Words by Winter

Send us a textAnswers to the question "Tell me about an object in your home that you love, will you? One that has special meaning, maybe only to you." Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through.Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Additional music by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry. Today's additional readers are Devon O'Brien and Matthew Colfax. Naomi Shihab Nye’s beautiful poem Daily is read with her kind permission. I encourage you all to look up her work, as she is one of my and our country’s most beloved poets. 

Send us a textIt's an end of the month Poetry Snack, with Elizabeth Coatsworth.Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through.Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Additional music composed and performed by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry. Today’s poem, Swift Things Are Beautiful, is by Elizabeth Coatsworth. Words by Winter can be reached at wordsbywinterpodcast@gmail.com.

Send us a textHow do we learn to cope with "the big feelings" and understand that we are more than them? More  than our times of depression, more than our thoughts of suicide. We are also our times of lightness and laughter, love and redemption.  Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through.If you or someone you love are depressed or suicidal, call 1.800.273.TALK, or if you prefer texting, text NAMI to 741-741. Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Artwork by Mark Garry. Thanks to Devon O'Brien for sharing her experiences as a social worker. Jessy Randall’s beautiful poem Suicide Hotline Hold Music is read with the kind permission of Red Hen Press. 

Send us a textHow do we call ourselves back to the world, call others back to the world? A listener named Olivier, his voice filled with bewildered, anguished love, called in about his two children, who on two successive days last year attempted suicide.  Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through.If you or someone you love are depressed or suicidal, call 1.800.273.TALK, or if you prefer texting, text NAMI to 741-741. Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Additional music by Kelly Krebs. Elana Bell’s beautiful poem Miracle was read by Matthew Colfax with Elana’s kind permission. It can be found in her new book "Mother Country," just out from BOA Editions this fall. For more information about Elana Bell and her work, please check out her website: elanabell.com. 

Send us a textIn the depths of depression, how easy it is to forget all the ways that this life is still calling out to us. Join us for a conversation with Rocky Callen, author of the lovely novel A Breath Too Late.Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through.If you or someone you love are depressed or suicidal, call 1.800.273.TALK, or if you prefer texting, text NAMI to 741-741. Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese, with additional music composed and performed by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry.  Words by Winter can be reached at wordsbywinterpodcast@gmail.com. For more info, go to alisonmcghee.com.

Send us a textOf the thousands of books on the shelves throughout my house, a solid half are unread. How many will I ever get through? Why is it so, so hard to let them go?Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through.Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese, with additional music composed and performed by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry.  Today's quote is from Ulysses, by James Joyce. Words by Winter can be reached at wordsbywinterpodcast@gmail.com. 

Send us a textA listener in Germany writes in wondering if there's a poem for those of us who aren't fearless.Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through.Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese, with additional music composed and performed by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry.  Today's poem, These Poems, by June Jordan, is read with kind permission of the publisher. Words by Winter can be reached at wordsbywinterpodcast@gmail.com. 

Send us a textIt’s Dr. Martin Luther King Day, almost two weeks from the day that insurrectionists stormed the Capitol and partially destroyed it as they hunted down their fellow human beings. An event which makes me think of a lie I once told, many years ago. Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through.Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese, with additional music composed and performed by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry.  Today's poem, A Man May Make a Remark, by Emily Dickinson, is in the public domain. Words by Winter can be reached at wordsbywinterpodcast@gmail.com. 

Send us a textIn a letter that might feel familiar to many, a listener named Jeanne from upstate New York writes in wondering how to find her own words, and how to put them forth into the world.Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through.Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese, with additional music composed and performed by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry.  Today's poem, At the End of My Marriage, I Think of Something My Daughter Said about Trees, by the wondrous Maggie Smith, is read with kind permission of the poet. Check out her beautiful work at maggiesmithpoet.com. Words by Winter can be reached at wordsbywinterpodcast@gmail.com. 

Send us a textThinking today about code words, words between people who are close to each other, words passed down over years or a lifetime that have meaning only to the people who share them. Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through.Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese, with additional music composed and performed by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry.  Today’s poem, Besaydoo, by Yalie Kamara, was read with the kind permission of the poet, who also so generously read it for us. Please check out more of her beautiful work at her website, yaylala.com. Words by Winter can be reached at wordsbywinterpodcast@gmail.com.