Here you can listen to Derek Walcott's poem recited by Kabat-Zinn, saying a prose statement was "bound to be inadequate" in communicating his point.

Read the full poem at http://www.onbeing.org/program/opening-our-lives/138

"Love After Love" by Derek Walcott (Read by Jon Kabat-Zinn)

Poem text and context: https://www.themarginalian.org/2022/12/25/to-a-wreath-of-snow-patti-smith-emily-bronte

POEM TEXT / CONTEXT

"To a Wreath of Snow": Patti Smith Reads Emily Brontë

Poem text and context: https://www.themarginalian.org/2023/05/20/ada-limon-dead-stars/

Music: Bach Cello Suite No. 4 in E Flat, performed by Seraband Bourree (public domain)

"Dead Stars" by Ada Limón

Wendell Berry reads a collection of his poems, included in the show "The Poetry of Creatures." 

How we see the world is how we value it, says Ellen Davis. And poetry is a way to rediscover the lost art of being creatures. An hour of learning and slowing down, with the "Mad Farmer" poems of Wendell Berry and a new way to take in the "poetry" of Genesis.

See more at www.onbeing.org/program/ellen-davis-and-wendell-berry-the-poetry-of-creatures/117

"How To Be A Poet" by Wendell Berry

Recorded for Brain Pickings. Background and poem text: http://www.brainpickings.org/2015/07/02/amanda-palmer-reads-wislawa-szymborska

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Amanda Palmer reads "Life While-You-Wait" by Wislawa Szymborska

Often quoted, but rarely interviewed, Mary Oliver is one of our greatest and most beloved poets. She’s just released a new volume, Felicity, at the age of 80. And so we’re revisiting the interview she granted us earlier this year on the wisdom of the world, the salvation of poetry, and the life behind her writing.

See more at www.onbeing.org/program/mary-oliver-listening-to-the-world/7267

Mary Oliver — Listening to the World

"If you're sure about something, you don't need faith. It's when you have the doubts that faith kicks in. And that's true in science as well as anything else."

Vatican astronomers Brother Guy Consolmagno and Father George Coyne on the joy of discovery and delighting in what we don't know. Find more at onbeing.org/becoming-wise.

The Universe Participates in the Mystery of God | Guy Consolmagno + George Coyne [Becoming Wise]

Naomi Shihab Nye reads her poem "Kindness" on the On Being episode "Naomi Shihab Nye — Your Life is a Poem.” Find more at www.onbeing.org/program/naomi-shihab-nye-your-life-is-a-poem/8720

On Being with Krista Tippett

"Kindness" by Naomi Shihab Nye

The foremost virtuoso of the sarod in modern times, Ali Akbar Khan was instrumental in popularizing Indian classical music in the west. This Rough Guide showcases his sublime talent and intuitive command of melody and rhythm which led violin legend Yehudi Menuhin to dub him ‘the greatest musician in the world’.

http://www.worldmusic.net/store/item/RGNET1373

Rough Guide To Ali Akbar Khan

Darbari Kanada (Jod)

Brief 3: Truth Vibrations no.2

Poem text and context: https://www.brainpickings.org/2019/04/16/zadie-smith-reads-frank-ohara/

Zadie Smith reads "Animals" by Frank O'Hara

Groundbreaking Peabody Award-winning conversation about the big questions of meaning, hosted by Krista Tippett. Every Thursday a new discovery about the immensity of our lives — and frequent special features like poetry, music and Q + A with Krista.

The Universe Participates in the Mystery of God | Guy Consolmagno + George Coyne [Becoming Wise]

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