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Emily Dickinson | If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking 23.11.2022 2:56 ↓

This little classic is my favorite Dickinson poem

Edgar Allen Poe | To My Mother 19.11.2022 3:19 ↓

A non creepy poem from ole Ed! Enjoy! Connect on

Thomas Aquinas | De Regno 10.11.2022 1:51:20 ↓

A 13th century classic on Kingship, written as a

William Shakespeare | Sonnet 60 03.11.2022 2:55 ↓

In this episode, we take a look at Shakespeare's

John Masefield | Sea Fever 09.10.2022 3:40 ↓

I recently went to the Florida Keys with my brother and learned to sail. It was magnificent, and my time on the water brought this literary gem to mind.

The Apostle John | Revelation 07.10.2022 1:20:13 ↓

\"these were written that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ the Son of God, and that believing, ye might have life through his name\" In this episode, the Gospel According to Saint John is presented in the language of the glorious Authorized (King James) Version Bible.

Lord Tennyson | The Eagle 09.09.2022 4:49 ↓

The poem in this episode reminds me of watching t

Herman Melville | Moby Dick | Chapter 1 06.09.2022 17:18 ↓

In this episode we'll read chapter 1 of Herman Me

Harrison Scott Key | The World's Largest Man 03.09.2022 23:47 ↓

On this episode I talk to author Harrison Scott K

Percy Shelley | Ozymandias 23.08.2022 3:00 ↓

No matter how cool we are, death smiles at us all

Alfred, Lord Tennyson | Crossing the Bar 06.08.2022 2:50 ↓

Crossing the Bar is one of the great "farewell" p

Emily Dickinson | If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking 06.06.2022 1:56 ↓

My favorite Dickinson poem

Alfred, Lord Tennyson | The Lady of Shalott 18.05.2022 11:46 ↓

In this episode we'll hear Lord Tennyson's "The L

Robert Service | The Cremation of Sam McGee 04.05.2022 8:06 ↓

This piece by Robert Service is from the early 19…

T.S. Eliot | The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock 26.04.2022 8:07 ↓

Written in 1915, this piece was considered outlan…

Shirley Jackson | Charles 28.03.2022 12:12 ↓

I found this story uproariously funny. Who among us doesn\'t know a Charles!?

Admiral James Stockdale | Freedom 22.03.2022 9:45 ↓

A unique view on Freedom from a former prisoner of war.

Cinderella 09.03.2022 15:41 ↓

An older retelling of one of everyone's favorite …

Revelation | John the Apostle 02.03.2022 1:18:32 ↓

Revelation is the very last book in the Holy Bibl…

Paul Revere's Ride | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 28.02.2022 7:52 ↓

This one is a replay from 2 years ago and I just …

Frederick Douglass | from Impartial Sufferage w/Maj Toure 19.02.2022 16:13 ↓

A conversation with Maj Toure about Frederick Dou…

Mark Twain | Journalism in Tennessee 29.01.2022 18:37 ↓

Another "re-run" from late 2018 that features the…

Washington Irving | Rip Van Winkle 23.01.2022 36:11 ↓

While the recording is a "rerun" from 2018, the s…

Thomas Paine | The American Crisis, Part 1 17.01.2022 25:50 ↓

This was published in December of 1776 the week b…

James Thurber | The Unicorn in the Garden 11.01.2022 7:47 ↓

This classic short from James Thurber was written…