Whipped to a Frenzy of Feelings: Two of Jane's Favorite Poems

About this episode

Jane shares two impactful poems that explore deep emotions and the beauty of life.

In this episode Jane shares two poems--one she heard decades ago, the second just recently--that moved her to share them with lovers of language and even those who don't care much about it, knowing the poems would move them. "If I Were a Poem" by Sara Holbrook and "Thank You" by Matt Moberg are poems that reach into the heart and, like a kite on a windy day, drag you, laughing, to the height of joy and then dash you to the ground, still and breathless. They speak of joy and awe and beauty and love as well as desperation and the depths of grief. They offer a love of life both astonishing and messy--sacred--and want, above all for us to relish in the love of it all and pass it on.

People in this episode

Host: Jane Stahl

Topics covered

• poetry
• emotions
• language
• joy
• grief
• self-expression

Keywords

• poems
• Sara Holbrook
• Matt Moberg
• emotions
• joy
• grief
• language

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