The One You Feed Roger Housden on Poetry for Difficult Times
Roger Housden is a second time guest on the show – you might remember him from episode 152. He founded The Open Gate which is a conference and workshop center in England that introduced the work of Ram Dass and Thich Nhat Hanh and many others into Europe. You also might have seen his work featured in places like O Magazine, The New York Times and The Los Angeles Times. In this episode, Roger and Eric discuss his beautiful book, 10 Poems for Difficult Times.
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In This Interview, Roger Housden and I Discuss…
- His book, 10 Poems for Difficult Times
- Saying “there is happiness happening” or “there is anger happening” rather than “I am angry” or “I am happy”
- How poetry helps us in difficult times
- That poetry gives voice to that which is unsayable
- The poet Ellen Bass
- How suffering can soften us if we bow down to it
- That you can’t fake surrender
- The opportunity in suffering is growth
- How poetry points us in the direction of possibility in suffering
- The poet Maggie Smith
- The poet Marie Howe
- Annunciation by Marie Howe
- The specific pointing to the universal in poetry
Roger Housden Links
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