Jan 30 2025 48 mins
Poet Darryl Willis (of Eastern European Missions) joins Tina Bruner and Drew Baker to discuss poetry and the power of the spoken word in a wounded world.
Show Notes
Several sources were mentioned in this episode where you can go to find outstanding poems and poets.
Darryl Willis Poetry: https://darrylbwillis.medium.com/
Willis' "Nocturnal Notes": https://medium.com/literally-literary/nocturnal-notes-372dd046255c
Joy Harjo "Perhaps the World Ends Here": https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49622/perhaps-the-world-ends-here
Amanda Gorman: https://www.theamandagorman.com/
Padraig O' Tuama: https://onbeing.org/series/poetry-unbound/
Sarah Kay "Hands": https://youtu.be/kqCMHcdYR_E?si=JZgokXQgO22dsnAd
Phil Kaye "Repetition": https://youtu.be/8vqbo1FuoLQ?si=VHigeNoxAWBu3ANO
Phil Kaye and Sarah Kay "Origin Story": https://youtu.be/esgfG3BoAPc?si=2kmwRpuT6QA0sRso
Not mentioned in show, but one of Drew Baker's favorite poets and the president of the George MacDonald Society, Malcolm Guite: https://malcolmguite.wordpress.com/category/poems/
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