Dale Biron On Poetry – Poetry Applied to Life’s Great Joys, Mysteries, and Calamities...

We are helpless mapmakers. We can’t stop drawing lines, creating meaning, and shaping stories to explain the world around us. It’s how we navigate life—through beliefs, assumptions, and the mental landscapes we construct. But if we combine this irresistible human trait with the deepest wisdom we have—the kind that recognizes our profound interconnectedness—then maybe, jus

If we look inside ourselves, each of us has places in our lives of brokenness, sorrow, and grief. Places that have strung us out to dry... What then? That's when this week's poem comes in handy.

Can a humorous poem make serious points? Yes. Poems can help us make sense of the world. Poems can help us ask new, sometimes uncomfortable questions. A just right poem can help us write whole new ways of seeing and feeling the world, and what's going on in it...

How To Be Less Fearful (to remind myself) "What if we, are the only Calvary that’s actually coming? What if the kindness we seek, we must bring ourselves...?" –Dale Biron

Finding moments of sanity, refuge, and even joy, is more critical than ever. This week's special poem is a potent reminder of this...

Listen to one of the most popular poems, from one of the most popular poets in the last 100 years...

"There is no requirement to read, or hear, or write anything! But why not? If I were empowered by The Great Gods of Permission, I would provide you vast Amazon rivers of it. Baptize, forgive, and bless you with it. After all, language is your human super power, the only tool you can’t put down...." –Dale Biron

Of all the things poems can do, one of them is to help us work with catastrophic loss, to grieve and make sense of the senseless...

We would be shocked and eventually saddened to hear someone say this to us. Everyone has a favorite song, right? Of course, they do! But today, let's go beyond our favorite songs and ponder our favorite poems. I want us to be equally shocked if someone cannot name their favorite poem. It may actually become even more critical in our lives. Also, we'll feature a brilliant poem for w

How can we weave more beauty and meaning into our lives in 2025, in the face of so many profound challenges and difficulties?