The Daily Spark

The Daily Spark. Episode 567. Let the Soda Jerks Speak. "In the 1930s and 40s, they were everywhere. Local and vocal icons..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Coli Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 566. We Travel from Darkness into Light. "Sharing the journey. Traveling from the womb into..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 565. Men & Women Who Matter. "Those of honor. In all things. Those of candor. With all people..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 564. The Best Job in the World. "Universally employed. And deployed. How lucky I am to be so..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 563. How Are Your Gaskets? Holding or blowing? In the manmade fire and brimstone, hell and high-water...that we're witnessing..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 562. Life on Foot. "Give me a life on foot. Without cars, trains, planes, buses, trams..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 561. The Most Beautiful. "What’s the most beautiful sight you’ve ever seen in your life? Maybe a face. A painting..." Composed & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. Image: "Isaac Newton's Cenotaph," 1785 illustration by French Neoclassical Architect Étienne-Louis Boullée. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get...

The Daily Spark. Episode 560. Fog Pours In. "Fog pours in through the half-open windows..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 559. The Living Wisdom of Old Trees. "Their deep rootedness. Meditative stillness..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 558. Looking Out the Windows. "Of my life. As a poet. Windows on storied cities and soft-spoken towns,salt-aired coasts and..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 557. Bachelors. "Yes, they're out there. And yes, they're outnumbered..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 556. For the Poemophobes Out There. "Are you intensely, overwhelmingly, or irrationally anxious or fearful about poems?..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 555. Do You Look Up? " At the sky . What do you see there? Or do you tend to look at it only slightly..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 554. Silence to Silence. "All poems flow in from silence..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 553. Chapel Pond. "There is a kind of holiness here: an enveloping stillness..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 552. Consumer or Contributor? "Taker or giver? Subtractive, extractive or additive?..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 551. Resting on the Chest. "Resting on the chest. Nestling in the breast. Of the infinitely secure..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 550. Far Too Fast. "Our food. Our eating. Our moving. Our listening..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 549. A Timpanic Drum of Thunder. "A swelling rumbling of timpanic Summer thunder..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 548. Things That Take Your Breath Away. "What are breathtaking ones you've experienced...." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 547. When You're Ready. "For wisdom. Really ready. When your eyes are open..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 546. Cooking Your Experiences. "Personally, I prefer mine raw. Uncooked. Sashimi. Tartare. Crudo. But many people seem compelled to..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 545. A Full~Throttle Life. "Maybe you’re having one now. In your 30s, 40s or 50s and going full tilt, full on, flat out, full throttle..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 544. Lifting the Skirts. "In the 1955 film, The Seven Year Itch, a rush of underground air from a city subway grate blows the dress of Marilyn Monroe up..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/s...

The Daily Spark. Episode 543. The Face is the Icon of the Soul. "Wrote the Irish philosopher-poet John O'Donohue in Anam Cara, his lyrical book of Celtic wisdom. As I read this line..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. Anam Cara , the beautifully, lyrically, Irishly (& humanly, non-AI) voiced audio-book, 25th anniversary edition, is on Spotify. This is a publi...