Welcome to another episode of Poems for the Speed of Life with Shane Breslin, writer, business owner and advocate of poetry and the written word to be our mentor and guide through the world and through our lives.

This is Episode 9 of the Christmas series and today's piece is the lyric of the song "Silent Night (Christmas 1915)" by Cormac MacConnell.

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠You can read the piece here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Watch and listen to the great Irish tenor Jerry Lynch singing the song here.

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Welcome to another episode of Poems for the Speed of Life with Shane Breslin, writer, business owner and advocate of poetry and the written word to be our mentor and guide through the world and through our lives.

This is Episode 8 of the Christmas series and today's poem is "A Jewish Mom's Christmas Poem" by Amy Sue Nathan.

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠You can read the poem here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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Listen back to the⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ introductory episode of the Christmas series on Spotify here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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For a detailed outline of the mission and purpose behind this podcast, please check out Episode 100, "Why Poems for the Speed of Life?", and Episode 200, "A New Era for Poems for the Speed of Life", in your podcast player.

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Music on this episode is by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lofium⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pixabay⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Welcome to another episode of Poems for the Speed of Life with Shane Breslin, writer, business owner and advocate of poetry and the written word to be our mentor and guide through the world and through our lives.

This is Episode 7 of the Christmas series and today's poem is "My hero the whirligig" by Bob Hicok.

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠You can read the poem here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

You can get notified about new episodes, receive more detailed episode descriptions, and if you are so moved, support the podcast financially, by ⁠⁠⁠⁠joining on Substack here⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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Listen back to the⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ introductory episode of the Christmas series on Spotify here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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Music on this episode is by ⁠⁠⁠⁠Lofium⁠⁠⁠⁠ from ⁠⁠⁠⁠Pixabay⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Welcome to another episode of Poems for the Speed of Life with Shane Breslin, writer, business owner and advocate of poetry and the written word to be our mentor and guide through the world and through our lives.

This is Episode 6 of the Christmas series and today's piece of writing is "Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus", by Francis P. Church.

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠You can read the poem here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

You can get notified about new episodes, receive more detailed episode descriptions, and if you are so moved, support the podcast financially, by ⁠⁠⁠joining on Substack here⁠⁠⁠.

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Listen back to the⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ introductory episode of the Christmas series on Spotify here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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Music on this episode is by ⁠⁠⁠Lofium⁠⁠⁠ from ⁠⁠⁠Pixabay⁠⁠⁠.

Welcome to another episode of Poems for the Speed of Life with Shane Breslin, writer, business owner and advocate of poetry and the written word to be our mentor and guide through the world and through our lives.

This is Episode 5 of the Christmas series and today's poem is "A Christmas Childhood" by Patrick Kavanagh.

⁠⁠⁠⁠You can read the poem here⁠⁠⁠⁠

You can get notified about new episodes, receive more detailed episode descriptions, and if you are so moved, support the podcast financially, by ⁠⁠joining on Substack here⁠⁠.

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Listen back to the⁠⁠⁠⁠ introductory episode of the Christmas series on Spotify here⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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For a detailed outline of the mission and purpose behind this podcast, please check out Episode 100, "Why Poems for the Speed of Life?", and Episode 200, "A New Era for Poems for the Speed of Life", in your podcast player.

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Music on this episode is by ⁠⁠Lofium⁠⁠ from ⁠⁠Pixabay⁠⁠.

Welcome to another episode of Poems for the Speed of Life with Shane Breslin, writer, business owner and advocate of poetry and the written word to be our mentor and guide through the world and through our lives.

This is Episode 4 of the Christmas series and today's poem is "Christmas" by John Betjeman.

⁠⁠⁠You can read the poem here⁠⁠⁠

You can get notified about new episodes, receive more detailed episode descriptions, and if you are so moved, support the podcast financially, by ⁠joining on Substack here⁠.

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Listen back to the⁠⁠⁠ introductory episode of the Christmas series on Spotify here⁠⁠⁠.

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Welcome to another episode of Poems for the Speed of Life with Shane Breslin, writer, business owner and advocate of poetry and the written word to be our mentor and guide through the world and through our lives.

This is Episode 3 of the Christmas series and today's poem is "The Christmas Letter" by John N. Morris.

⁠⁠You can read the poem here⁠⁠

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Listen back to the⁠⁠ introductory episode of the Christmas series on Spotify here⁠⁠.

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Welcome to another episode of Poems for the Speed of Life with Shane Breslin, writer, business owner and advocate of poetry and the written word to be our mentor and guide through the world and through our lives.

This is Episode 2 of the Christmas series and today's poem is "Advent" by Mary Jo Salter.

⁠You can read the poem here⁠

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Music on this episode is by ⁠Lofium⁠ from ⁠Pixabay⁠.

Welcome to another episode of Poems for the Speed of Life with Shane Breslin, writer, business owner and advocate of poetry and the written word to be our mentor and guide through the world and through our lives.

This is Episode 1 of the Christmas series: "Christmas Trees" by Robert Frost.

You can read the poem here

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For a detailed outline of the mission and purpose behind this podcast, please check out Episode 100, "Why Poems for the Speed of Life?", and Episode 200, "A New Era for Poems for the Speed of Life", in your podcast player.

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Music on this episode is by ⁠⁠Lofium⁠⁠ from ⁠⁠Pixabay⁠⁠.

Introducing a new series of Poems for the Speed of Life, with your host, Shane Breslin.

This podcast is about the transformative power of poetry, literature and the written word in general, to help us, to teach us, to guide us on the road through the life we’d like to lead.

The theme for the new series is Christmas.

You can look forward to poems from all over the world, plus a song lyric or two, as well as a few passages of prose that I believe perfectly fits what this series is all about.

The new series begins with Episode 1 on Saturday, November 23rd.

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