Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours from the Deer Tracks Podcast!

Poems for this episode:
“Thanksgiving” by Edgar Albert Guest
“The Pumpkin” by John Greenleaf Whittier
“A Boy in Church” by Robert Graves

James also reads Abraham Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1863 which you can find a copy here.

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James and old friend of the podcast Evan Anstey read scary campfire stories, a poem, and discuss what's good and not so good about the horror/thriller genre.

Music:
"Grim Grinning Ghosts" (from "The Haunted Mansion")
By The Melomen & Paul Frees & Betty Taylor & Bill Lee & Thurl Ravenscroft
On the Walt Disney World Official Album

"Here and There"
By Evan Anstey
On We Will Be At Peace

Scary Stories:
"High Beams" - https://www.highwaywestvacations.com/blog/spooky-stories
"Yellow Ribbon" - https://www.highwaywestvacations.com/blog/spooky-stories
"A House of Terror" - https://www.ultimatecampresource.com/campfire-stories/scary-campfire-stories/
"It Happened on a White House Tour" by James Kibby

Poem:
"The Pleasant House" by James Kibby

Check out Tom Iak's book One Ounce of Fear for some great Halloween reading!

https://www.amazon.com/One-Ounce-Fear-Mr-Thomas/dp/B086G6CRQL/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=One+ounce+of+fear&qid=1635449892&qsid=141-9149004-9160029&sr=8-1&sres=B086G6CRQL%2CB098BP1XWL%2CB07M6VMSQC%2CB00SS49UVA%2CB082RDKNWC%2CB01N6MXK13%2C1734508523%2CB07JYB9LPF%2CB082RD27MN%2CB08SSS3367%2CB08Q34BWTY%2CB07YCWTQMB%2CB07T9L92SQ%2CB076PWRHH2%2CB07DHWR5CP%2C0974011215

Welcome to another season of Deer Tracks!

Poems for this episode are:

“The Spear” by James Kibby
“Upon the Annunciation and Passion Falling Upon One Day” by John Donne
“I Hear America Singing” by Walt Whitman

If you have a work that you would like featured on our blog site or heard during a future episode, you can email those to [email protected]

Poems for this episode:

“To My Mother” by Edgar Allan Poe
“The Winter Moon” by James Robert Kibby
“You Can’t Beat the Beech Tree” by Tiffany Clark
“”Hope” is the thing with feathers” by Emily Dickinson

Check out Tiffany’s Book Memories: Guiding Us Through Life

For more about the American Beech Tree click here

For more information about Mental Health go to: www.nami.org

If you have a creative work that you would like to hear on a future episode or see on our blog site, email them to [email protected]

Works for this episode are:

-An excerpt from the novel Cuckoo by Robert Kerins

–Death and Sleep Carry Tecumseh by Max Warfield

Thank you to Max and Robert for submitting their work to be heard on the Deer Tracks Podcast.

For more of Max’s writing go to: https://www.amazon.com/Max-Warfield/e/B01MDUJIRN?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_2&qid=1618809501&sr=8-2

For more of Robert’s writing including his novel Cuckoo go to: https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Kerins/e/B009H8Z4LG?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_2&qid=1618809639&sr=1-2

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This week we focus on resurrection. Poems for this episode are:

“My Heart Leaps Up” by William Wordsworth

“God’s Grandeur” by Gerard Manley Hopkins

“Death, be not proud” by John Donne

“A Better Resurrection” by Christina Rossetti

To submit your work for a chance to hear it on a future episode or see it on our blog site email [email protected]

 With an Eye toward Eden,
She sits alone.
Her mind a garden
Filled with muses blooming,
Dripping nectar in aromatic words
For the quill-like tongue of the Bee,
Who inquires of its chambers,
Sips its mysteries,
And reposits honey for progeny.

-"With an Eye toward Eden" written by James Robert Kibby

 For this episode, we focus on three poems written by Emily Dickinson.

 "I would not paint - a picture - "
"Forever - is composed of Nows - "
"Come slowly - Eden!"

Check out this video to learn more about Emily's life! https://youtu.be/Ri1oPRnzEZ4

To read more of her poetry head on over to poetryfoundation.org 

A brief announcement as well as a poem from me. Thank you for tuning in and I look forward to what's on tap for the rest of this season.

If you have a creative work that you would like to hear on a future episode or seen on our blog site you can email those to me at [email protected].

This is part two of an interview James did with author, poet, playwright, kanjam enthusiast, dad joke teller, long time Buffalo Sabres fan, and cat lover Thomas H. Iak.

In this episode, we share some dad jokes, discuss Tom's joys and challenges with writing his first novel, and acquaint ourselves with Seneca Grove's most notable residents.

To check out Tom's novel One Ounce of Fear click here.

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This is part one of an interview I did with author, poet, playwright, kanjam enthusiast, and future lead singer of the Zombies (listen to find out how) Thomas H. Iak.

In this episode we get to know Tom a little and talk about his short stories, Farewell Earthlings and Mother May I, and his play Peach Pie.

To check out Tom's novel One Ounce of Fear click here.

If you have a creative work that you would like to hear on a future episode or see on our blog site, email those to [email protected]