Take this poem

I give thanks and make a request.

I give a teaser about a momentous thing coming up on TTP.

I read "Spring and Fall" by Gerard Manley Hopkins.

It's a big 13 minutes!

This one is a gift from Anna Natzke-- my former student, a church friend, and a bright and lovely young writer.

I could not stop smiling when I listened to the file she sent! It's only a few minutes long, but you'll get a good idea of why it was such a joy to have a couple years in the classroom with her.

"The House Was Quiet and the World Was Calm" by Wallace Stevens

"Lake Isle of Innisfree" by W.B. Yeats

Enjoy!

DELIGHTFUL FACT: When this TTP project was newborn, Anna's mama Amy came on (episode #35) to share the work of Ruth Pitter, a British poet who was a contemporary of CS Lewis and much admired by him.

https://takethispoem.podbean.com/e/episode-35-take-this-poet-ruth-pitter/

Summer in our family is a time of many birth days. This poem is beautiful and sore, just like the real thing. 

"To My Daughter on Her 21st Birthday" by Ellen Bass 

Do let me know where YOU would place the emphasis in that line I puzzle over. 

When Love has you over for dinner, just sit down and hush! And eat. 

Today's poem is "Love III" by George Herbert. What a pleasure to read; I had to stop myself at twice. 

Marie Burdett reads five of her wonderful poems for the TTP audience. This just might be the best 8 minutes of your day! 

They are: "Hindsight," "The Gravedigger," "The Gardener's Prayer," "Bluebell Valley," and "Mountain Fog."

If you want to re-listen, Marie's reading begins at 5:40.

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If you'd like to see more of what Marie is up to, here are links to some of her work and accomplishments! 

Her Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/marieburdettpoet/ 

Another one I'm dusting off for young listeners. Enjoy! 

Eleanor finally entered the Closet Of Poetry with me and shared a few of her favorites.  All the poems she says in this episode are from memory, which helps explain the adorable botched limerick she busts out with at the end. Get the kids gathered 'round for this one!

I wanted to re-release this old episode for any new young listeners. It's one of my favorites. The nine-year-old interviewed here is now taller than I am. <3

My daughter Vivian shares some of her favorite funny poems from The National Geographic Book of Animal Poetry, which is a favorite around our household. 

As my end-of-school-year poem I bring you "The Writer" by Richard Wilbur 

I have a thing for poems about work.  Poets seem to have a thing for writing about work. I share that thing with you. In Episode 63, Episode 80, and today. 

"Digging" by Seamus Heaney

"Labor" by Jericho Brown 

A poem that peers into the wrestling of a conflicted human heart. 

Holy Sonnet XIV by John Donne.