Living Poetry
Authentic, inspiring conversations about what draws us to become more human and live more poetically. Therapist Susan Haroutunian Cunningham welcomes guests to bring a favorite poem into discussion about relationships, art, and God.
Latest episodes
Jun 24, 2025 • 21min
The Everyday - Edward Hirsch
Edward Hirsch - The Everyday Episode 28 Edward Hirsch reads "What the Living Do” by Marie Howe (1997) at 9:33 https://youtu.be/VWabOtq10UI?si=8bz-f7gRimUEOOKj 100 Poems to Break Your Heart, Edward Hirsch (2021) Listen to: Living Poetry Episode 17 Poetry as Memorial - Edward Hirsch “I Am!”, John Clare (1865) https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43948/i-am Gerard Manley Hopkins Terrible Sonnets: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/audio/76757/his-dark-places Paul Celan: Poet, Survivor, Jew by Josh Felstiner
Jun 17, 2025 • 37min
The Point of Art - Ashley M. Jones
Ashley M. Jones - The Point of Art Episode 27 “Lullaby for the Grieving”, Ashley M. Jones, From You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World (Milkweed Editions, 2024), edited by Ada Limón read at 14:07 Lullaby for the Grieving, 2025 Reparations, Now!, 2021 https://ashleymjonespoetry.com/ “Won’t You Celebrate With Me” by Lucille Clifton: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50974/wont-you-celebrate-with-me Honey, I Love and Other Love Poems by Eloise Greenfield (1985) Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People by Imani Perry (2025) Instagram: @cityofawoman Alabama’s 13th Poet Laureate Alabama School of Fine Arts: https://www.asfaschool.org/ Magic City Poetry Festival: https://www.magiccitypoetryfestival.org/ O, Miami Poetry Festival: https://omiami.org/poetry-festival/
Jun 10, 2025 • 39min
Hope While Despairing - Joan Shearer
Joan Shearer - Hope While Despairing Episode 26 This episode contains material of a sensitive nature that may be triggering for some individuals. “The Forest” by Nikita Gill read at 11:50 and 13:01 Instagram: @nikita_gill Dr. Gabor Maté on Trauma: https://youtu.be/nmJOuTAk09g?feature=shared
Jun 3, 2025 • 37min
The Art of Memory - Lee Herrick
Lee Herrick - The Art of Memory Episode 25 “This Room and Everything in It”, Li-Young Lee, The City in Which I Love You (1990) read at 13:27 In Praise of Late Wonder (2024) Scar and Flower (2019) leeherrick.com California’s 10th Poet Laureate Fresno City College: https://www.fresnocitycollege.edu/ Li Young Lee Reading “This Room and Everything In It” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcAeCqCAwpo Coalition to End Social Isolation & Loneliness: https://www.social-connection.org/partnerships/coalition-to-end-social-isolation-loneliness/
May 27, 2025 • 38min
A Larger World - Joshua Stamper with Kory Stamper
Joshua Stamper with Kory Stamper - A Larger World Episode 24 “Sonnet IV, Part 1”, Sonnets to Orpheus read at 9:51 and 36:04 “Sonnet IV, Part 1”, Sonnets to Orpheus, Rainer Maria Rilke, (translated By M.D. Herter Norton) (1962) https://www.joshuastamper.com/ Instagram: @joshuastampermusic
May 20, 2025 • 37min
How To Be Alive - Kory Stamper with Joshua Stamper
Kory Stamper with Joshua Stamper - How to Be Alive Episode 23 “Sabbath Poem VI” read at 11:18 and 35:14 “Sabbath Poem VI”, Wendell Berry, This Day: Collected & New Sabbath Poems (2014) Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries (2017) History of Swear Words, Netflix series (2021) Instagram: @harmless_drudge
May 13, 2025 • 37min
Available to Surprises - Luci Shaw
Luci Shaw- Available to Surprises Episode 22 “The Old Barns of Skagit County” (2025) read at 05:45 “Pleasures” (2025) read at 19:25 “Anticipation” (2020) read at 33:38 https://lucishaw.com/ An Incremental Life (2025) Reversing Entropy (2024) The Generosity (2020) https://renovare.org/podcast/luci-shaw-madeleine-lengle
May 6, 2025 • 36min
What is Real - Winn Collier
Winn Collier - What is Real Episode 21 “A Brief for the Defense” Jack Gilbert read at 10:30 https://poetrysociety.org/poems/a-brief-for-the-defense https://winncollier.com Instagram: @winncollier Substack: winncollier.substack.com A Burning in My Bones The Authorized Biography of Eugene Peterson (2022) The Eugene Peterson Center for Christian Imagination https://petersoncenter.org/a-burning-in-my-bones-the-biography-of-eugene-peterson/
Apr 29, 2025 • 34min
Bless the Space - Sandra McCracken
Sandra McCracken - Bless the Space Episode 20 “A Morning Offering”, John O’Donohue from To Bless the Space Between Us Read at 15:56 “The Space Between”, Sandra McCracken, Cindy Morgan, Gabe Dixon from Christmas Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/track/1AbUIe7rsWEscPcKKqNhYm?si=AZN8de5LRA2PBz5PV7MvYQ&nd=1&dlsi=8210ae6ded90403b Lyrics read at 23:00 https://www.sandramccracken.com/ Instagram: @sandramccracken The Maker of the Mountain by Sandra McCracken and Tim Nicholson, illustrated by Fia Tobing (2025) Light in the Canyon Songs from the Valley Psalms On Being with Krista Tippett: John O’Donohue The Inner Landscape of Beauty https://onbeing.org/programs/john-odonohue-the-inner-landscape-of-beauty/
Apr 22, 2025 • 40min
Character & Contradiction - Carol Edgarian
Carol Edgarian - Character & Contradiction Episode 19 “He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven” by William Butler Yeats read at: 12:42 Rise the Euphrates excerpt read at: 14:55 Vera excerpt read at: 26:58 https://www.caroledgarian.com/ Instagram: @c.edgarian, A Word, Please! February 24, 2025: “Giornata”: Italian> days work March 10, 2025: “Gar Oo Chugar”: Armenian> There was and there was not Instagaram: @Narrativemag Rise the Euphrates (1994) Three Stages of Amazement (2012) Vera (2022)
