P115 Bringing Death Home

About this episode

Penny Allport discusses her work as a poet and life-cycle celebrant, focusing on the themes of love, life, and loss.

Penny Allport is a poet, wordsmith, painter, teacher and mentor living in Victoria, Canada. As a life-cycle celebrant, she co-creates ceremonies and rituals with individuals, couples and groups, to weave words which serve and express the sometimes un-expressible mysteries of love, life and loss. Go to WritersRadio.ca and listen to the current episode. Writers Radio is a free 24/7 non-commercial internet radio station that presents new and recognized writers reading their own work. Write...

People in this episode

Guest: Penny Allport

Topics covered

• poetry
• ceremonies
• life-cycle celebration
• loss
• art
• mentorship

Keywords

• poet
• ceremonies
• rituals
• life-cycle celebrant
• Victoria
• art
• mentorship

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Writers Radio, WritersRadio.ca

Places: Victoria, Canada

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