When faced with a significant loss our every day way of speaking can often prove inadequate. What’s needed? Big hurt. Big emotions. Big loss. They all require equally big and bold language, just the type that is contained in our featured poem, Kind by Leonard Nathan.
Can a poem give us an experience of unconditional support? Have you ever known such support in your own life? Do you feel you have it now? And perhaps most importantly, do you know how to actually give this kind of support to yourself? Come, have a listen to our brilliant featured poem, With Kit, Age Seven, at the Beach by William Stafford.
Can a poem actually help us be happy? Can it offer up serious advice for navigating the potentially perilous waters of our most intimate relationships? Yes indeed! At least if we can get our hands (and ears) on a copy of a most brilliant and practical poem called The Place Where We Are Right by Yehuda Amichai. So, listen to this . . .
