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It's a twice-monthly Poetry Snack, this time with A.E. Housman.

Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through.

Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Additional music composed and performed by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry. Today’s poem, To an Athlete Dying Young, by Alfred Edward Housman, is in the public domain. Words by Winter can be reached at [email protected].

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Listeners write in with stories of unexpected twists and turns and how their lives changed as a result.

Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through.

Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Additional music by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry.  Today's poem, Lucky, by Kirsten Dierking, is used with the poet's kind permission.. Words by Winter can be reached at [email protected]. 

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It's a twice-monthly Poetry Snack, this time with  Amy Lowell, who loved and wrote Imagist poetry, full of precise visual imagery.

Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through.

Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Additional music composed and performed by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry. Today’s poem, A London Thoroughfare, 2 a.m,, is in the public domain. Words by Winter can be reached at [email protected].

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My friend and I held hands in his living room and talked and laughed and cried. We both knew it would be our last conversation.

Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through.

Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Additional music by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry.  Today's poem, For All the People I Have Been, by John Zdrazil, is used without his permission, because he's not here to grant it (this would have made him laugh). Words by Winter can be reached at [email protected]. 

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It's a twice-monthly Poetry Snack, this time with  Angelina Weld Grimke, whose poems, written a century ago, feel fresh and alive,

Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through.

Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Additional music composed and performed by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry. Today’s poem is by Angelina Weld Grimke and is in the public domain. Words by Winter can be reached at [email protected].

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A listener named Julie writes in, wondering how she can keep her mother in her life and also keep her own sanity.

Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through.

Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Additional music by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry.  Today's poem, My Mother Is a Peaceful Ghost, by Lisa Dordal, is used with kind permission of the poet, who can be found at lisadordal.com. Words by Winter can be reached at [email protected]. 

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It's an end of the month Poetry Snack, with Carl Sandburg. Note that we will be off the month of June - please check out the archives for episodes you may have missed or want to hear again.

Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through.

Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Additional music composed and performed by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry. Today’s poem, The Fog, is by Carl Sandburg and is in the public domain. Words by Winter can be reached at [email protected].

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Sometimes, in an awful time, cruelty can feel more common than kindness. How do you shore yourself up? 

Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through.

Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Additional music by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry.  Today's poem, What to Do, by Joyce Sutphen, was read by Mark Garry and used with kind permission of the poet. Words by Winter can be reached at [email protected]. 

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My young trans friend sent me a photo the other day in which he wore a necklace and a lacy flowered shirt and a big happy grin. This is my favorite photo of you ever! I wrote back.

Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through.

Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Additional music by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry. Today’s poem, Summer, by Chen Chen, was read with the poet’s kind permission.  Words by Winter can be reached at [email protected]

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Ever wanted to be someone else? Something else? Escape something that you can't --not yet, anyway-- escape?

Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through.

Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Additional music by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry.  Today’s poem, Mouse, by Karen Bjork Kubin, was read by the poet herself, and is used with her kind permission.