Words by Winter

Send us a textIt was a strange job at a strange and broken period of life. But I did have one thing going for me, which was all the books piled in the backseat of the car. 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. Today’s poem, Speed Reading, originally appeared in the Cumberland River Review and was read by Luke O'Brien with kind permission of the author, poet Julie L. Moore. Please check out her books and other poems on her website: julielmoore.com.  Words by Winter can be reached at wordsbywinterpodcast@gmail.com. 

Send us a textWhen I first noticed Walking Man, I was in my twenties and he probably wasn’t much older. The difference between us was that he never stopped walking. 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. Art by Mark Garry. Today’s poem, Walking to Jerusalem, is by Philip Terman and was read by Luke O'Brien. The poem originally appeared in Our Portion: New and Selected Poems, published by Autumn House Press, and was read with kind permission of the poet. For more information about Philip Terman, please check out his website: philipterman.com. Words by Winter can be reached at wordsbywinterpodcast@gmail.com. 

Send us a textHow do people let their lives be taken over? How does a charismatic person slowly, and inexorably, draw others into his orbit? Why are so many so afraid to stand up to people like that?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. Artwork by Mark Garry. Today's reading is from Where We Are, by Alison McGhee, which can be found everywhere you buy or borrow your books. Today’s quote, by Walt Whitman, is in the public domain and was read by writer and voice actor Luke O’Brien, who can be found at lukeobrien3216@gmail,com. Words by Winter can be found at wordsbywinterpodcast@gmail.com.

Send us a textThe thing about trust is that it's not always instinctive. Sometimes it takes effort, and intention, to train your mind on goodness instead of fear. 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. Artwork by Mark Garry. Today’s poem-ish lines from "World So Full," and the song itself, are used with kind permission of musician and artist Jon Dee Graham, who can be found at jondeegraham.com. Words by Winter can be reached at wordsbywinterpodcast@gmail.com.

Send us a textToday's episode is about a listener named Janet, whose mother is at one end of life, whose new grandson is on the other, and where is she? Held in the the vast in-between of loss and love. 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. Artwork by Mark Garry. Today’s poem, “The Hammock,” by Li-Young Lee, is used with the permission of The Permissions Company, Inc., on behalf of BOA Editions, Ltd. The excerpt from The Latehomecomer, by Kao Kalia Yang, is used with permission of the author, who can be found at kaokaliayang.com.

Send us a textWide-open streets, the snow-capped Rockies, skinny-dipping in Flathead Lake. We were free, free, free. Now I know you can hold a moment of freedom in your heart your whole life long. 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 composed and performed by Dylan Perese. Alison Luterman's poem "Canoe" was read by Luke O'Brien with kind permission of the poet, who can be found at alisonluterman.net. Artwork by Mark Garry. Words by Winter can be reached at wordsbywinterpodcast@gmail.com.  

Send us a textWhat wearies you? What renews you? Who brings you joy? Who exhausts you? When you think of safety and comfort and happiness, what place or person comes to mind? The answers to these questions are already known 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.Today's poem, Mail, by John Freeman, is read with kind permission of the poet and can be found in his wonderful collection Maps, published by Copper Canyon Press. Original theme music composed and performed by Dylan Perese. Additional music by musician Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry. Words by Winter can be reached at wordsbywinterpodcast@gmail.com. 

Send us a textWe're always children, aren't we? We always look for, and depend on in the deepest part of our beings, our parents. We want them to take care of us, to see us, to soothe us, to recognize our accomplishments and our graces. 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. Artwork by Mark Garry. Today's poem, "How About?" by Steve Healey, is from his wonderful book Safe Houses I Have Known, published by Coffee House Press. It was read by Nico and Ramona and also by Luke O'Brien. Words by Winter can be reached at wordsbywinterpodcast@gmail.com. 

Send us a textA listener in Germany writes in with this question: "Are you haunted by moments when something really bad could have happened, an accident, for example, but then things went well?"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 composed and performed by Dylan Perese. Additional music by musician Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry. Words by Winter can be reached at wordsbywinterpodcast@gmail.com.  

Send us a textHave you ever carried a secret inside of you, something crucial that no one in the entire world knows about? Has the psychic weight of it felt like a threat to your existence?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, "Small Kindnesses," by Danusha Lameris, was read by Luke O'Brien with the permission of the University of Pittsburgh Press. Words by Winter can be reached at wordsbywinterpodcast@gmail.com.