Episode 115: Triple Check and CYA
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"Triple Check and CYA" was written to cheer up a friend several years back, after they experienced a quintessential Corporate American Issue, and maybe even just a Corporate issue?
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Episode 114: Accompanist
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"Accompanist" was born out of the experience of attending intimate acoustic music performances.
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Episode 113: Eye Opener (An Easter Poem)
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A late delivery this week thanks to some roadwork; for all the information, visit my blog: https://Lefthandrob.net
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Episode 112: Hubris and Roller Skates
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This week, an ode to Physics
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Episode 111: The Growing Season
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Sad, wistful, metaphorical even. "The Growing Season" is a poem I wrote while going through some things many years ago, and now I'm sharing it with you! Well, to be fair, it's been available in my book "Blue." for a while, so.
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Episode 110: Pistachios and Life
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After last week's dramatic reading, I chose something more dialed back, though philosophical in nature. I also promise that I wasn't high when I wrote these poems -- this is how my brain naturally works, if you haven't figured that out for yourself by now. "Pistachios and Life" and "A Response to Pistachios and Life" punch above their weight and while it's well-trodden ground, it's also a universal experience we've all shared. Right?
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Episode 109: Fracture
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Things get a little personal this week with "Fracture." I get low-grade headaches fairly often (yaayyyyy) but rarely, a full-blown migraine comes on. Less so now that I've learned to avoid certain triggers, but the experience inspired this poem. Also, Trigger Warning: If you're a migraine sufferer, listen with caution.
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Episode 108: Retinal Pressure in the wild on Mars and Adherence to Stricture, or Perseverance
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It's a couple of mouths-full of titles for this week's episode, a tribute to NASA and the JPL for all their hard work in getting another rover onto the surface of Mars. Well done all!
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Episode 107: Why Do Men Go to Sea
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As promised, this week it's the later version of the same draft that I forgot to remove from my list of draft poems. It's in many ways the same poem, and maybe in my next book I'll blend the two together and make some sort of super poem from them. Anyway, it's a nice little bit of verse and I'm happy to have shared it with you. I'll close on this by quoting John Mulaney: "Well that's the same joke twice!"
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Episode 106: Prayer for the Eternal Wanderer
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"Prayer for the Eternal Wanderer" is the first of 2 versions of the same poem. Next week I'll present the latter version.
info_outlineIt's the Halloween season, and though most of us in the US are in lockdown/self-isolation/quarantine this year, that doesn't mean we can't enjoy a little seasonal content. With that in mind, this week I bring you "Soon ... A Poem for All Hallow's Eve." Based on something that actually happened to me and then filtered through my fertile imagination, "Soon ..." tells a tale of a non-fatal encounter with Death.
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