Words by Winter

Send us a textIf we could come back to life somehow, in some form, how might we appear to the ones we 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. Additional music composed and performed by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry.  Today’s poem Fancies, by Mrs. Minot Carter, is in the public domain. Words by Winter can be reached at wordsbywinterpodcast@gmail.com.

Send us a textIt's a Poetry Snack, featuring Laura Riding Jackson.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, The Spring Has Many Silences by Laura Riding Jackson, is in the public domain.  Words by Winter can be reached at wordsbywinterpodcast@gmail.com.

Send us a textIt's a Poetry Snack, featuring Claude McKay, born Festus Claudius McKay in Sunny Ville, Jamaica in 1889.  McKay wrote both poetry and prose, and he was another key figure in the Harlem Renaissance, the prominent literary movement of the 1920s and 30s that I often mention here on the podcast. 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, After the Winter, is in the public domain.Words by Winter can be reached at wordsbywinterpodcast@gmail.com.

Send us a textEver look around you, questioning so many decisions you made or didn't make along the way, and  feel as if everyone else has it somehow figured out better than 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 composed and performed by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry.  Today’s poem, Allegiance, by Hannah Marshall, is featured here with kind permission of the poet. Check out more of her gorgeous work here: https://hannahmarshallpoet.com/.Words by Winter can be reached at wordsbywinterpodcast@gmail.com.

Send us a textIt's a Poetry Snack, featuring Clarissa Scott Delaney.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, Joy, is in the public domain and was written by Clarissa Scott Delany, born Clarissa Mae Scott, who was an African American author of essays and poems, teacher, and social worker active during the time of the Harlem Renaissance, a hugely influential outpouring of art of all kinds from Black artists in Harlem nearly a century ago. Words by Winter can be reached at wordsbywinterpodcast@gmail.com.

Send us a textDo you ever imagine people long gone from your life, how they might look now, if they would remember you, sense you somehow even if you're not there?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, Forsythias, by C.L. O’Dell, is featured here with kind permission of the poet.Check out more of his beautiful poems here: https://www.clodellpoet.com/poems.html.Words by Winter can be reached at wordsbywinterpodcast@gmail.com.

Send us a textAnyone who thinks it's an insult to describe someone as a "former comedian" has clearly never stood alone in front of a crowd of people with the intention of making them laugh. 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, which I'm calling What Is, is by the Persian poet Jalal Al-din Muhammad Rumi, and is in the public domain. Words by Winter can be reached at wordsbywinterpodcast@gmail.com.

Send us a textIt's a Poetry Snack, featuring Arna Bontemps.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, Length of Moon, is in the public domain and was written by Arna Bontemps, who was  part of the incredible and influential Harlem Renaissance movement of Black artists nearly a century ago. Bontemps was a poet, novelist, historian, anthologist and archivist of Black cultural heritage. Words by Winter can be reached at wordsbywinterpodcast@gmail.com.

Send us a textWhen you think of those you most love, how do they come to you? In voice or looks or scent? In touch?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, The Saint’s First Wife Said, is by poet, critic and public artist GE Patterson, and can be found in his first collection, Tug. It's featured here with kind permission of the poet. Words by Winter can be reached at wordsbywinterpodcast@gmail.com.

Send us a textIt's a Poetry Snack, featuring Sara Teasdale.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, February Twilight,  is by Sara Teasdale and is in the public domain. Words by Winter can be reached at wordsbywinterpodcast@gmail.com.