An episode from 1/31/24: Tonight, as a companion to last episode of poems on being a child, I read a handful of poems about being a parent: “Morning Song,” by Sylvia Plath (1932-1963)“Child Crying Out,” by Louise Glück (1943-2023)“First Snow” read by Louise Glück (audio from here)“This Be the Verse,” by Philip Larkin (1922-1985)“Lucinda Matlock,” by Edgar Lee Masters (1868-1950)“On My First Sonne” (Epigrammes XLV), by Ben Jonson (1572-1637)“The Pomegranate,” by Eavan Boland (1944-2020)“Surprized by joy – impatient as the wind,” by William Wordsworth (1770-1850)“Eden Rock,” by Charles Causley (1924-2007)“My Young Mother,” by Jane Cooper (1924-2007)“Waiting,” by William Carlos Williams (1883-1963)from King Lear, by William Shakespeare (1564-1616)“Life after Death,” by Ted Hughes (1930-1998) The best way to support the podcast is by leaving a review on Apple or Spotify, sharing it with others, or sending me a note on what you think. You can also order any of my books: Time and the River: From Columbine to the Invention of Fire, Notes from the Grid, To the House of the Sun, The Lonely Young & the Lonely Old, and Bone Antler Stone. I've also edited a handful of books in the S4N Pocket Poems series. I also have a YouTube channel where I share poems and excerpts from these books, mostly as YouTube shorts. Email me at humanvoiceswakeus1@gmail.com. Rss Apple Podcaster →
