Name: Everlasting - DavidWhyte by ManyRivers
Duration: 2 min 14 s
Description: "Everlasting" - a poem by David Whyte, from his new book of poetry, "The Bell and The Blackbird."

A man with an ear. A heart. And then some. 

Depth wisdom art.  all interwoven with firm gentle command assured of meaning conveyed

Beautiful. So looking forward to the new book!

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What To Remember When Waking

David Whyte reads his poem "Everything Is Waiting for You." 

Find more at www.onbeing.org/program/david-whyte-the-conversational-nature-of-reality/8560

"Everything Is Waiting for You" by David Whyte

David Whyte reads "Vulnerability," an excerpt from his book "Consolations." 

"Vulnerability" by David Whyte

“Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet / confinement of your aloneness / to learn / anything or anyone / that does not bring you alive / is too small for you.”

David Whyte is a poet and philosopher who believes in the power of a “beautiful question” amidst the drama of work as well as the drama of life — amidst the ways the two overlap, whether we want them to or not. He shared a deep friendship with the late Irish philosopher John O’Donohue. They were, David Whyte says, like “two bookends.” More recently, he’s written about the consolation, nourishment, and underlying meaning of everyday words.

Find more www.onbeing.org/program/david-whyte-the-conversational-nature-of-reality/8560

David Whyte — The Conversational Nature of Reality

Poem text and context: https://www.brainpickings.org/2017/04/03/working-together-david-whyte/
Excerpted from https://soundcloud.com/onbeing/sets/david-whyte-the-conversational

Photograph by Nicol Ragland

POEM TEXT / CONTEXT

David Whyte reads "Working Together"

"Everlasting" - a poem by David Whyte, from his new book of poetry, "The Bell and The Blackbird."

The Bell and The Blackbird

Everlasting - DavidWhyte

An exclusive track of John O'Donohue reading his poem "A Blessing for a Friend on the Arrival of Illness" during his interview with Krista Tippett on October 1, 2007 in the studios of APM in St. Paul, Minnesota. This poem is included in the On Being show "The Inner Landscape of Beauty." Download the mp3 of the produced show at onbeing.org.

"A Blessing for a Friend on the Arrival of Illness" by John O'Donohue [bonus track]

Recorded for Brain Pickings. Poem text and context: https://www.brainpickings.org/2019/09/23/amanda-palmer-mary-oliver-when-i-am-among-the-trees/

POEM TEXT

Amanda Palmer reads "When I Am Among the Trees" by Mary Oliver

Poem text and context: https://www.brainpickings.org/2020/08/19/david-whyte-sometimes/

David Whyte Reads "Sometimes"

Poem text and context: https://www.brainpickings.org/2020/11/12/walt-whitman-song-of-the-open-road

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