William Blake - A Poet's Life

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i was thrilled to let him find william blake, like that's awesome. It reminds me too of just, oh, if i'm remembering this rit correct me if i'm wrong. There was passage in wintering a for november slumber. I feel like when i don't have sleep and rest, i'm also not noticing things, you know, i'm just, i'm too frazzled to notice. O o e, all the advertisements of by this thing, and your holidays will be bright or by this one thing. And what about the people who don't have time? Ah, who are just trying to make ends meet, and now they have

Welcome to the Wintering Sessions with Katherine May.

This week Katherine chats to Aimee Nezhukumatathil, author of ‘World Of Wonders’ and more.

An uplifting, soulful and inspiring chat with Aimee and Katherine, beginning with a foundation of wonder and never dropping the ball once.

Moving from prose to poetry and immediately feeling boundaries being lifted, Aimee has put out some truly valuable work into the world and this is a perfect opportunity to get to the heart of it all.

As always, it branches out into some rich areas including the juxtaposition of memoir and nature, enforced patriotism as a child, the gradual introduction of cultural reference while growing up, seeing the restrictive attitudes of the 80’s dissolving through generations, examples of harnessing the outdoors and nature from her parents and her geography being shaped by their professions, making your own entertainment, moments of wonder and how children can help trigger them in adults through example, the luxury of time in enjoying the outdoors and so much more to enrich your day.

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