Brian’s Poetry Oasis

4 poems to help you find a way through fear, restlessness, or the blues. Don’t ever give up. Enjoy the companion song, Your Hands by JJ Heller https://bit.ly/3PGrkq3 PrayerPoems Restlessness © 2023, 2026, Slowing Down Time © 2026, Take Time to Be Here © 2023, 2026, Don’t Give Up © 2026 by Brian Crouth Podcast Intro Music Arches by Hara Noda Epidemic Sound https://bit.ly/4x1PH2j Photograph by Austi...

​Reflecting on difficult times that were filled with Sadness, Poet Brian explores how embracing Sorrow - both past and present - can be a worthwhile path. ​Glad to be Sad © 2020, 2024 by Brian Crouth ​Opening Image Artist credit: Caitlin Sweet https://bit.ly/42O5283 Instagram @Cait. Sweet ​Photo credits: Brian Crouth © 2020, 2024 / All other photos in the public domain.

•Poetry, Performance, Podcast Production © 2019, 2024 Brian Crouth / Photo: Mara Ket / Music: “Poets” Ciaran Delaney “Little Things” Valerie Gomes www.valeriegomes.com/ http://bit.ly/3vXcS2y • Send your thoughts & comments to: brianspoetryoasis@gmail.com • Support Poet Brian’s Creative and Podcast Production Time and Efforts: https://paypal.me/2PoetBrian?locale.x=en_US No amount is too small. Than...

•Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production © 2018, 2020, 2023 by Brian Crouth •Photo credit: Brian Crouth / Song credit: “The First Noel” (instrumental background) W.G. Snuffy Walden ©2002 BMG / “The First Noel”(Jazz version) The Evergreen Trio feat. Ellinor ©2016 Epidemic Sound •Send your thoughts, comments, inspirations to: brianspoetryoasis@gmail.com December sunlight pushed its way through an o...

•Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production © 2019, 2020, 2023 by BrianCrouth / Photo Credit: Mitchell McCleary / Music: “Svalbard” by Julyan Brynn •Oasis podcast email notifications: https://subscribebyemail.com/anchor.fm/s/130995e4/podcast/rss •Send your thoughts, comments, inspirations to: brianspoetryoasis@gmail.com There were leaves of gold, damp and sidewalk strewn, for the wind and rain had s...

•Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production ©2023 by Brian Crouth / Photo Credit: Robert Woeger © 2020 https://bit.ly/46QrAFD Music: “Say Something” Blood Red Sun https://bit.ly/3QlHxyv “Tale of Two” Rebecca Mardal https://bit.ly/46ZrbRs •Send your thoughts & comments to brianspoetryoasis@gmail.com •Children in war torn regions need our help: UNICEF https://bit.ly/3Mugmh1 / Save the Children https:/...

•Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production ©1974, 2020, 2023 by Brian Crouth / Illustration Credit: Faye Tucker © 2023 https://bit.ly/3DZtYgW Music: “By the Creek” Magnus Ludvigsson https://spoti.fi/3KH0TL6 •The children of Ukraine need our help: UNICEF https://bit.ly/3Mugmh1 / Save the Children https://bit.ly/3pwxOHA / UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) https://bit.ly/3tsawnx / •Send your thoughts & commen...

•Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production ©2022, 2023 by Brian Crouth / Photo: © AlCH2023 Music: “In the Midst” Lalo Brickman https://spoti.fi/3OMVi91 / •The children of Ukraine need our help: UNICEF https://bit.ly/3Mugmh1 / Save the Children https://bit.ly/3pwxOHA / UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) https://bit.ly/3tsawnx / •Send your thoughts & comments to brianspoetryoasis@gmail.com

•Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production ©2022, 2023 by Brian Crouth / Photo: Daniele Franchise (Portugal) https://bit.ly/3mOJQ13 Music: “A Gentle Reminder” Hanna Lindgren https://spoti.fi/3oDOxLp / •The children of Ukraine need our help: UNICEF https://bit.ly/3Mugmh1 / Save the Children https://bit.ly/3pwxOHA / UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) https://bit.ly/3tsawnx / •Send your thoughts & comments to...

•Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production © 2020, 2023 Brian Crouth / Photo Credit: Adrien King (Oregon) https://www.kadrien.com / •The children of Ukraine need our help: UNICEF https://bit.ly/3Mugmh1 / Save the Children https://bit.ly/3pwxOHA / UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) https://bit.ly/3tsawnx / •Send your thoughts & comments to brianspoetryoasis@gmail.com

•Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production © 2023 Brian Crouth / Photo Credit: “Say goodbye” Максим Степаненко Russia https://bit.ly/3ZSWCJC Music: “The Wait Is Finally Over” Wanderer’s Trove https://spoti.fi/3ytfzHi / •The children of Ukraine need our help: UNICEF https://bit.ly/3Mugmh1 / Save the Children https://bit.ly/3pwxOHA / UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) https://bit.ly/3tsawnx / •Send your thoug...

•Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production © 1984, 2023 Brian Crouth / Photo Credit: Andriyko Podilnyk Lviv Ukraine https://bit.ly/3xTW5eG Music: “I Fall In Love Too Easily” Chet Baker Quartet https://spoti.fi/3IE9MDs / •The children of Ukraine need our help: UNICEF https://bit.ly/3Mugmh1 / Save the Children https://bit.ly/3pwxOHA / UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) https://bit.ly/3tsawnx / •Send your thou...

•Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production © 2017, 2022 Brian Crouth / Photo Credit: Julius Drost Berlin, Germany https://bit.ly/3vD1EwA Music: “Little Wonders” Ranner Sillard https://spoti.fi/3ZNXkbZ •The children of Ukraine need our help: UNICEF https://bit.ly/3Mugmh1 / Save the Children https://bit.ly/3pwxOHA / UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) https://bit.ly/3tsawnx / •Send your thoughts & comments to...

Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production © 2018, 2020 Photo credit: Brian Crouth / Song credit: “The First Noel” (instrumental background) W.G. Snuffy Walden ©2002 BMG / “The First Noel”(Jazz version) The Evergreen Trio feat. Ellinor ©2016 Epidemic Sound /Oasis podcast email notifications: https://subscribebyemail.com/anchor.fm/s/130995e4/podcast/rss Send your thoughts, comments, inspirations to:...

•Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production © 2022 Brian Crouth / Photo Credit: Liane Metzler https://bit.ly/3D6f8FY Music: “Patchwork” Ever So Blue https://spoti.fi/3ESjNfJ / •The children of Ukraine need our help: UNICEF https://bit.ly/3Mugmh1 / Save the Children https://bit.ly/3pwxOHA / UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) https://bit.ly/3tsawnx / •Send your thoughts & comments to brianspoetryoasis@gmail.co...

•Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production, Soft pastel “Memory of a Sunset in Truro” © 2022 Brian Crouth Music: “Sunsets Somewhere” Guustavv https://spoti.fi/3R2bTE0 •The children of Ukraine need our help: UNICEF https://bit.ly/3Mugmh1 / Save the Children https://bit.ly/3pwxOHA / UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) https://bit.ly/3tsawnx / •Send your thoughts & comments to brianspoetryoasis@gmail.com

•Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production © 2022 Brian Crouth / Photo Credit: Jen Theodore https://bit.ly/3QHGh6m Music: “The Road to Odessa” Lama House https://spoti.fi/3TaksOj •The children of Ukraine need our help: UNICEF https://bit.ly/3Mugmh1 / Save the Children https://bit.ly/3pwxOHA / UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) https://bit.ly/3tsawnx / •Send your thoughts & comments to brianspoetryoasis@gmai...

•Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production ©2019, 2020, 2022 Brian Crouth / Image Credit: “Learning to Love Our Curves” Cate White © 2019 https://catewhite.com/ Music: “Tranquillity” Dawn, Dawn, Dawn https://spoti.fi/3zyAtVD •The children of Ukraine need our help: UNICEF https://bit.ly/3Mugmh1 / Save the Children https://bit.ly/3pwxOHA / UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) https://bit.ly/3tsawnx / •Send your...

•Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production ©2022 by Brian Crouth / Photo: Bob Brewer https://bit.ly/3NMaizW Music: “Song for Mauve” American Legion https://spoti.fi/3amehoK / •The children of Ukraine need our help: UNICEF https://bit.ly/3Mugmh1 / Save the Children https://bit.ly/3pwxOHA / UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) https://bit.ly/3tsawnx / •Send your thoughts & comments to brianspoetryoasis@gmail.co...

•Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production ©2022 by Brian Crouth / Music: “A Gentle Reminder” Hanna Lindgren https://bit.ly/3LHz7wB •The children of Ukraine need our help: UNICEF https://bit.ly/3Mugmh1 / Save the Children https://bit.ly/3pwxOHA / UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) https://bit.ly/3tsawnx / •Send your thoughts & comments to brianspoetryoasis@gmail.com

•Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production © 2018, 2022 by Brian Crouth / Photo: Khadeeja Yasser https://bit.ly/3wPTDXb Music: “Midnight in Carmel” Wendy Marcini https://bit.ly/36LKGDB •Send your thoughts & comments to brianspoetryoasis@gmail.com

*The children of Ukraine need our help: UNICEF https://bit.ly/3Mugmh1 / Save the Children https://bit.ly/3pwxOHA / UN Refugee Agency https://bit.ly/3tsawnx •Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production © 1990, 2022 by Brian Crouth / Photo: Patty Brito / Music: “Meadow” Sebastian Winskog •Paul Simon sings “The Obvious Child” https://bit.ly/3vCd0lI •Send your thoughts & comments to brianspoetryoasis@gma...

•Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production © 2019, 2022 Brian Crouth / Photo: Karl JK Hedin / Music: “Poets” Ciaran Delaney / “Little Things” © 2014 Valerie Gomes More @ valeriegomes.com • Receive Oasis podcast email notifications: https://bit.ly/3j0gR4q • Send your thoughts & comments to: brianspoetryoasis@gmail.com • Support Poet Brian’s Creative and Podcast Production Time and Efforts: https://p...

•Spotify link for podcast w/ Bonus Music: https://spoti.fi/3ybIRZM •Music video #9 Dream: https://bit.ly/3DBYB9R Song from “Walls and Bridges ©1974 by John Lennon / Video edited in 2003 using footage from John & Yoko’s films “Smile” and “Two Virgins” (1968) and outtakes from “Imagine” (1971) •”Sky Piece III, IV, V, VIII” ©2013 by Yoko Ono from her book Acorn published by Algonquin Books of Chapel...

•Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production © 2001, 2021 Brian Crouth / Photo: Wolf Zimmerman / Music: “Southern” Daniel Kaede • Receive Oasis podcast email notifications: https://bit.ly/3j0gR4q • Send your thoughts & comments to: brianspoetryoasis@gmail.com • Support Poet Brian’s Creative and Podcast Production Time and Efforts: https://paypal.me/2PoetBrian?locale.x=en_US No amount is too small. Th...