Words by Winter

By: Alison McGhee
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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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Episodes
  • Naive, with Tim Seibles
    Nov 4 2024

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    Oh, childhood and the friends we made then. The friends I had when I was a child will be with me forever, even if only in memory, in a kind of longing way.

    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, Naive, is by Tim Seibles and is featured here with kind permission of the poet. I encourage you to check out more of his beautiful work.

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    11 mins
  • The Garden by Moonlight, with Amy Lowell
    Oct 21 2024

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    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 translator Amy Lowell, is in the public domain. Words by Winter can be reached at wordsbywinterpodcast@gmail.com.

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    6 mins
  • Dressing My Father-in-Law for Burial, by Benjamin Cutler
    Jul 2 2024

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    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 Silence, forthcoming in October 2024. It's featured here with kind permission of the poet. I encourage you to check out more of his beautiful work.

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    10 mins

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