turn of the century French poet Anna de Noailles's poem "L'impreinte" in my translation.द्वारा marmccabe

Hope arising from suffering considered in Audre Lorde's "Litany for Survival."द्वारा marmccabe

Memorializing Saara Raappana with this poem of hers, "Manifesto of What Breaks."द्वारा marmccabe

Human's inhumanity and the love required as counterbalance in consideration, and Kumunyakaa's stunning poem of the Vietnam War Memorial, "Facing It."द्वारा marmccabe

Hearts and wants, the shape of desire, and "Heart to Heart" by Rita Dove considered in this podcast.द्वारा marmccabe

Fathers and memory and empathy explored in this consideration of Bruce Weigl's poem "The Harp."द्वारा marmccabe

Christian Wiman and his poem about shifting beliefs and speeding time and friends, "All My Friends Are Finding New Beliefs."द्वारा marmccabe

Thoughts on Kay Ryan's poem "The Light of Interiors" and the importance of friendship.द्वारा marmccabe

William Snyder's poem "The Hush" is featured, and thinking about noise and silence.द्वारा marmccabe

Linda Pastan's poem "Espaliered Pear Trees" inspires this episode considering humankind's incessant attempts to control nature.द्वारा marmccabe

In memory of Stu Bartow and his fine poetry and his haikuist's eye.द्वारा marmccabe

Thinking about Bob Hicok's poem "All life is life in art" and "doing" versus "being" and the meaning of life.द्वारा marmccabe

A short essay thinking about Gail DiMaggio's poem "Metta for Judy," from her forthcoming collection What She Made of It.द्वारा marmccabe

Thinking about Gerald Stern's poem "Day of Grief" and the sense of time and its passage, and life's unfolding.द्वारा marmccabe