Poetry For All
Finding Our Way Into Great Poems
We found 6 episodes of Poetry For All with the tag “aging”.
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Episode 52: Shakespeare, Sonnet 73
October 24th, 2022 | Season 5 | 19 mins 18 secs
17th century, aging, autumn, intimacy, love, night, rhymed verse, sonnet
This sonnet reflects on the autumn of life and an intimate love, and it turns on that love growing stronger in and through its age, even as the body decays.
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Episode 50: Rafael Campo, Primary Care
September 26th, 2022 | Season 5 | 22 mins 24 secs
21st century, aging, blank verse, body in pain, gratitude, hispanic heritage month, repetition or refrain, science and medicine, spirituality, wonder
In this episode, we discuss how Rafael Campo, a practicing physician, uses blank verse to explore the experience of illness and suffering.
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Episode 38: Laura Van Prooyen, Elegy for My Mother's Mind
January 26th, 2022 | Season 4 | 29 mins 16 secs
21st century, aging, children, elegy, free verse, gratitude, grief and loss, guest on the show, love, mother's day
In this episode, our guest Laura Van Prooyen reads "Elegy for My Mother's Mind," a poem that navigates the complexities of memory, loss, and familial relationships. Laura's poem gives us an opportunity to think about the deep sources of poetic inspiration, the revision process, and the power of metaphor.
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Episode 24: Robert Hayden, Those Winter Sundays
June 14th, 2021 | Season 2 | 20 mins 49 secs
20th century, aging, black history month, children, father's day, gratitude, love, sonnet, surprise, winter, wonder
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Episode 16: John Milton, When I Consider How My Light is Spent
February 15th, 2021 | Season 2 | 15 mins 57 secs
17th century, aging, anger, body in pain, christianity, grief and loss, hope, rhymed verse, sonnet, surprise
The episode explores Milton's great sonnet spun from the difficulties of middle age and new disappointments. We consider how he pulls consolation from his sense of defeat and near despair. Faced with his coming blindness, he hears the voice of Patience giving him the strength to wait.
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Episode 12: James Merrill, Christmas Tree
December 2nd, 2020 | Season 1 | 21 mins 37 secs
20th century, advent/christmas, aging, body in pain, elegy, friendship, grief and loss, guest on the show, intimacy, lgbtqia month, love, science and medicine, visual poetry