Dale Biron On Poetry – A Podcast For Our Stunningly Beautiful, And Troubled World
Now more than ever, we need the fierce, insightful, inspiring power of poetry in our lives.
Episodes
137 episodes
Does Mother Earth Need A Restraining Order?
Does Mother Earth need a restraining order? This is one of several questions we tackle in this edition of the Dale Biron On Poetry Podcast. We also want to know the relationship between probability and possibility? Hint, living in possibility i...
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Your Mishaps, Mistakes & Misfortunes
Once you've extracted as much learning as you can from your past mishaps, mistakes, and misfortunes, it’s best to simply let it all go…
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4:57
Finding Courage In Difficult Times
Courage is to "know" our heart, and to "follow" it. In times of great turmoil and difficulty, it becomes even more important to do so. As in these times...
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7:26
The Universal Club of Kindness
Once we are part of this mysterious, unfathomable, undefinable, condition we call life, we are in (and within) the universal club of kindness.
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7:31
Righteous Anger
Can a poem explain the power of anger? Yes, the right poem, and the right kind of anger... Righteous anger.
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When Your Soul Needs Nature
There will be times when you can place your body into the natural world, to walk, see, feel, hear and touch. And there will be times when you can’t. But you can still seek healing solace.
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Can A Critter Help Cure Our Sadness
Might there be a poem equal to a cat video? Can a critter help cure our sadness, even our subtle but irreversible sadness?
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The Secret To Reading Poems Out Loud
Here's how to read poems for optimum inspiration, joy, and impact. (Relax. Renew. Repeat...)
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Decolonizing Our Minds (and Hearts)
War is necessary, needed, and natural… Wait, is this actually so? Powerful poems can help us push up against our cultural beliefs and expectations, especially the ones that are no longer serving us. This is one of my favorites mind and he...
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7:24
Giving Up Your Worst Grudge
Our worst grudge is the one we hold, often unwittingly, against ourselves. It's the one that does the greatest damage. Time for forgiveness...
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7:35
A Poem Encouraging Peace of Mind
Sometimes increasing our peace of mind becomes our highest priority. This poem may help...
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Traveling Through This Darkness
How might a poem help us with difficult decisions in these dark times?
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“With Fear for our Democracy, I Dissent"
A simple poem about a beautiful, flawed, and precious thing...
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How Humans Change… A Pickle Juice Story
New stories, powerful metaphors, and compelling images, are arriving now daily. And not a moment too soon, because the old narratives have lost virtually all of their credibility, and certainly all of their magic. It's new cultural "pickle juic...
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We Are Each Other's Changes
We are social beings. We make, consume and live by the stories we share with others. Stories that help us see and feel, think and navigate the world and our place in it. Stories that eventually define what passes for what we call our common sen...
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You Can't Get There From Here
As the extraordinary teacher and public intellectual, Bayo Akomolafe once put it, “The times are urgent: Let’s slow down...” In this episode we contemplate what it would be like to start again, to start fresh, to start small and go slow...
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Good Friendship... Plain and Simple
If we really want to have greater "agency" in this world (and at the same time, joy) we're going to need our dear friends by our side. In this episode we'll look at poetry that celebrates those we call our friends.
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Intro For My New Fall 2024 Course at The Fromm Institute San Francisco, CA
Resistance, Resilience, Renewal: Poetry’s Power in Turbulent Times... In this course, we’ll take a journey through the tumultuous landscapes of contemporary society, guided by the bright beacon of poetry. Through readings, discussi...
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4:36
Stingy With Our Happiness
"Look. The poppies they are at it againexploding on thehills with their deepyellow flames and / supple hearts..."Excerpt from "Sun Trail" by Dale Biron
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5:51
No One Chooses To Love Poetry
If you actually love poetry, it’s not because you chose to do so in any traditional sense. We choose poetry because something mysterious and deep in our body chooses for us.
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Ode To A Hungry Raccoon
If you want to simultaneous enjoy your life, have better relationships, and get more things done, then you'll need to spend more time in your personal optimal zone. That includes having more fun. This week is all about that...
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What Is Your Deeper Why?
We all want to fulfill the "why" of our lives. Therefore, how we "pickle" ourselves matters. Or said another way, the "context" we create for ourselves and others will determine how successful we are at creating the vision and world that is mos...
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