Poems for Company - March 24th, 2025

March 24, 2025 00:28:59
Poems for Company - March 24th, 2025
Poems for Company
Poems for Company - March 24th, 2025

Mar 24 2025 | 00:28:59

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Show Notes

“A Redwood, an Ancient Orchard, a Sequoia”: Do you have a favorite tree you pay special attention to when you take a routine walk?  Is it older than you?  We project so many attributes on to trees, including longevity and strength.  We develop an emotional attachment to trees.  Today’s episode considers such attachments and features two poems by Dana Gioia: “Becoming a Redwood” and “Planting a Sequoia.”  Both are included in Dana Gioia’s 99 Poems: New and Selected (Graywolf Press, 2016) and used with the kind permission of the author.   Also included are brief passages from the final book of Homer’s Odyssey, translated by Robert...

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