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Words from Minnesota's Timothy Young, poet, essayist, and social thinker.

DEC 15

Trembling Trevor-- A freestyled poem with The SpiritHouse Quartet

Rappers are not the only freestyling poets. Here is an example of one poem I freestyled in December 2017 while the SpiritHouse Quartet played at a Como Cottage Salon. Later with slight editing, I prepared the poem for publication.

10 min
DEC 8

Little Man With Hair All Over

This episode is my telling of a Metis tale, Little Man with Hair All Over. I used to tell a version of this tale to my son when he was a boy. This version is a recording from my telling to The Fifth Direction Men's Elder Circle.

24 min
NOV 24

Crave Radio 2019

In 2019 Dalyce and I produced an after-dinner program for her sister and friends at the Crave restaurant. We put together a program of poetry, music, and storytelling for their enjoyment and relaxation.

41 min
NOV 10

Horse Poems from Threads on the Painting

Here are six poems prompted by pictures of horses painted in the Caves of Lascaux. The first three I read for the Elder Circle of the mythopoetic group, The Fifth Direction, on October 2, 2025. The final three are read from the book.

15 min
NOV 3

John Lang and Timothy Young at 1988 Minnesota Men's Conference

This episode is a recording of a poetry reading at the 1988 Minnesota Men's Conference at Camp Lake Hubert in Nisswa, MN. John Lang and I were introduced by Todd Davis. Roy McBride and Thomas R. Smith also read that evening and were featured in an earlier podcast, number 28.

26 min
OCT 20

Raven Steals the Light

This is my version of the creation story with Raven comes from the Pacific Northwest. This telling specifically is from the Haida people, as provided by the transcription by the poet and writer Robert Bringhurst. I told this tale to the Australian-based Fifth Direction mythopoetic community's Men's Elder Circle.

21 min
OCT 6

Wild Nights of Poetry by Timothy Young with SpiritHouse Quartet

Timothy Young with SpiritHouse Quartet December 9, 2017. Here is some extracted poetry with music, performed at the 80th Como Cottage Salon. Gary Waryan tablas, Dalyce Elliott Young, violin, Michelle Kinney, cello, Jeff Waryan, guitar, Timothy Young, recitation.

19 min
SEP 22

Roy McBride and Thomas R. Smith at the 1988 Minnesota Men's Conference

The 1988 Minnesota Men's Conference was especially potent. The headliners were Robert Bly, James Hillman, Robert Moore, and Etheridge Knight. Bly's presentations focused on the deep meanings in William Blake's poetry. I was one of the organizers that year and I was able to bring in poets Roy McBride and Thomas Smith. This is a recording of their part of an evening of poetry.

18 min

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Words from Minnesota's Timothy Young, poet, essayist, and social thinker.

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Timothy
Years Active

2024 - 2025
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91
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Explicit
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