Follow a Fish Poetry Conversations and Inspiration

Sue Boudreau, Deborah Bachels Schmidt
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Explore poems read by the two authors in conversation with each other, then follow your own fish to unlock your own creativity, and share it with us.

  1. 2.7a Narrative Poems: "Food Delivery" by Sue

    May 31

    2.7a Narrative Poems: "Food Delivery" by Sue

    A random prompt led from 'Food Delivery' to the loneliness caused by addiction to biased news and painkillers.  We talk about both crises in America and about the narrative poetic form. Show notes with links are here. The print version of the poem with art work is here.

    15 min
  2. 2.6b Narrative Poem: "Cherry Blossoms" by Deborah

    May 30

    2.6b Narrative Poem: "Cherry Blossoms" by Deborah

    Deborah reads her Tanka Japanese form poem that starts off about one thing and turns to something much darker. A tiny and powerful heroic love story, based on a real story that you can read in our show notes, as well as the written version of her story and the prompt for today.

    17 min
  3. 2.5b Art Inspired Poems: "Ark" and "Red Boat Remembers"

    May 24

    2.5b Art Inspired Poems: "Ark" and "Red Boat Remembers"

    Sue and Deborah read and chat about poems they've written inspired by art, both about boats, the sea, and life's journeys. An Open Mic participant - Juniper "Beaux" Sanchez shares a beautiful poem and her art work "Story time". We hope you will also get out there, maybe to a local museum, looking for art that inspires you, then send in your work to us. Here are the show notes with links to poems on the page with the art work - particularly worth checking out for this episode, plus more information on stuff mentioned during our conversation!

    20 min
  4. 2.5a: Ekphrastic Poetry - Johanna Ely

    May 23

    2.5a: Ekphrastic Poetry - Johanna Ely

    Ekphrastic poetry is poetry inspired by art. Today, Johanna Ely, poet laureate emerita of Benicia, CA reads and discusses two poems from paintings - "Still Life with Lemons, Oranges and a Rose" which ends up with a discussion of sensuality and mother godesses to the Virgin Mary, followed by a wander down a back alley in the mysterious tiny town of Locke in the Delta lands of the San Francisco Bay - "Back Alley, Locke, CA. The show notes include links to ideas shared in the chats. See the links to read the poems and see the artwork that inspired them.

    26 min
  5. 2.4b: Ars Poetica - "Ocean" and "Sanctus"

    May 17

    2.4b: Ars Poetica - "Ocean" and "Sanctus"

    'Ars poetica' refers to any poetry or prose that considers the art of poetry, especially poems that step outside of themselves to consider their own genesis and nature. Today, Sue’s poem 'Ocean' describes her creative process, and Deborah’s interleaving of two poems in 'Sanctus' is an example of poems that step outside of themselves. Lnks to ideas mentioned in the episode, as well as the printed works on a page with orignal artwork are in the show notes.

    25 min
  6. 2.4a Ars Poetica: Tom Stanton's "Rivertown"

    May 16

    2.4a Ars Poetica: Tom Stanton's "Rivertown"

    Tom is an emeritus poet laureate of Benicia in the SF Bay Area. Today, he's performing a ‘poemSong,’ part poem and part song, which incorporates musical sounds with words. Think of an abstract work of art and how you have to suspend disbelief and just let the words and sounds in, and see where it takes you. It's not as accessible as many of our other offerings, and that's part of the poetry journey across bridges, down hills to the edge of a great river, the Suisun Bay, Benicia and "Rivertown". The show notes include the written version of the poem, the prompt and more about Tom.

    25 min
  7. 2.3b Rivers: "Dreaming with Grey Eagle Creek" by Deborah Bachels Schmidt

    May 10

    2.3b Rivers: "Dreaming with Grey Eagle Creek" by Deborah Bachels Schmidt

    Last time we read Clare’s poem, “Deope,” for the river Deben in Suffolk, which opened questions about the importance of particular beloved places in connecting us to the natural world and building the foundation for stewardship. Today Deborah shares her poem “Dreaming With Gray Eagle Creek.” Our wide-ranging conversation after the reading touches on the allegory of rivers and spirit, of water flowing and changing as the river stays more constant and the comparison of water flowing, to music.

    18 min
  8. 2.3a Rivers - "Deope - The Deep One" by Clare Hedin

    May 9

    2.3a Rivers - "Deope - The Deep One" by Clare Hedin

    We introduce  Clare Hedin, who is a singer, songwriter, and sound healer. We invited her to join us on a podcast after hearing her beautiful reading of Mary Oliver’s poem “The Journey” at our first open mic. Clare is also a visual artist and filmmaker who has created a body of gorgeous, small videos centered on place. Clare shares a conviction that a deep connection to nature, often arising from a particular place, is the bedrock of environmental stewardship. Here is a link to Clare's work, a link to her 'small videos centered on place'; and here is a link to her poem on the page for you to read.

    22 min
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