An episode from 4/26/23: What can the stories of the early lives of famous people teach us about our own upbringing, all the details nobody would know if they aren’t told to someone? Tonight, I read from the scattered remarks of John, Paul, George, and Ringo that are found at the beginning of the huge hardcover book The Beatles Anthology, and which cover their childhoods and the years before The Beatles became famous. As you listen, ask yourself how your own childhood might be summarized and collected from anecdotes like these.

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#218: Poetry to Live By Human Voices Wake Us

An episode from 2/23/2026: My new book of poetry, Time and the River: From Columbine to the Invention of Fire, is finally out. I spend this episode talking briefly about how always having the writing or reading of poetry close at hand and close in mind, has saved my life many times. I also read a new poem, "London, 1943."If you enjoy this podcast, please get a copy of the book, review it and share it and pass it on. Many thanks to all my readers and listeners.The best way to support the podcast is by leaving a review on Apple or Spotify, sharing it with others, or sending me a note on what you think. You can also order any of my books: Time and the River: From Columbine to the Invention of Fire, due out next year, is now available for preorder. Other books include Notes from the Grid, To the House of the Sun, The Lonely Young & the Lonely Old, and Bone Antler Stone. I've also edited a handful of books in the S4N Pocket Poems series. I also have a YouTube channel where I share poems and excerpts from these books, mostly as YouTube shorts. Email me at humanvoiceswakeus1@gmail.com.
  1. #218: Poetry to Live By
  2. #217: Voices from 1900-1914
  3. #216: Poets, Prophets, Seeresses & Goddesses from Time & the River
  4. #215: 8 Favorite Poems from "Time and the River"
  5. #214: Two of the Best Poems You've Never Heard of (by William Cullen Bryant)
  6. #213: Van Gogh's Early Years
  7. #212: The Most Popular Story in Ancient India
  8. #211: Who Was William Cullen Bryant?
  9. #210: Memories & Legends of William Shakespeare
  10. #209 – Being a Jew in 1900, Being a Jew Now

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