About this episode

Robyn O'Neil reads from a poetry anthology and discusses themes of death and exhaustion.

This week, I read to you from a 1992 poetry anthology called The Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart, edited by Robert Bly, James Hillman and Michael Meade. Wendell Berry's poem "Ripening" leads to a discussion about death and altar-building. I also kick a few people out of the podcast 😲, and bemoan my exhaustion levels. Thank you for listening - I love you guys❣️ LINKS: Buy The Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart Check out my new Website ! Follow me on Instagram!

People in this episode

Host: Robyn O'Neil

Topics covered

• poetry
• Wendell Berry
• death
• altar-building
• exhaustion

Keywords

• Wendell Berry
• poetry
• The Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart
• altar-building
• exhaustion

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart

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