Words by Winter

Alison McGhee
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Words by Winter

Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it's rough out there, and we have to help each other through.

  1. 3 DAYS AGO

    The Garden by Moonlight, with Amy Lowell

    I'm preparing my garden for winter as this episode airs, and feeling nostalgic for its summer glory, something that the poet seems to feel as well. Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through.Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Additional music composed and performed by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry. Today's poem, The Garden by Moonlight, by poet and tr...

    6 min

  2. JUL 2

    Dressing My Father-in-Law for Burial, by Benjamin Cutler

    Oh, the fathers. The fathers and those who stand in for fathers. My own father is gone now, and how I miss him. Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through.Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Additional music by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry. Today’s poem, Dressing My Father-in-Law for Burial, is by Benjamin Cutler and is included in his new collection Wild ...

    10 min

  3. JUN 18

    Poetry Snack, "Return," with Sterling A. Brown

    Sterling A. Brown's work stays with me, making me think about childhood, and the things we leave behind, but why? Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through.Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Additional music composed and performed by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry. Today's poem, Return, by writer, poet and teacher Sterling A. Brown, is in the public d...

    6 min

  4. MAY 21

    Music Box, with Rhett Iseman Trull

    All summer, he's hiddenhis voice, no matter how I begged forjust one song.Three lines from "Music Box" which, to me, encapsulate the love and anger and longing that siblings can feel for each other, all in the same moment. Families are complicated. Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through.Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Additional music by Kelly Krebs. Artw...

    15 min

  5. MAY 9

    Poetry Snack, with George Gordon, Lord Byron

    Sometimes a simple poem, filled with a kind of resigned longing, belies the long meanderings of an extraordinary and complicated life. Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through.Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Additional music composed and performed by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry. Today's poem, So We'll Go NoMore A-Roving, by Louis Untermeyer, is...

    7 min

  6. MAR 26

    Things You Didn't Put on Your Resumé, by Joyce Sutphen

    What are some of the most important things you've left off your resume, the kind of things that in your heart of heart are most important to you? Poet Joyce Sutphen lists some of hers, in this gorgeous poem.Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through.Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Additional music by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry. Today’s poem, Things You Did...

    8 min

  7. MAR 12

    Poetry Snack, with Louis Untermeyer

    I tend to shy away from rhyme, thinking it'll be all jingly, but guess what? I'm so often wrong.Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through.Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Additional music composed and performed by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry. Today's poem, Faith, by Louis Untermeyer, is in the public domain. Words by Winter can be reached at word...

    6 min

  8. FEB 27

    Ode to a Couch, with Chris Abbate

    To be loved by someone the way our couches love us? That's a beautiful thing, at least to someone like me, who personifies the furniture in her home. Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through.Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Additional music by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry. Today’s poem, Ode to a Couch, by Chris Abbate, is featured here with kind permission ...

    10 min
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Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it's rough out there, and we have to help each other through.

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  • Creator
    Alison McGhee
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2024
  • Episodes
    135
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2024 Words by Winter
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