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Poems to Listen By: Moonstruck 08—The Time is Midnight

By Laurie Klein 2 Comments

infant looking at camera on dark background

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Poems to Listen By: Moonstruck 07—Moon Crossing Bridge

By Laurie Klein 2 Comments

black and white river in fog

In a nod to the way poems can aid in processing grief and uncertainty, Laurie Klein reads Tess Gallagher’s “Moon Crossing Bridge.”

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Poems to Listen By: Moonstruck 06—Lunula

By Laurie Klein 4 Comments

mother with toddler in arms

Laurie Klein’s Moonstruck series takes us to a poetic reflection on motherhood and the moon with Susan Cowger’s “Lunula.”

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Poems to Listen By: Moonstruck 04—Delicate

By Laurie Klein 10 Comments

moonlight on waves

The moon is full of mystery and delicate secrets. In this episode of Poems to Listen By: Moonstruck, Laurie Klein reads L.L. Barkat’s “Delicate.”

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Poems to Listen By: Moonstruck 03—A Pause in the Sky

By Laurie Klein 6 Comments

Via Engiadina star trails and moonlight

In this episode of Poems to Listen By: Moonstruck, Laurie Klein reflects on the moon and passage of time with Dame Carol Ann Duffy, Gregory Orr and Kelli Russell Agodon.

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Poems to Listen By: Moonstruck 02—Facts About the Moon

By Laurie Klein 4 Comments

white flower with moonlight bokeh

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Poems to Listen By: Moonstruck 01—The Wind and the Moon

By Laurie Klein 9 Comments

light reflected in water for the wind and the moon poem

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Poems to Listen By: Heart & Soil 08—Zinfandel

By Laurie Klein 10 Comments

The Dunes Golf Course trees on rolling green hills

Laurie Klein concludes her “Heart & Soil” Poems to Listen By podcast series with Jane Mead’s “Where the Zinfandel Pass Their Seasons in Mute Rows.”

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Poems to Listen By: Heart & Soil 07—Sparrows

By Laurie Klein 3 Comments

small bird with red feathers for sparrows poem

The latest episode of Laurie Klein’s Poems to Listen By—Heart & Soil features the poem “Sparrows” by Jamie Morewood Anderson.

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Poems to Listen By: Heart & Soil 06—Undertow

By Laurie Klein 4 Comments

Fresh snowfall at a pier

In this month’s Poems to Listen By episode, Laurie Klein features poems by Richard Maxson and Anne M. Doe Overstreet in a reflection on uncertainty.

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Poems to Listen By: Heart & Soil 04—Honan Duststorm

By Laurie Klein 2 Comments

Bicycle and dust

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Poems to Listen By: Heart & Soil 02—News from the Underground

By Laurie Klein 2 Comments

Heart & Soil News from the Underground

In this episode of Heart & Soil, Laurie Klein’s podcast of Poems to Listen by, enjoy this reflection on News from the Underground, and how the pesky creatures beneath our feet help restore the soil.

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Poems to Listen By: Heart & Soil—01 What Are Poets For?

By Laurie Klein 4 Comments

Sunrise at the sea

In the first episode of a new Poems to Listen By audio series, Laurie Klein shares a poem from Meredith Stricker and asks, What are poets for?

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Poems to Listen By: Sharing the Canopy 08—Poetics

By Laurie Klein 9 Comments

trees in swamp

Trees and tree poems are an apt reflection of the writing process. In the eighth episode of Under the Canopy, Laurie Klein shares a poem from A. R. Ammons.

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Poems to Listen By: Sharing the Canopy 07—The Maples of Dachau

By Laurie Klein 6 Comments

Poems to Listen By red maple leaves

In the latest Poems to Listen By: Under the Canopy episode, Laurie Klein shares a poignant poem with a darker understory.

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Poems to Listen By: Sharing the Canopy 06—Buddy Story

By Laurie Klein 5 Comments

Poems to Listen By Trees and Waterfall

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Poems to Listen By: Under the Canopy 05—Lost and Found

By Laurie Klein 6 Comments

pine in sunlight

Laurie Klein features a poem by Andrew Hudgins in the latest Poems to Listen By podcast. Is it a coming of age reflection, or a story of lost and found?

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Poems to Listen By: Under the Canopy 04—Maple Grove

By Laurie Klein 10 Comments

Under the Canopy podcast sunglight on redwood

Can a tree seduce? Be flirtatious? Enjoy these poems in Laurie Klein’s latest Poems to Listen By podcast, and you decide.

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Poems to Listen By: Under the Canopy 03—Benedictus

By Laurie Klein 8 Comments

Under the Canopy snowy trees

In her latest Under the Canopy episode, Laurie Klein reflects on the way trees remind us of eternity and mortality, with poetry from Paul Willis and Luci Shaw.

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Poems to Listen By: Sharing the Canopy 02—Motherhood

By Laurie Klein 13 Comments

Poems to listen by under the canopy

In the latest Poems to Listen By: Under the Canopy podcast, Laurie Klein shares “Motherhood” from Diane Loretta Walker and considers the stories trees hold inside.

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