Brief essays on poetry: considering a poem and how it reveals the world and the human experience. Find the text of the poems featured and the podcast script on MarilynOnaRoll.wordpress.com.
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Yusef Kumunyakaa"s "Facing It": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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Human's inhumanity and the love required as counterbalance in consideration, and Kumunyakaa's stunning poem of the Vietnam War Memorial, "Facing It."Av marmccabe
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Rita Dove's "Heart to Heart": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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Hearts and wants, the shape of desire, and "Heart to Heart" by Rita Dove considered in this podcast.Av marmccabe
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Bruce Weigl's "The Harp": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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Fathers and memory and empathy explored in this consideration of Bruce Weigl's poem "The Harp."Av marmccabe
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Christian Wiman's "All My Friends Are Finding New Beliefs": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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Christian Wiman and his poem about shifting beliefs and speeding time and friends, "All My Friends Are Finding New Beliefs."Av marmccabe
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Kay Ryan's "The Light of Interiors": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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Thoughts on Kay Ryan's poem "The Light of Interiors" and the importance of friendship.Av marmccabe
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William Snyder's "The Hush": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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William Snyder's poem "The Hush" is featured, and thinking about noise and silence.Av marmccabe
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Linda Pastan's "Espaliered Pear Trees": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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Linda Pastan's poem "Espaliered Pear Trees" inspires this episode considering humankind's incessant attempts to control nature.Av marmccabe
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Stu Bartow, his life and work in haiku: Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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In memory of Stu Bartow and his fine poetry and his haikuist's eye.Av marmccabe
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Bob Hicok's "All life is life in art": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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Thinking about Bob Hicok's poem "All life is life in art" and "doing" versus "being" and the meaning of life.Av marmccabe
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Gail DiMaggio's Metta for Judy: Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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A short essay thinking about Gail DiMaggio's poem "Metta for Judy," from her forthcoming collection What She Made of It.Av marmccabe
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Gerald Stern's Day of Grief: Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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Thinking about Gerald Stern's poem "Day of Grief" and the sense of time and its passage, and life's unfolding.Av marmccabe
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Kathleen Graber's "Book Four": Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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Considering "Book Four" by Kathleen Graber, and time, collecting things, and letting things go.Av marmccabe
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Remembering poet and friend Naton Leslie, and his poem "In the Year of my Birth Elvis Records Heartbreak Hotel."Av marmccabe
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Jane Hirshfield's Rebus: Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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A consideration of creativity and making art, and Jane Hirshfield's poem "Rebus."Av marmccabe
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Bruce Beasley's Aphasic Echolalia: Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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A consideration of faith and Bruce Beasley's poem "Aphasic Echolalia."Av marmccabe
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Carol Frost's To Kill a Deer: Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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Considering in this podcast Carol Frost's visceral and startling poem "To Kill a Deer." Not for the faint at heart. Frank images from a deer hunt.Av marmccabe
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Workers of the Lord, Neil Carpathios on Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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Neil Carpathios's poem serves as this podcast's poem lens. Find the text of the poem and the podcast script on MarilynOnaRoll.wordpress.com.Av marmccabe
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Wild Geese: Whirled Through a Poem's Eye
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Mary Oliver's poem Wild Geese is the lens through which this podcast considers the world.Av marmccabe
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