Whirled Through a Poem’s Eye

Wordsworth"s "To the Planet Venus": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 23.07.2024 4:36 ↓

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

"Baptized" by Danielle Jones and "Mary Speaks" by Leila Chatti: Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 16.07.2024 5:47 ↓

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

Kweku Abimbola's "Burning Box Braid on East & 94th, Tulsa, Oklahoma": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 09.07.2024 5:28 ↓

"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.

Deborah Digges's Vesper Sparrows: Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 02.07.2024 6:46 ↓

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

Anne Carson's "Getaway": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 25.06.2024 7:42 ↓

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

That Nature Is a Heracletean Fire and Of the Comfort of the Resurrection by Gerard Manley Hopkins: Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 18.06.2024 5:28 ↓

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."

Jackie Craven's "Someone moved the bagel shop": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 12.06.2024 5:12 ↓

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

Transtromer's "Brief Pause in the Organ Recital": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 04.06.2024 6:37 ↓

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

Patrick Rosal's "Yes It Will Rain": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 28.05.2024 5:27 ↓

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

Anna de Noailles's "Imprint": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 21.05.2024 6:01 ↓

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

Audre Lorde's "Litany for Survival": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 14.05.2024 4:23 ↓

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

Saara Raappana's "Manifesto of What Breaks": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 07.05.2024 4:40 ↓

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

Yusef Kumunyakaa"s "Facing It": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 30.04.2024 4:58 ↓

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

Rita Dove's "Heart to Heart": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 23.04.2024 4:24 ↓

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

Bruce Weigl's "The Harp": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 16.04.2024 5:12 ↓

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

Christian Wiman's "All My Friends Are Finding New Beliefs": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 09.04.2024 6:23 ↓

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

Kay Ryan's "The Light of Interiors": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 02.04.2024 4:15 ↓

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

William Snyder's "The Hush": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 26.03.2024 7:36 ↓

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

Linda Pastan's "Espaliered Pear Trees": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 19.03.2024 5:49 ↓

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

Stu Bartow, his life and work in haiku: Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 12.03.2024 3:44 ↓

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

Bob Hicok's "All life is life in art": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 05.03.2024 5:23 ↓

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

Gail DiMaggio's Metta for Judy: Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 26.02.2024 7:12 ↓

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

Gerald Stern's Day of Grief: Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 20.02.2024 5:42 ↓

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

Kathleen Graber's "Book Four": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye 13.02.2024 6:11 ↓

Considering "Book Four" by Kathleen Graber, and time, collecting things, and letting things go.

Remembrance of Poet Naton Leslie 13.02.2024 3:45 ↓

Remembering poet and friend Naton Leslie, and his poem "In the Year of my Birth Elvis Records Heartbreak Hotel."