Follow a Fish Poetry Conversations and Inspiration

Sue reads her poem about the death of a student, and the cycles of nature, war and peace and talks about it with Deborah. We invite you to write an elegy - a poem of loss, praise for the departed, and resolution - see https://poets.org/glossary for more detail and explanation.  Please also see the written poem and artwork at curiositycatpodcasts.com .

We read and discuss two poems about the grief of losing mothers to dementia, one "Canning Apricots" from Deborah Bachels Schmidt, and the other from a listener - Pete Brown's poignant "Two Ladies". Today's listener prompt is simply "Grief", however you interpret it. Please send to curiositycatpodcasts@gmail.com

Deborah reads and reflects on her poem "Counting Poems" where she compares how many she's written compared to others, and reframes the 'distractions' of parenting as a kind of poetry itself. This episode is about freeing ourselves from the deadening effects of competition with others and ourselves, getting out of our own way in order to hear the still, small voices of creativity. The listener prom...

A reading and discussion of Sue's poem "Obscurity Unpacked", exploring the inner demons of depression and feeling unseen within our present culture of FOMO, celebrity worship, and the loss of person-to-person connection. Today's listener prompt: “Demons Within”. Please write something to this and send it to curiositycatpodcasts@gmail.com.

Deborah reads and talks about her poem about the goldfish in her garden pond, and gives tips for how to get your poetry out there - chap books, poetry open mics and more. See our website for details and the poem in written form here . Here are Deborah's tips for becoming part of a poetry community . Listener prompt: Fish, fishing and/or another analogy that captures your creative process. Send to...

What’s happened to following fish   Off the Mendocino cliffs? To following fish, and seeing where they lead? A reading and a conversation about the creative process. And fishing. With a prompt for listeners to submit their own work on the theme of fish and their own creative process. e mail to curiositycatpodcasts@gmail.com