This is Episode 11 of Poems to Live Well By.

Today's poem is "Wait" by Galway Kinnell, a poem about life and death and the choice between the two.

You can read the poem here.

And you can also hear the poet talk about and read the poem at this Soundcloud link.

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This is Episode 10 of Poems to Live Well By.

Today's reading is of "Advent" by Patrick Kavanagh.

You can read the poem, and a short essay in exploration of its themes, on The Guardian website here.

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Episode 9 of Poems to Live Well By.

Today's reading is of "Snow Fairy" by Claude McKay.

You can read "Snow Fairy" here.

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Episode 8 of Poems to Live Well By.

Today's reading is of a great Christmas poem, "Journey of the Magi", by TS Eliot.

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Episode 7 of Poems to Live Well By.

Today's poem is "Sometimes" by David Whyte.

If you'd like to hear the poet himself read the poem, in his own unmistakable and gorgeous way, please check out this Soundcloud page.

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Episode 6 of Poems to Live Well By.

Today's poem is "The People of the Other Village", by Thomas Lux.

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This is Episode 5 of Poems to Live Well By.

Today's poem is "Happiness" by Raymond Carver, about a fleeting moment of beauty and peace on an otherwise routine morning.

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This is Episode 4 of Poems to Live Well By.

Today's poem is "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost.

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Today's reading is "Night Drive" by Tom French.

It's from the poet's first collection, Touching the Bones, published by The Gallery Press in 2002.

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Today's reading is "Snowy Night" by Mary Oliver.

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