This composition was inspired by the poem "In Blackwater Woods" by Mary Oliver:

Look, the trees
are turning
their own bodies
into pillars
 
of light,
are giving off the rich
fragrance of cinnamon
and fulfillment,
 
the long tapers
of cattails
are bursting and floating away over
the blue shoulders
 
of the ponds,
and every pond,
no matter what its
name is, is
 
nameless now.
Every year
everything
I have ever learned
 
in my lifetime
leads back to this: the fires
and the black river of loss
whose other side
 
is salvation,
whose meaning
none of us will ever know.
To live in this world
 
you must be able
to do three things:
to love what is mortal;
to hold it
 
against your bones knowing
your own life depends on it;
and, when the time comes to let it
go,
to let it go.
 
— Mary Oliver

Homecoming (In Blackwater Woods)

Holtec is planning to dump radioactive water in the Hudson River.  They could not....they just want to. It's hard to understand why...

 "Have you finally figured out what beauty is for? And have you changed your life?"

Do Better.

This track was inspired by the poem “What Gorgeous Thing” by Mary Oliver:

I do not know what gorgeous thing
the bluebird keeps saying,
his voice easing out of his throat,
beak, body into the pink air
of the early morning. I like it
whatever it is. Sometimes
it seems the only thing in the world
that is without dark thoughts.
Sometimes it seems the only thing
in the world that is without
questions that can’t and probably
never will be answered, the
only thing that is entirely content
with the pink, then clear white
morning and, gratefully, says so.

— Mary Oliver

Bluebird (What Gorgeous Thing)

Poetry Podcast is a project from the Recording Studio at the Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales branch of Denver Public Library. Hear members of our community share their favorite poems -- we hope you will enjoy this year's recordings, featuring original poetry & music!

Reader: Daria 
Poem: Wild Geese by Mary Oliver, https://bit.ly/429ohaF
Music: Desireé Sotomayor

Reader: Nicolás Cabrera, New Mexico-Arizona Book Award Winner
Poem: En la Sombra de la Montaña Sandía / In the Shadow of the Sandía Mountains -- Read by the Author, http://ecosneomexicanos.com/
Music: Creative Commons, Vicente Fernández

Reader: Desireé 
Poem: Boriqua en la Luna / Puerto Rican on the Moon by Juan Antonio Corretjer, https://bit.ly/44CSksU
Music: Desireé Sotomayor

Reader: Greg 
Poem: In Tune by Amir Sulaiman & Robert Glasper, https://bit.ly/3nBuTQg
Music: Kurt Schmittgen

Reader: Jackie 
Poem: Yo Soy Joaquin / I am Joaquin by Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales, https://bit.ly/42uA03p
Music: Intro/Outro by Kurt Schmittgen, 2nd/3rd tracks by Desireé Sotomayor

Technical production & editing: Desireé Sotomayor

2023 Gonzales Library Poetry Podcast

Nature's poet.
POET PLAYLISTS:
soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/auden
soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/william-blake
soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/gillian-clarke
soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/e-e-cummings
soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/dickinson
soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/hsc-t-s-eliot
soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/robert-frost
soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/thomas-hardy
soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/ted-hughes
soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/keats
soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/philip-larkin
soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/mary-oliver
soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/sylvia-plath
soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/william-shakespeare
soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/wordsworth
soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/w-b-yeats

When I am among the Trees by Mary Oliver

POET PLAYLISTS:
soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/auden
soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/william-blake
soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/gillian-clarke
soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/e-e-cummings
soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/dickinson
soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/hsc-t-s-eliot
soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/robert-frost
soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/thomas-hardy
soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/ted-hughes
soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/keats
soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/philip-larkin
soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/mary-oliver
soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/sylvia-plath
soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/william-shakespeare
soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/wordsworth
soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/w-b-yeats

Blossom by Mary Oliver

Climb aboard a clean, affordable public train and travel with Bob and Chris from the city to the shore. This week, it's all about short poems that take us places. Bob reads "Elegy For Soft Things" by Wendy Xu, Chris reads "If I Wanted A Boat" by Mary Oliver, and then the guys get wistful about—what else? The 1999 New York Knicks.

I'm getting at something I'm struggling to name

whoever you are

Remembrance of my friend Clifford with poem by Mary Oliver and music by Mike Paulson.  

The Summer Day

Don't Hesitate by Mary Oliver

wet & wild (feat. Mary Oliver)

We are a recording studio located within the Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales Branch library, a part of the Denver Public Library system. The studio is free to use by reservation, and we also host a variety of programs. If you are interested in joining us or would like to record, feel free to reach us at 720-865-2370 or email at dsotomayor@denverlibrary.org

No generative AI was used in the production of these recordings.

In Zen, ensō (円相) is a circle that is hand-drawn in one uninhibited brushstroke to illustrate the moment when the mind sets the body free to create.

Mark Nepo, Marianne Williamson,  Elizabeth Gilbert, Gary John Bishop  and many others have shared their wisdom here over the years! Kacey hosts morning radio in New York's Hudson Valley.  A life coach, reiki healer, restorative yoga teacher and women's retreat leader, Kacey's foundation, Let It Shine Inc. runs a thrift store and farmers market to support its food pantry and a farmers market.  www.kaceysplace.com www.letitshineoneline.com 
"Shine On" airs Sundays 6:30 AM on 100.7 WHUD  www.whud.com

Ex-BBC Broadcaster readings of poetry & stories + archive radio/audio features. PLEASE SHARE LINKS with others. 
I’m a self-confessed sound, speech and language nerd.

Eventually gravitate to music that ‘cannot be played.’

New tracks tagged #mary oliver