

Living Poetry
Susan Haroutunian Cunningham
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.
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Dec 24, 2024 • 35min
Study Beauty - John Cunningham
Living Poetry Show Notes: Episode 15 Study Beauty with John Cunningham "The Power of Taste" by Zbigniew Herbert https://allpoetry.com/poem/14330389-The-Power-Of-Taste-by-Zbigniew-Herbert Poem read at 15:23 Czeslaw Milosz, Polish poet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czesław_Miłosz "My Back Pages" by Bob Dylan: https://www.bobdylan.com/songs/my-back-pages/ "The Prayer of the Traveler Mr.Cogito" by Zbigniew Herbert http://only-the-imagination.blogspot.com/2012/06/prayer-of-traveler-mr-cogito.html "Ode on a Grecian Urn" by John Keats, English poet, literary style: Romanticism Symposium A dialogue by Plato c.385-370 BC. "O Come O Come Emmanuel" sung by Evan Cunningham, Reindeer Tribe, Feliz Navidad, 2024 https://open.spotify.com/track/3r8wseOEz5bjSjxO0En2sY?si=37ca6e077a2045ca IG @johncunninghamclay https://www.cunninghamclay.com

Dec 17, 2024 • 36min
Go to the Heart - Becky Allender
Hidden in Plain Sight by Becky Allender "Oh, Had I A Golden Thread" lyrics by Pete Seeger, 1962 Lyrics at 10:55 "Oh, Had I A Golden Thread" from Songbird by Eva Cassidy, 1998 "Where Have All the Flowers Gone" by Pete Seeger, 1955 https://theallendercenter.org/offerings/trainings https://theallendercenter.org/marriage

Dec 10, 2024 • 40min
No Map for Grief - Vicki Gilliam
No Map for Grief with Vicki Gilliam Just Be Held song by Casting Crowns https://open.spotify.com/track/5t35FJYwzRt9MG3ae2O41L?si=qE9TI16rTV25J9ol1oNjkg&nd=1&dlsi=50aba2c1faa54e45 Serge|Grace at the Fray https://give.serge.org/s/donate/a1eRb000000nRGZIA2/51263-worker Some Books for Care in Grief: Notes on Grief by Chimamanda by Ngozi Adichie Daring to Breathe by Armen Bacon Grieving A Beginners Guide by Jereusha Hull McCormack Every Moment Holy, Volume II by Douglas McKelvey As Long as You Need by J.S. Park The Cure for Sorrow by Jan Richardson A Grace Disguised Revised and Expanded by Jerry Sittser The Wild Edge of Sorrow by Francis Weller

Dec 3, 2024 • 36min
Hear Music - Denise Gentilini
Hear Music with Denise Gentilini Anguish as a Second Language by Denise Gentilini Lyric read at 14:43 Anguish as a Second Language https://www.denisegentilini.com https://www.youtube.com/dgentilini A Road Less Traveled: The Handjian Story by Denise Gentilini https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hckg0XIpQQg&list=OLAK5uy_kRjlYDdv3sp7M4u6dk_6sbPlOe3rLCUFY&index=2 I AM ALIVE - a new musical IG:@denisegentilini

Nov 26, 2024 • 41min
Ride Out - Al Andrews
Riding Out at Evening by Linda McCarriston, Talking Soft Dutch, Texas Tech University Press. Thank you to Linda McCarriston and Texas Tech University Press for kind permission and encouragement. Riding Out at Evening read at 18:30 https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/browse?volume=140&issue=3&page=33 The Beatitudes: Jesus taught a series of blessings in the Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew in the Bible. IG: @itsalandrews https://www.porterscall.com

Nov 19, 2024 • 41min
Full Circle - Jen Oyama Murphy
"Warning" and "Sphere" from Full Circle: New and Selected Poems by Mitsuye Yamada, 2019 "Warning" read at 25:25 "Sphere" read at 34:52 Used with kind permission from the poet. Paper Crane Coaching

Nov 12, 2024 • 41min
Find More - Lora Kelley
Bone by Mary Oliver poem read at 16:20 Why I Wake Early by Mary Oliver, Beacon Press, Boston God has planned good things in advance for us. Ephesians 2:10 IG: @storied.living @lorakelleymusic https://www.storiedliving.org https://www.lorakelley.com Spotify: Lora Kelley https://theallendercenter.org

Nov 5, 2024 • 41min
Connect & Belong - Charlotte Donlon
Perhaps the World Ends Here by Joy Harjo https://www.joyharjo.com/ charlottedonlon.com Spiritual Direction for Writers https://www.spiritualdirectionforwriters.com/ Charlotte's podcasts: https://charlottedonlon.com/podcasts IG @charlottedonlon, @spiritualdirectionforwriters, @ belongingthroughart Glen workshop in Seattle https://imagejournal.org/2024-the-glen-workshop The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other by Charlotte Donlon Psalms Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World by Pádraig Ó Tuama Poetry Unbound podcast https://onbeing.org/series/poetry-unbound/

Oct 29, 2024 • 39min
Let Go - Rachael Clinton Chen
Featured Poetry & Resources: Rachael Clinton Chen The Sacrament of Letting Go by Macrina Wiederkehr Seasons of Your Heart: Prayers and Reflections, Macrina Wiederkehr, O.S.B. Harper One (1991) The Allender Center Podcast Inside Out 2 (2024) dir. Kelsey Mann

Oct 22, 2024 • 40min
Say the Unsayable - Nita Andrews
Featured Poetry & Resources: Pole Dance by Nita Andrews Frederic Eugene Basil Foley, MD (1891-1966) American Urologist The Clearing by Martha Postlethwaite I Wish in the City of Your Heart by Robley Wilson The Facts of Life by Pádraig Ó Tuama The Lanyard by Billy Collins Dog Songs by Mary Oliver Denise Levertov, British-born naturalized American poet William Carlos Williams, American poet & physician E. E. Cummings, Emily Dickinson, Sharon Olds, American poets Fred Rogers, American television host and author Paul Cezanne, French impressionist and painter Creative Lectio The Talking Day, The Talking Day (Instagram) Processing Trauma Through Poiesis, Allender Center Podcast w/ Sue Cunningham, May 5, 2023


