
Heartwork with Dale Biron–Poems For Heart and Soul
Now more than ever, we need the fierce, insightful, inspiring power of poetry in our lives, connecting head, heart and soul...
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177 episodes
Rewilding The Human Mind (New Course at Fromm Institute)
There’s been a palace coup. For fifty years, our logical, linear, analytical selves have been in charge. It’s not wrong or bad in and of itself. At least until this side of us gained a kind of absolute “monopoly” power. It’s turned into a profo...
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ARGUE WITH POEMS NOT PEOPLE
I say argue with poems not people. First of all, you’ve got to get clear about how you actually think and feel before you go blathering away at others. And that’s huge and potentially helpful no matter what else you do. Second when you argue in...
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Make This Poem Your Own
A good poem invites you to walk inside and have your own experience. It becomes a room to wander, feel, and carry with you. Savor that gift—and pass it on.
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Savor The Surprise (To Feel More Fully Alive)
The last few lines are often where poems bloom or detonate. Slow down. Let them land. Even the poet, maybe especially the poet, must be surprised.
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Honor The Heartlines (To Feel More Fully Alive)
These are the lines that shimmer with more-than-words, inviting you to stop, feel, and be changed. Not every poem has a heartline—but the ones that stay with you always do.
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Pause For Poetry Power... The Secret Silence
Silence speaks volumes—before, between, and after words and lines. Listen carefully to what poems don't say, as much as what they do. Sometimes a pause will include repeating a line or lines, and playing with inflection. And if we listen deeply...
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How To Read A Poem For Joy, Healing, Delight
Don’t Perform – Speak The Poem… Let the poem live and breathe through you.Speak as if sharing something private and true, not putting on a show.
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The Courage Needed To Begin Again
Despair is that feeling of "ending" full stop. As if nothing can, or will ever change again. Cahnge can, and will happen. No feeling is final... Just begin again!
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The First Poem Ever Spoken
Stay tuned for a new format and new episodes beginning July 4, 2025. In the meantime, I'll be giving talks and teaching at The Fromm Institute. More details here: https://courses.fromminstitute.org/posts/84396387?utm_source=manual
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A Deliciously Subversive Poem For Our Times
This poem is wonderfully subversive when it comes to exposing the biggest lie reinforced by our cultural stories...
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If A Poem Does Not Move You... Move On!
A good poem will interest, excite, and move you. You don’t need to “try” to like a good poem. So if a poem does not move you… move on! There is so much poetry, you can be picky.
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A POEM TO HELP BUILD YOUR GRATEFULNESS MUSCLE?
A greatefulness practice can transform your life. But what happens when feeling grateful seems difficult, or even impossible? Here's a story and a poem that may help. (PS: GRATEFUL.ORG is an amazing resource for your gratefulness practice, co-f...
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Change Your Mind Change Your Mood
Some poems are so good... they can give us a kind of fresh start. Deliver gifts for the head and heart. Help us change our minds and moods...
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The Trouble With Heroes
"Heroes are all about straightening things out.The courageous love the curves as much as the straights..."–Dale Biron
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Why Hope 1.0 Is Dying
That old kind of hope, "hope 1.0" is no longer up to the task. It is being replaced, and not a second too soon...
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A "Break Glass" Emergency Poem
Use this poem to regain your center, agency, and way... even in these most difficult times!
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A Brief Meditation On These Dark Times
"Friends, we’re trying to understand, as one, as many, as Mother Earth.And it can be as daunting as catching smoke with our bare hands."–Dale Biron
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Asking Me To "Stand With The Dems"
Asking Me To "Stand With The Dems"You keep asking for more money, and for me to “stand with the Dems.” I’ll stand with the Dems when they actually take a stand for us all. I’ll stand with the Dems when they break a few rules, peacefully ...
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We Are Helpless Mapmakers...
We are helpless mapmakers. We can’t stop drawing lines, creating meaning, and shaping stories to explain the world around us. It’s how we navigate life—through beliefs, assumptions, and the mental landscapes we construct. But if we combine this...
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When Life Overwhelms Us And We Need A Reset
If we look inside ourselves, each of us has places in our lives of brokenness, sorrow, and grief. Places that have strung us out to dry... What then? That's when this week's poem comes in handy.
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What If Our Pricey Eggs Could Talk?
Can a humorous poem make serious points? Yes. Poems can help us make sense of the world. Poems can help us ask new, sometimes uncomfortable questions. A just right poem can help us write whole new ways of seeing and feeling the world, and what'...
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How To Be Less Fearful (to remind myself)
How To Be Less Fearful (to remind myself) "What if we, are the only Calvary that’s actually coming?What if the kindness we seek, we must bring ourselves...?"–Dale Biron
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The Aikido Of Poetry... Finding Sanity In The Chaos
Finding moments of sanity, refuge, and even joy, is more critical than ever. This week's special poem is a potent reminder of this...
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