Angelic harp music opens a very special episode - Achim’s last as the host of Licensed Poetics. Ying, a dear friend of LP’s, is a spoken word poet and musician. She joins LP in the studio to discuss discovering your inner artist and activist, showing up for what’s beautiful, and naming your instruments (or in BFL’s case, her rolling pin) after your favourite artist.

Books mentioned

Politics and the English Language by George Orwell

Dearly by Margret Atwood

The Sandman by Neil Gaiman

The Flame by Leonard Cohen

Women Who Run with the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés

Chapters

00:00 Reverie harp

01:20 Ying’s bio

02:16 BFL reading update

08:24 Achim reading update

17:25 Ying reading update

18:43 Reverie harp II

19:40 Naming instruments

25:56 How Ying got started with poetry

35:08 Musicality and poetry

41:40 Nature poetry workshop

51:54 Achim’s announcement

53:28 Reverie harp III