I strive to always keep this podcast inspirational, and in doing so I reflected on what inspires me so I could share it with you in this episode. Behold: a collection of some of my all-time favorite poems, read by me.
I Did Think, Let's Go About This Slowly by Mary Oliver **I misattributed this poem to Ada Limon in the audio recording and later discovered that it was, in fact, Mary Oliver's work
Reasons to Live Through the Apocalypse by Nikita Gill
Getting into Bed on a December Night by Ellen Bass
Telemachus' Detachment by Louise Gluck
A Litany for Survival by Audre Lorde
I take your T-shirt to bed again . . . by Amy Lemmon
The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry
Love Poem with Apologies for My Appearance by Ada Limon
Grown Daughter by Lucille Clifton
Don't Hesitate by Mary Oliver
Romanticism by Raymond Carver
Lines Written in the Days of Growing Darkness by Mary Oliver
Woman with Flower by Naomi Long Madgett
Forgotten Language by Shel Silverstein
Just as the Calendar Began to Say Summer by Mary Oliver
a note on the body by Danez Smith
homage to my hips by Lucille Clifton
Love After Love by Derek Walcott
First Thought After Seeing You Smile by Warsan Shire
Kiss Your Own Forehead Haunt Your Own House by Amy Kay
God Says Yes To Me by Kaylin Haught
Small Kindnesses by Danusha Lameris
From The Painted Drum by Louise Erdrich
On Joy and Sorrow by Khalil Gibran
Allowables by Nikki Giovanni
won't you celebrate with me by Lucille Clifton
Failing and Flying by Jack Gilbert
Untitled poem by Izumi Shikibu
The Uses of Sorrow by Mary Oliver
After the Divorce, I Think of Something My Daughter Said about Mars by Maggie Smith
