For Anyone Listening

Duck LaPerriere
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Welcome to For Anyone Listening, an atmospheric late-night sleep podcast and quiet, low-stimulation space hosted by Duck. Tune in after dark for a softly delivered, deeply intimate curation of timeless public domain poetry, classic prose, and raw independent writing—read exactly how the words feel in the dark. No perfection, just presence. Perfect for mindfulness, bedtime relaxation, and midnight storytelling, these readings offer honest, unvarnished human interpretations. Every episode is seamlessly layered over minimal dark ambient soundscapes, cozy fireplace crackles, and chill lo-fi beats

Episodes

  1. 1h ago

    Zodiac Collection: Leo | Poetry for midsummer fire, warmth, and quiet courage

    Welcome to For Anyone Listening, an atmospheric late-night sleep podcast and quiet, low-stimulation space hosted by Duck. Tonight, we step into Zodiac Collection to explore the sign of Leo—not through noise or pride, but through midsummer fire, radiant warmth, and quiet courage. We trace these themes from an ancient Greek Stoic mapping of the night sky down to classic verses on loyalty, devotion, and inner radiance. Tonight's journey features public domain poetry and prose from Aratus of Soli, William Blake, Kahlil Gibran, Carl Sandburg, and Rabindranath Tagore. Each piece reflects a different facet of this season: open-handed loyalty, fierce protection of those we shelter, and a steady light that stays with us when the world quietens down. Settle in under the covers, take a slow breath, and close your eyes. Let these words carry you softly into rest. 🎵 Tracklist & Chapters:00:00 Intro & Welcome01:15 Aratus of Soli – Phaenomena (Excerpt)03:00 William Blake – To Summer04:30 Kahlil Gibran – On Friendship07:00 Carl Sandburg – Summer Stars08:00 Rabindranath Tagore – Light, My Light09:45 Outro & Sign-off 📜 Works Featured in Tonight's Episode:Phaenomena (Excerpt) by Aratus of Soli (Published ~270 BCE, trans. A.W. Mair 1921). Public domain.To Summer by William Blake (Published 1783). Public domain.On Friendship by Kahlil Gibran (Published 1923). Public domain.Summer Stars by Carl Sandburg (Published 1920). Public domain.Light, My Light (Gitanjali #57) by Rabindranath Tagore (Published 1912). Public domain. 🔊 Sound & Music Credits:Show Intro & Outro audio by Seth Makes Sounds (Freesound.org)Episode music: "Relaxing Ambient Background" by mihailandrei (Pixabay)Background ambience: "Vinyl Crackle Periodic Noise 1" by DanEvaer (Pixabay) 📱 Connect With the Show & Submissions:Instagram: @foranyonelisteningpodTikTok: @foranyonelisteningEmail: foranyonelistening@gmail.com ✍️ Want to Feature Your Work? If you are an independent poet or writer and would like your contemporary poetry, modern prose, or pieces read on a future episode, please email your work to the address listed above. I read exactly how the words feel in the dark.

  2. 6d ago

    Poetic Elements Collection: Zephyr and Gale | Poetry about air, wind, breath

    Welcome to For Anyone Listening, an atmospheric late-night sleep podcast and quiet, low-stimulation space hosted by Duck. Tonight, we are stepping into the fourth and final movement of our Poetic Elements Collection. Tonight belongs entirely to Air: Zephyr and Gale. When the world outside feels heavy, cluttered, or just entirely too loud, there’s a strange kind of comfort in just letting go and listening to the space around you. Tonight, we are tracing five classic pieces that capture that invisible, shifting presence. We’re looking at the quiet, gentle whisper of a nighttime breeze, and the vast, sweeping currents that carry our thoughts across the sky. And also... we're looking at the way a single breath can become a sanctuary—a metaphor for the freedom and absolute peace that lets the heavy mind finally float away. It’s a reminder that even when we feel completely weighed down, there is still space to breathe. Like always, every piece featured tonight is safely in the public domain, shared under a Creative Commons license, or read with direct permission from the author. No perfection here. Just raw, honest presence... flaws and all. Close your eyes. Let the stress of the day drift away on the wind. Just listen. 🎵 Tracklist & Chapters:00:00 Intro & Welcome02:15 Robert Louis Stevenson – The Wind04:00 Katherine Mansfield – Voices of the Air06:00 Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer – Rima X07:30 Mary Elizabeth Coleridge – A Moment08:30 Jean Toomer – Her Lips Are Copper Wire10:15 Outro & Sign-off 📜 Works Featured in Tonight's Episode:The Wind by Robert Louis Stevenson (Published 1885). Public domain.Voices of the Air by Katherine Mansfield (Published 1922). Public domain.Rima X by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (Published 1871). Public domain.A Moment by Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (Published 1908). Public domain.Her Lips Are Copper Wire by Jean Toomer (Published 1923). Public domain. 🔊 Sound & Music Credits:Show Intro & Outro audio by seth_makes_sounds (Freesound.org)Episode music: "This Endless Ocean (Ethereal Meditation Airy And Tranquil)" by Ashot_Danielyan (Pixabay)Background ambience: "Ambience Wind Blowing Through Trees 01" by Traian1984 & "Vinyl Crackle Periodic Noise 1" by DanEvaer (Pixabay) 📱 Connect With the Show & Submissions:Instagram: @foranyonelisteningpodTikTok: @foranyonelisteningEmail: foranyonelistening@gmail.com ✍️ Want to Feature Your Work?If you are an independent poet or writer and would like your contemporary poetry, modern prose, or pieces read on a future episode, please email your work to the address listed above. I read exactly how the words feel in the dark.

  3. Jul 14

    Poetic Elements Collection: Flame and Embers | Poetry about fire, flames, embers, warmth

    Welcome to For Anyone Listening, an atmospheric late-night sleep podcast and quiet, low-stimulation space hosted by Duck. Tonight, we are stepping into the third movement of our Poetic Elements Collection. Tonight belongs entirely to Fire: Flame and Embers. When the world outside feels cold, distant, or just entirely too loud, there’s a strange kind of comfort in pulling the blankets tight and focusing on a single point of light. Tonight, we are tracing five classic pieces that capture that shifting energy. We’re looking at the bright, dancing spirit of a flame, and the steady warmth of the embers left behind when the day finally burns out. Like always, every piece featured tonight is safely in the public domain, shared under a Creative Commons license, or read with direct permission from the author. No perfection here. Just raw, honest presence... flaws and all. Now, let the warmth take the chill off the day. Let your eyes adjust to the dark, and stay awhile. 🎵 Tracklist & Chapters:00:00 Intro & Welcome02:00 Robert Louis Stevenson – The Fire in the Hearth03:45 George Marion McClellan – Love is a Flame05:15 Elizabeth Barrett Browning – Sonnet 2207:15 Lucy Larcom – By the Fireside09:00 Sara Teasdale – Fire-Embers10:20 Outro & Sign-off 📜 Works Featured in Tonight's Episode:The Fire in the Hearth by Robert Louis Stevenson (Published 1885). Public domain.Love is a Flame by George Marion McClellan (Published 1916). Public domain.Sonnet 22 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Published 1850). Public domain.By the Fireside by Lucy Larcom (Published 1868). Public domain.Fire-Embers by Sara Teasdale (Published 1911). Public domain. 🔊 Sound & Music Credits:Show Intro & Outro audio by seth_makes_sounds (Freesound.org)Episode music: "Jazzy, piano Lounge", "Cozy love Lo-Fi piano music Loop", and "Slow piano intimate cinematic music" by sonican (Pixabay)Background ambience: "King's Row fire crackling -02" (Freesound.org) 📱 Connect With the Show & Submissions:Instagram: @foranyonelisteningpodTikTok: @foranyonelisteningEmail: foranyonelistening@gmail.com ✍️ Want to Feature Your Work?If you are an independent poet or writer and would like your contemporary poetry, modern prose, or pieces read on a future episode, please email your work to the address listed above. I read exactly how the words feel in the dark.

  4. Jul 7

    Poetic Elements Collection: Dark Waters | Poetry about rain, water, oceans, streams.

    Welcome to For Anyone Listening, an atmospheric late-night sleep podcast and quiet, low-stimulation space hosted by Duck. Tonight, we let the rhythm of the tide carry the weight. This is the second installment of a new four-part movement: The Poetic Elements Collection. Tonight belongs entirely to Dark Water. When the ground feels too rigid and the thoughts in your head start to feel completely frozen, the best thing you can do is just let go and float. Tonight, we are tracing five classic pieces that look at the fluidity of water—the way a deep current can wash away the mistakes of a heavy day and leave you completely weightless in the dark. Like always, every piece featured tonight is safely in the public domain, shared under a Creative Commons license, or read with direct permission from the author. No perfection here. Just raw, honest presence... flaws and all. Now, let's let our bodies float into the quiet hours. Let your eyes adjust to the dark, and stay awhile. 🎵 Tracklist & Chapters:00:00 Intro & Welcome01:30 Walt Whitman – Out of the Rolling Ocean, the Crowd04:00 Paul Laurence Dunbar – By the Stream05:30 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow – The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls07:15 Allan Cunningham – A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea09:00 H.D. – The Pool11:15 Outro & Sign-off 📜 Works Featured in Tonight's Episode:Out of the rolling ocean, the crowd by Walt Whitman (Published 1860). Public domain.By the Stream by Paul Laurence Dunbar (Published circa 1900). Public domain.The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Published 1879). Public domain.A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea by Allan Cunningham (Published 1825). Public domain.The Pool by H.D. (Published 1915). Public domain. 🔊 Sound & Music Credits:Show Intro & Outro audio by seth_makes_sounds (Freesound.org)Episode music: "Moonlight Echoes" (Lofi Chill Beat) by BFCMUSICBackground ambience: "Ocean-Jetty1" (Water Ambiance) by rj13 📱 Connect With the Show & Submissions:Instagram: @foranyonelisteningpodTikTok: @foranyonelisteningEmail: foranyonelistening@gmail.com ✍️ Want to Feature Your Work?If you are an independent poet or writer and would like your contemporary poetry, modern prose, or pieces read on a future episode, please email your work to the address listed above. I read exactly how the words feel in the dark.

  5. Jun 29

    Poetic Elements Collection: The Ground Beneath Us | Poetry about the earth, stone, rock, roots.

    Welcome to For Anyone Listening, an atmospheric late-night sleep podcast and quiet, low-stimulation space hosted by Duck. Tonight, I am stepping into a different kind of territory. This is the first installment of a new four-part movement: The Poetic Elements Collection. Tonight belongs entirely to The Ground Beneath Us. When the world outside gets too loud and the mind starts to drift, the best thing we can do is drop our weight and find something that doesn't move. We are tracing the tactile weight of stone, the quiet labor of the bedrock, and the deep, silent safety of roots settling into the dark. Like always, every piece featured tonight is safely in the public domain. No perfection here. Just raw, honest presence... flaws and all. Now, let's sink into our bed... like a rock pressed into the deep mud. Let your eyes adjust to the dark, and stay awhile. 🎵 Tracklist & Chapters:00:00 Intro & Welcome01:30 Homer – To the Earth03:15 Robert Service – The Toilers04:30 W.H. Davies – The Stone05:45 Paul Laurence Dunbar – Rooted06:45 Howard Weeden – A Song of the Soil08:00 Outro & Sign-off 📜 Works Featured in Tonight's Episode:To the Earth (The Homeric Hymn to Earth) translated by Percy Bysshe Shelley (Published January 1818). Public domain.The Toilers by Robert Service (Published 1907). Public domain.The Stone by W.H. Davies (Published 1911). Public domain.Rooted by Paul Laurence Dunbar (Published circa 1899). Public domain.A Song of the Soil by Howard Weeden (Published late 1800s). Public domain. 🔊 Sound & Music Credits:Show Intro & Outro audio by seth_makes_sounds (Freesound.org)Episode music: "Calm Ambient" by Daria (Pixabay)Background ambience: "Dangerous mine shaft" by bkamuse (Freesound.org) 📱 Connect With the Show & Submissions:Instagram: @foranyonelisteningpodTikTok: @foranyonelisteningEmail: foranyonelistening@gmail.com ✍️ Want to Feature Your Work?If you are an independent poet or writer and would like your contemporary poetry, modern prose, or pieces read on a future episode, please email your work to the address listed above. I read exactly how the words feel in the dark.

  6. Jun 21

    Letters by Candlelight | Romantic letters and notes from history until today

    Welcome to For Anyone Listening, an atmospheric late-night sleep podcast and quiet, low-stimulation space hosted by Duck. Tonight, I am stepping into a different kind of territory. This is a special installment of my late-night series, The Letters by Candlelight. When the house goes completely still and sleep doesn't come, our thoughts have a way of retracing old paths. In this episode, we step away from polished public verses to look through a different kind of window: raw, unedited letters sent across the dark. From Beethoven’s classical ache to the unvarnished words of Mark Twain and Emma Goldman, we trace how people have reached across the silence to find someone else—concluding in our own digital era with early two-thousands chat logs typed out under the glow of computer monitors. Like always, every piece featured tonight is safely in the public domain, shared under Creative Commons licensing, or read with direct permission from the author. No perfection here. Just raw, honest presence... flaws and all. Blow the candles completely out, let your eyes adjust to the dark, and stay awhile. 🎵 Tracklist & Chapters:00:00 Intro & Welcome01:15 Ludwig van Beethoven – Letter to his "Immortal Beloved"03:30 Mark Twain – Letter to his wife, Olivia Langdon04:45 James Joyce – Letter to Nora Barnacle06:15 Emma Goldman – Letter to Ben Reitman07:45 The Digital Archive – Selected anonymous IRC chat log fragments10:00 Outro & Sign-off 📜 Works Featured in Tonight's Episode:Letter to his "Immortal Beloved" by Ludwig van Beethoven (Written July 1812). Public domain.Letter to Olivia Langdon by Mark Twain (Written August 1869). Public domain.Letter to Nora Barnacle by James Joyce (Written December 1909). Public domain.Letter to Ben Reitman by Emma Goldman (Written 1911). Public domain.Selected anonymous IRC chat log fragments from The Digital Archive (circa 2004). Public domain. 🔊 Sound & Music Credits:Show Intro & Outro audio by seth_makes_sounds (Freesound.org - CC0)Episode music: "reflective-piano" by atlasaudio (Pixabay)Episode music: "cosmic-web" by purrplecat (Pixabay)Episode music: "sad-quiet-guitar" by christmaskrumble666 (Freesound.org)Background ambience: "stargazer-ambient" by destructo20 (Freesound.org)Background ambience: "melancholic-ambient-atmospheric-background" by destructo20 (Freesound.org)Keyboard typing sound effect: "mechanical-keyboard-typing-treble-version" by stu556 (Freesound.org)Pen & writing sound effect: "writing-with-scissors" by mokoloko (Freesound.org) 📱 Connect With the Show & Submissions:Instagram: @foranyonelisteningpodTikTok: @foranyonelisteningEmail: foranyonelistening@gmail.com ✍️ Want to Feature Your Work?If you are an independent poet or writer and would like your contemporary poetry, modern prose, or adult pieces read on a future episode, please email your work to the address listed above. I read exactly how the words feel in the dark.

  7. Jun 15

    Shadows of My Own | Poems from the host

    Welcome to For Anyone Listening. Tonight, we step into a different kind of territory. Hosted by Duck, this episode is a late-night journey where the insomnia comes from within. Sleeplessness is rarely just a quiet room—it is almost always accompanied by a heavy kind of yearning, a restless romance that grows louder when the lights go out. Tonight, we are pondering love in the darkness, pulling pages directly from the desk for an honest look into where the roots weave and the chapters break. Unwind, listen close, and stay awhile. 🎵 Tracklist & Chapters:00:00 Intro & Welcome01:40 Strongest is the Love03:10 My dog, Cambria, sneezing for you03:15 Strongest is the Love (continued)04:15 Queen of the Night06:00 Knotted Roots07:30 Bookmarking Your Body09:15 Outro & Sign-off 📜 Works Featured in Tonight's Episode:"Strongest is the Love" by Dusty LaPerriere. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)."Queen of the Night" by Dusty LaPerriere. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)."Knotted Roots" by Dusty LaPerriere. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)."Bookmarking Your Body" by Dusty LaPerriere. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). 🔊 Sound & Music Credits:Show Intro & Outro audio by seth_makes_sounds (Freesound.org - Licensed under Creative Commons 0)Episode Weather Texture: "City Night Rain and Thunder" by nwkstudios (Freesound.org)Background Score: "a life with no us", "i miss you", and "return hometown" by softsuicide via PixabayBackground Score: "Midnight Beat" by yurasoop via Pixabay 📱 Connect With the Show & Submissions:Instagram: @foranyonelisteningpodTikTok: @foranyonelisteningEmail: foranyonelistening@gmail.com ✍️ Want to Feature Your Work?If you are an independent poet or writer and would like your contemporary poetry, modern prose, or late-night pieces read on a future episode, please email your work to the address listed above. Send us the verses sitting in your phone notes app.

  8. Jun 15

    Screen-Lit Shadows | Poems for modern sleeplessness.

    Welcome to For Anyone Listening. Tonight, we step into a different kind of territory. Hosted by Duck, this episode is a late-night journey through the quiet static of the digital age and the timeless weight of the midnight mind. We are bridging the gap between the late 1800s and the modern bedroom—exploring isolation as a sanctuary, the blue glow of phone screens, and what happens when we finally take off the daytime mask. Turn your phone face down on the nightstand, let the display go dark, and stay awhile. 🎵 Tracklist & Chapters:00:00 - Intro & Welcome01:30 - "Night-Thoughts" (Guido Gezelle)03:00 - "Midnight Static" (K.R.)04:15 - "The Weight of Water" (Maya Lin)05:30 - "The Dark Grow Luminous" (W.B. Yeats)07:00 - "Blue Hour" (J. Charles)08:15 - Outro & Sign-off 📜 Works Featured in Tonight's Episode:"Night-Thoughts" by Guido Gezelle (Originally published late 19th century). Public domain."Midnight Static" by K.R. Featured under Creative Commons framework courtesy of the author."The Weight of Water" by Maya Lin. Featured under Creative Commons framework courtesy of the author."The Dark Grow Luminous" adapted from public domain fragments and modern critical anthologies of W.B. Yeats."Blue Hour" by J. Charles. Featured under Creative Commons framework courtesy of the author. 🔊 Sound & Music Credits:Show Intro & Outro audio by seth_makes_sounds (Freesound.org - Licensed under Creative Commons 0)Episode Weather Texture: "City Night Rain and Thunder" by nwkstudios (Freesound.org)Episode Atmospheric Trigger: "NightCity-1.wav" by Dr. Macak (Freesound.org)Episode Music: Music by SOUND_GARAGE via Pixabay 📱 Connect With the Show & Submissions:Instagram: @foranyonelisteningpodTikTok: @foranyonelisteningEmail: foranyonelistening@gmail.com ✍️ Want to Feature Your Work?If you are an independent poet or writer and would like your contemporary poetry, modern prose, or late-night pieces read on a future episode, please email your work to the address listed above. Send us the verses sitting in your phone notes app.

  9. Jun 11

    Shadows & Silk Collection: Pride | Poems from LGBTQ+ poets from the past

    Welcome to For Anyone Listening, an atmospheric late-night sleep podcast and quiet, low-stimulation space hosted by Duck. Tonight, I am stepping into a different kind of territory. This is a special installment of my late-night series, Shadows & Silk. Tonight, it belongs entirely to Pride. I am turning the clock back to look at history. Every piece featured tonight was written by a queer creator at a time when they had to weave their desires into the shadows just to keep them safe. These aren't just polite verses; they are real, breathing proof of people loving fiercely in the dark, stripped of all performance. Like always, every piece featured tonight is safely in the public domain, shared under Creative Commons licensing, or read with direct permission from the author. No perfection here. Just raw, honest presence... flaws and all. Blow the candles completely out, let your eyes adjust to the dark, and stay awhile. 🎵 Tracklist & Chapters:00:00 - Intro & Welcome01:45 - "To a Stranger" (Walt Whitman) - Explored for its immediate, electric masculine proximity.03:30 - "The Desire of Beauty" (Renée Vivien) - Selected for its heavy, intoxicating late-night trance.05:00 - "Sonnet III" (Michael Field) - Chosen for its deep, secure, and protective domestic devotion.06:45 - "Two Loves" (Lord Alfred Douglas) - Featured for its monumental place in historic queer longing.08:45 - Outro & Night Sign-off 📜 Works Featured in Tonight's Episode:• "To a Stranger" by Walt Whitman (Published 1860 from the 'Calamus' sequence). Public domain.• "The Desire of Beauty" by Renée Vivien (Published 1903). Public domain.• "Sonnet III" by Michael Field [Katherine Bradley & Edith Cooper] (Published 1892). Public domain.• "Two Loves" by Lord Alfred Douglas (Published 1894). Public domain. 🔊 Sound & Music Credits:• Show Intro & Outro audio by seth_makes_sounds (Freesound.org - Licensed under Creative Commons 0)• Background Rain Ambience & Textures by Joe DeShon (Freesound.org - Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution)• Show Music: Atmospheric tracks by allworldmusic (Pixabay Music License) 📱 Connect With the Show & Submissions:• Instagram: @foranyonelisteningpod• TikTok: @foranyonelistening• Email: foranyonelistening@gmail.com ✍️ Want to Feature Your Work?If you are an independent poet or writer and would like your contemporary poetry, modern prose, or adult pieces read on a future episode, please email your work to the address listed above. I read exactly how the words feel in the dark.

  10. Jun 10

    Shadows & Silk Collection: Seduction | Sultry poetry from history to warm you up as you go to sleep.

    Welcome to For Anyone Listening. Tonight, we step into a different kind of territory. Hosted by Duck, this episode is the first installment of our late-night series, Shadows & Silk. This is Seduction—featuring shorter, sharper, and more immediate public domain pieces that focus entirely on the skin, the breath, and the sudden, intoxicating gravity of a presence you can’t escape. Grab a breath, unwind, and stay awhile. 🎵 Tracklist & Chapters:00:00 - Intro & Welcome02:00 - "An Arab Love-Song" (Francis Thompson)03:15 - Selections from "Calamus" (Walt Whitman)04:45 - "The Web of Eros" (Edith Sitwell)06:15 - "Sonnet" (John Masefield)08:00 - Outro & Sign-off 📜 Works Featured in Tonight's Episode:• "An Arab Love-Song" by Francis Thompson (Published 1889). Public domain.• Selections from "Calamus" by Walt Whitman (Published 1860). Public domain.• "The Web of Eros" by Edith Sitwell (Published 1918). Public domain.• "Sonnet" by John Masefield (Published 1916). Public domain. 🔊 Sound & Music Credits:• Show Intro & Outro audio by seth_makes_sounds (Freesound.org - Licensed under Creative Commons 0)• Fireplace crackle & background ambience by Sadiquecat (Freesound.org)• Episode music: "Over the Moon" by soulprodmusic (Pixabay) 📱 Connect With the Show & Submissions:• Instagram: @foranyonelisteningpod• TikTok: @foranyonelistening• Email: foranyonelistening@gmail.com ✍️ Want to Feature Your Work?If you are an independent poet or writer and would like your contemporary poetry, modern prose, or adult pieces read on a future episode, please email your work to the address listed above.

  11. Jun 9

    Steady Hands | Fathers Day coded poetry for that father figure from your memories.

    Welcome to For Anyone Listening, an atmospheric late-night sleep podcast and quiet, low-stimulation space hosted by Duck. Tonight, we step away from the loud celebrations to focus on a quieter, deeply grounded kind of presence. This is a late-night reflection on steady hands, wordless reassurance, and the effortless strength it takes to build a space where you can finally let your guard down and just breathe. Like always, every piece featured tonight is safely in the public domain, shared under Creative Commons licensing, or read with direct permission from the author. No perfection here. Just raw, honest presence... flaws and all. Let your eyes adjust to the dark, and stay awhile. 🎵 Tracklist & Chapters:00:00 - Intro & Welcome01:45 - "The Plougher" (Padraic Colum)03:00 - "Fifty Faggots" (Edward Thomas)04:15 - "The Unknown God" ("A.E." / George William Russell)05:30 - "A Town Window" (John Drinkwater)10:00 - Outro & Sign-off 📜 Works Featured in Tonight's Episode:• "The Plougher" by Padraic Colum (Published 1907). Public domain.• "Fifty Faggots" by Edward Thomas (Written c. 1915). Public domain.• "The Unknown God" by "A.E." / George William Russell (Published 1897). Public domain.• "A Town Window" by John Drinkwater (Published 1916). Public domain. 🔊 Sound & Music Credits:• Show Intro & Outro audio by seth_makes_sounds (Freesound.org - Licensed under Creative Commons 0)• Background ambience & atmospheric noise by joedeshon (Freesound.org)• Episode music & soundscape by noel.wav and rutgermuller (Freesound.org) 📱 Connect With the Show & Submissions:• Instagram: @foranyonelisteningpod• TikTok: @foranyonelistening• Email: foranyonelistening@gmail.com ✍️ Want to Feature Your Work?If you are an independent poet or writer and would like your contemporary poetry, modern prose, or late-night pieces read on a future episode, please email your work to the address listed above. I read exactly how the words feel in the dark.

  12. Jun 8

    Words that have been waiting a long time | An introduction to some soul-soothing poems from a time long ago

    Welcome to For Anyone Listening, an atmospheric late-night sleep podcast and quiet, low-stimulation space hosted by Duck. Tonight, we share words that have been waiting a long time—a collection of classic public domain poems exploring quiet hope, stillness, and the peace that comes when the world goes dark. Like always, every piece featured tonight is safely in the public domain, shared under Creative Commons licensing, or read with direct permission from the author. No perfection here. Just raw, honest presence... flaws and all. Let your eyes adjust to the dark, and stay awhile. 🎵 Tracklist & Chapters:00:00 - Intro & Welcome01:30 - "Hope" is the thing with feathers (Emily Dickinson)03:15 - The Lake Isle of Innisfree (W.B. Yeats)05:45 - Interlude06:15 - Nod (Walter De la Mare)08:30 - Requiem (Robert Louis Stevenson)10:15 - Outro & Sign-off 📜 Works Featured in Tonight's Episode:• "Hope is the thing with feathers" by Emily Dickinson (Written c. 1861). Public domain.• "The Lake Isle of Innisfree" by W.B. Yeats (Published 1890). Public domain.• "Nod" by Walter De la Mare (Published 1913). Public domain.• "Requiem" by Robert Louis Stevenson (Published 1887). Public domain. 🔊 Sound & Music Credits:• Show Intro & Outro audio by seth_makes_sounds (Freesound.org - Licensed under Creative Commons 0)• Background ambience & atmospheric noise by marsounds (Freesound.org)• Episode music & soundscape by destructo20 (Freesound.org) 📱 Connect With the Show & Submissions:• Instagram: @foranyonelisteningpod• TikTok: @foranyonelistening• Email: foranyonelistening@gmail.com ✍️ Want to Feature Your Work?If you are an independent poet or writer and would like your contemporary poetry, modern prose, or late-night pieces read on a future episode, please email your work to the address listed above. I read exactly how the words feel in the dark.

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Welcome to For Anyone Listening, an atmospheric late-night sleep podcast and quiet, low-stimulation space hosted by Duck. Tune in after dark for a softly delivered, deeply intimate curation of timeless public domain poetry, classic prose, and raw independent writing—read exactly how the words feel in the dark. No perfection, just presence. Perfect for mindfulness, bedtime relaxation, and midnight storytelling, these readings offer honest, unvarnished human interpretations. Every episode is seamlessly layered over minimal dark ambient soundscapes, cozy fireplace crackles, and chill lo-fi beats

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  • Creator
    Duck LaPerriere
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    12
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Duck LaPerriere
  • Show Website
    For Anyone Listening