STRIVE TO BE HAPPY. In this episode of the Podcast of Poems, Max Ehrmann's proverbial commentary on life, Desiderata, is read and discussed.

I AM THE CAPTAIN OF MY SOUL. This episode discusses W. E. Henley's Invictus, analyzes its stanzas, its underlying themes, and also: a guest to share an experience related to this poem of great humanistic value. (Disclaimer: I live in a city in the Philippines where people love chicken so much they raise them as pets in their backyards as part of their highly-extended family structure, so if you can hear them crowing, it's most likely because we were stupid enough to record this in the morning.) 🥺👉👈 Also, people here love chicken wings, just saying.