Naming the world with Kelli Russell Agodon's poem "The Naming of Things."De către marmccabe

Warming God's hands with our fire in Daniel B. Summerhill's poem.De către marmccabe

Eric Kocher's re-entry into the world after a red-eye flight wonderfully disorients in his poem "Red Eye Home."De către marmccabe

Emily gives us what-for in this poem by Betsy Sholl. Are you listening?De către marmccabe

Love and loss and what is left behind beautifully detailed in this poem by Jordan Smith.De către marmccabe

Clare Goulet gets down low to hear what wisdom this lichen can impart.De către marmccabe

Reality check on climate change in this short poem by Heather Sellers.De către marmccabe

Love of country under scrutiny in my poem "Pro Patria."De către marmccabe

Details and attention weave together this disparate poem's lines: "Evidence of Tenderness" by Lauren Camp.De către marmccabe

The hazards and dull horror of war and John Balaban's vivid "The Guard at the Bin Thuy Bridge."De către marmccabe

Small subversions and what poetry can do, seen at work in "Perserving an Ecosystem" by Christina Olivares.De către marmccabe

Counting blessings, however mixed, under consideration and this Jane Hirshfield poem: "Counting, This New Year's Morning, What Powers Yet Remain To Me."De către marmccabe

All things connected in this Li-Young Lee poem, "One Heart."De către marmccabe

Remembering and misremembering and an old poem: Thomas Bailey Aldrich, "Memory."De către marmccabe

Star-gazing with Wordsworth, and thinking about the notorious denizens of the planet Earth.De către marmccabe

Two poems on faith and doubt and the small voice inside.De către marmccabe

"Burning Box Braid on East & 94th, Tulsa, Oklahoma" by Kweku Abimbola explores the maintenance of old traditions in new lands, holding the "us" amid the "other," but understanding too that we are all "other" and "us" as well.De către marmccabe

Reading "Vesper Sparrows" by Deborah Digges and thinking about humanity.De către marmccabe

Going along to get along, and Anne Carson's short-short "Getaway" considered in this podcast.De către marmccabe

Gerard Manley Hopkins and reveling in the death of some things and the birth of others in his poem "That Nature Is a Heraclitean Fire and of the Comfort of the Resurrection."De către marmccabe

Lost on a byway in this quirky poem by Jackie Craven.De către marmccabe

Tomas Transtromer's "Kort Paus I Orgelkonserten," translated by Patty Crane, and memory and experience considered in this podcast.De către marmccabe

Patrick Rosal's prayer and meditation on home and hope, grief and ongoing.De către marmccabe

Loving the world and turn of the century French poet Anna de Noailles's poem "L'impreinte" in my translation.De către marmccabe

Hope arising from suffering considered in Audre Lorde's "Litany for Survival."De către marmccabe

Memorializing Saara Raappana with this poem of hers, "Manifesto of What Breaks."De către marmccabe

Human's inhumanity and the love required as counterbalance in consideration, and Kumunyakaa's stunning poem of the Vietnam War Memorial, "Facing It."De către marmccabe

Hearts and wants, the shape of desire, and "Heart to Heart" by Rita Dove considered in this podcast.De către marmccabe

Fathers and memory and empathy explored in this consideration of Bruce Weigl's poem "The Harp."De către marmccabe

Christian Wiman and his poem about shifting beliefs and speeding time and friends, "All My Friends Are Finding New Beliefs."De către marmccabe

Thoughts on Kay Ryan's poem "The Light of Interiors" and the importance of friendship.De către marmccabe

William Snyder's poem "The Hush" is featured, and thinking about noise and silence.De către marmccabe

Linda Pastan's poem "Espaliered Pear Trees" inspires this episode considering humankind's incessant attempts to control nature.De către marmccabe

In memory of Stu Bartow and his fine poetry and his haikuist's eye.De către marmccabe

Thinking about Bob Hicok's poem "All life is life in art" and "doing" versus "being" and the meaning of life.De către marmccabe

A short essay thinking about Gail DiMaggio's poem "Metta for Judy," from her forthcoming collection What She Made of It.De către marmccabe

Thinking about Gerald Stern's poem "Day of Grief" and the sense of time and its passage, and life's unfolding.De către marmccabe

Considering "Book Four" by Kathleen Graber, and time, collecting things, and letting things go.De către marmccabe

Remembering poet and friend Naton Leslie, and his poem "In the Year of my Birth Elvis Records Heartbreak Hotel."De către marmccabe

A consideration of creativity and making art, and Jane Hirshfield's poem "Rebus."De către marmccabe

A consideration of faith and Bruce Beasley's poem "Aphasic Echolalia."De către marmccabe

Considering in this podcast Carol Frost's visceral and startling poem "To Kill a Deer." Not for the faint at heart. Frank images from a deer hunt.De către marmccabe

Neil Carpathios's poem serves as this podcast's poem lens. Find the text of the poem and the podcast script on MarilynOnaRoll.wordpress.com.De către marmccabe

Mary Oliver's poem Wild Geese is the lens through which this podcast considers the world.De către marmccabe