Living Poetry

Pádraig Ó Tuama, an Irish poet and theologian renowned for his conflict mediation, shares insights from his upcoming work, Kitchen Hymns. He discusses R.S. Thomas's explorations of silence and doubt, highlighting how poetic language can navigate the divine. Pádraig reflects on modern prayer as a practice of mutual consciousness rather than mere rhetoric. He connects kitchen rituals to spirituality and examines the creative potential of 'nothing.' With a focus on constructive conflict, he urges listeners to embrace transformative practices.

Vanessa Sadler | Kendrick Lamar: Dollars & Change Episode 35 contains explicit language and mature lyrical content Kendrick Lamar "How Much a Dollar Cost" from To Pimp a Butterfly https://open.spotify.com/search/how%20much%20a%20dollar%20cost Lyrics read throughout Vanessa Sadler: Abiding Story: https://www.abidinginstory.com/ IG: @vksadler The Allender Center podcast: Healing with Spiritual Direction, August 30, 2024 https://theallendercenter.org/2024/08/healing-with-spiritual-direction-with-vanessa-sadler/ https://dissectpodcast.com/2016/11/22/s1e13-how-much-a-dollar-cost-by-kendrick-lamar-from-to-pimp-a-butterfly/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CHow%20Much%20a%20Dollar%20Cost%3F%E2%80%9D%20will%20force%20Kendrick's%20hand,refuses%20due%20to%20his%20selfishness. Center for Spiritual Imagination: https://www.spiritualimagination.org/

Scott Sawyer | Chaotic Incidents & Detained Immigrants Episode 34 The House that Love Built by Sarah Jackson with Scott Sawyer, 2020 excerpt read at 18:12 Chuck Prophet, "It's a Good Day to Be Alive", from Wake the Dead, 2024 lyrics read at 26:25 "I Want Everything" Susan Haroutunian Cunningham poem read at 32:50 Earthly Fathers, A Memoir by Scott Sawyer, 2001 SJS Communications

Heather Stringer | A Healing Hum Episode 33 This episode contains material of a sensitive nature. "Hum, Hum" by Mary Oliver, A Thousand Mornings: Poems, 2013 poem read at 16:36 Life in Ritual https://www.lifeinritual.com/ IG: @life_in_ritual The Allender Center Blog: https://theallendercenter.org/author/hstringer/ Peter Levine, Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma, (1997) Maria Shriver Interviews the Famously Private Poet Mary Oliver, Oprah magazine: https://www.oprah.com/entertainment/maria-shriver-interviews-poet-mary-oliver Makers & Mystics podcast: Ritual Making & Performance Art with Heather Stringer https://www.makersandmystics.com/makersandmystics/2020/3/26/s7-e03-ritual-making-amp-performance-art-with-heather-stringer

Logan Baker | How to Kill Community Episode 32 "How do you create community?" by Tad Hargrave Tad Hargrave Substack: https://tadhargrave.substack.com/p/how-do-you-create-community-a-poem Poem read at: 12:11 Logan Baker: https://blueridgewilderness.com/who-we-are/our-team/logan-baker-lpc IG: @blueridgewilderness David Wilcox, "We Make the Way by Walking", The View from the Edge (2018) https://open.spotify.com/track/5l7iJR7kcyVUFSq8xtTKhX?si=21c9757de6bd4877 Henri Nouwen, Reaching Out: The Three Movements of the Spiritual Life (1986) Rainer Maria Rilke, "Duino Elegies: The Fourth Elegy" Port William & "The Membership"--fictional American rural town found in novels, short stories and some of poems of Wendell Berry.

Elise Kazanjian | More is Less Episode 31 Naomi Shiab Nye https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/naomi-shihab-nye Poem read at: 17:18 No More More More More by Elise Kazanjian Read at: 18:13 Persimmon Tree Online Journal https://persimmontree.org/spring-2025/the-poetry-of-naomi-shihab-nye/ "Gate A-4" Naomi Shihab Nye https://poets.org/poem/gate-4 "Musical Chairs and a Wide Swing" Susan Haroutunian Cunningham Passager Issue 75 Kathleen McClung https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/kathleen-mcclung Jane Hirshfield https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/jane-hirshfield Kevin Fagan The Lost and the Found: A True Story of Homelessness, Found Family, and Second Chances

Mark Hargreaves | Drag Queens & Being Seen Episode 30 contains some explicit language and mature lyrical content Flamy Grant "Esther, Ruth and Rahab" Composer, Lyricist: Matthew Blake Lovegood https://open.spotify.com/album/6vmert3QxJdgHPl2PSJoEb?flow_ctx=2762f36f-e708-48d6-b6bf-268c929aa24f:1759204849#login Lyrics read at: 17:38 https://www.flamygrant.com/ https://sjbts.org/ The Distinct Modernism of San Diego by Rev Dr. Mark Hargreaves (2025) The Sacred Architecture of Irving J. Gill, by Rev Dr. Mark Hargreaves, (2023) Barry Humphries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Humphries

Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer| | Tell Me Something True Episode 29 "The Thing Is" Ellen Bass https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/151844/the-thing-is "A Letter Sent Back in Time to Schumann" Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer https://ahundredfallingveils.com/2025/06/29/a-letter-sent-back-in-time-to-schumann/ "The Thing Is" read at 12:49 "A Letter Sent Back in Time" read at 23:09 https://www.wordwoman.com IG: @rosemerry.trommer Blog: "A Hundred Falling Veils", To subscribe: https://ahundredfallingveils.com Ritual: Wellbeing Practices app: "The Poetic Path" Shel Silverstein https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shel_Silverstein E.E. Cummings https://www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/90442/ee-cummings-101 Ellen Bass https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/ellen-bass Robert Schumann https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Schumann Poetry of Presence: An Anthology of Mindfulness Poems edited by Phyllis Cole-Dai & Ruby R Wilson

Get ready for Season 3 of Living Poetry! I'm back with more incredible guests with powerful poetry for thought provoking and consoling conversations. You'll be challenged and encouraged. I'm so excited to share these conversations with you.

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