Be More Poet

Sue Heatherington

Pause. See differently. Re-story... Words are amazing, and they shape how we see ourselves and the world around us. In this fortnightly podcast, Sue and her occasional guests explore a different way of seeing through poetry and the poetic from a little valley in South West Wales.

  1. 08/16/2024

    Pausing to hear the wind

    This is a short episode to finish the series. It starts with an opportunity for a beautiful pause and concludes by listening to the songs on the wind. Rick Rubin’s words from The Creative Act: A Way of Being – “The work reveals itself as you go.” – has been my companion text for how Be More Poet is evolving… And I am grateful to you for joining me here. BEAUTIFUL PAUSEA most beautiful pause,  pregnant with possibility  tethered to the eternal now  and the stretchiness of time,  in ripples of fresh stillness  and the breath of life.  From A most beautiful pause SONGS ON THE WINDCarrying the song  of the wind,  not with words,  but in breath    open to aliveness, responsive to movement, and lifted in its presence. Will we join the flow in the rhythm of life, and find our voice in the songs that others long to hear?  From Hearing songs on the wind My hope is that these words enable you to pause, see yourself and your world differently and discover more of the song – the story – that you are here to sing. Thanks for listening Sue Heatherington ~ from a little valley in South West Wales LINKS Sue Heatherington – personal website with daily poetic pauses, other words, and Be More Poet. You can also find me on LinkedIn and Twitter/X Production partner – Steve Heatherington at Good Podcasting Works Music: Classical 1, by Jonny S (Mixkit.co Classical-1-708) This podcast is a Waterside Voices production.

    8 min
  2. 07/19/2024

    Pursuing our humanity

    Time to pause and reflect on who we are and what we are becoming through the lens of a poem because seeing differently grows a new story. Tracing the emerging threads of humanity that were evident in the poetic pauses for peace in the last episode, I continued to muse and wrote a new poem: AM I READY TO BE HUMAN?Am I ready to be human,  to embrace my multitudesand know that we are one,choosing to be fully presentbelonging to this time and place alone?Am I ready to enrolin the school of interdependency,letting go of my need to control,to get it right, or push emotions asidefor fear that they will undo me?Am I ready to be fully alive,paying attention to strong rootsthat nourish and sustain,and keep me supplein drought and storm?Am I ready to live this season,not deferring its entry or wishing it away,open to the curiosity of possibilities,the imagination of lifeand the courage of hope?Am I ready to be humanto play the part that only I can playwith humility, grace and joy,alongside you as we walk togetherin this messy and glorious world?Are we ready to be more human?You can find the original here: Are we ready to be human? Elizabeth Oldfield’s podcast is The Sacred, and her new book is Fully Alive: Tending to the Soul in Turbulent Times, Hodder & Stoughton, 2024 Thanks for listening Sue Heatherington ~ from a little valley in South West Wales LINKS Sue Heatherington – personal website with daily poetic pauses, other words, and Be More Poet. You can also find me on LinkedIn and Twitter/X Production partner – Steve Heatherington at Good Podcasting Works Music: Classical 1, by Jonny S (Mixkit.co Classical-1-708) This podcast is a Waterside Voices production.

    10 min
  3. 07/05/2024

    On choosing to Pause for Peace

    Nine months ago, I was drawn to start offering a weekly Pause for Peace in the face of the mounting violence around the world. This episode explores the power of the poetic in standing in such a place, helping us see with different eyes and enlarging our humanity. Excerpt from Saved by a Poem: The Transformative Power of Words by Kim Rosen A Midweek Pause for Peace: Join me in a pause for peaceA collective pause for peace  – A Collective PauseJoining together in a midweek Pause for Peace  – Seeding Beautiful WordsMidweek Pause for Peace – being a peace poetHolding space for a midweek Pause for Peace  – When there are no wordsA midweek Pause for Peace  – For PeaceA midweek Pause for Peace – a reminder that love wins  – Real PeaceMidweek Pause for Peace in a relational space  – The Whole PieceHolding Grief – a midweek Pause for Peace  – Holding GriefStill Waiting – a midweek Pause for Peace  – Still WaitingFinding Our Way Home – a midweek Pause for Peace  – Finding Our Way HomeShifting perspective – a midweek Pause for Peace  – Open HandsBeing Open – a midweek Pause for Peace  – Being Human You can find all of the midweek Pause for Peace blog posts on my website using the Pause for Peace tag. And if these have inspired you to write your own #Pause4Peace poems, then I’d love to hear from you. Thanks for listening Sue Heatherington ~ from a little valley in South West Wales LINKS Sue Heatherington – personal website with daily poetic pauses, other words, and Be More Poet. You can also find me on LinkedIn and Twitter/X Production partner – Steve...

    24 min

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Pause. See differently. Re-story... Words are amazing, and they shape how we see ourselves and the world around us. In this fortnightly podcast, Sue and her occasional guests explore a different way of seeing through poetry and the poetic from a little valley in South West Wales.