Wake to Words and Brew Some Coffee (March 16, 2025)

 Friends! Several months have passed since our last session of Wake to Words and Brew Some Coffee. My dear friend Tim asked me the other day if I was done doing it, as he would stop checking if that were the case. That's when I realized that I had entered a lapse of silence that I didn't want to signal an end to our poetry gatherings. 

So, thanks to Tim for lighting the candle and holding it close to my elbow. And thanks to you, listeners, for checking back in and finding me again. That is often the way of life, isn't it? Welcome to all of us. I hope that you find something in today's poems to take with you in the coming days. 

Cheers, 

Erin

Poems:

• Not Early or Late by W.S. Merwin (from his book Garden Time)
• My Other Dark by W.S. Merwin (from his book Garden Time)
• The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry (from his book The Peace of Wild Things)
• The Want of Peace by Wendell Berry (from his book The Peace of Wild Things)
• Two Watches by Mosab Abu Toha (from his book Forest of Noise)
• See the Kites? by Mosab Abu Toha (from his book Forest of Noise)

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Wake to Words and Brew Some Coffee (Thanksgiving 2024)

 Today is the fourth anniversary of Wake to Words and Brew Some Coffee, which began during the pandemic when many people were not gathering for the holiday in order to preserve the health of others. Thanks to everyone who has continued to listen and who has checked in to hear today's selections. 

Cheers! 

Erin

Poems:

• The Blackboard by W.S. Merwin (from his book Garden Time)
• Fieldnotes on Carrying by Caroline Harper New (from her book A History of Half-Birds)
• The Riveter by Ada Limón (from her book Bright Dead Things)
• Mama Said Nothing Good by Tina Mozelle Braziel (from her book Known by Salt)
• The Wild Geese by Wendell Berry (from his book The Peace of Wild Things)

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Wake to Words and Brew Some Coffee (November 19, 2023)

Please excuse the background hum during the recording; my usual computer is broken and my desktop refuses to record quietly or with any manners whatsoever.

I'll have a special Thanksgiving Wake to Words and Brew Some Coffee, so check back for more poems this coming Thursday.

 

Poems:

• November by Maggie Dietz
• Winter by Marie Ponsot
• November by Billy Collins

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Wake to Words and Brew Some Coffee (Monday Edition, July 10, 2023)

Over the weekend, my son and I spent our days in the Umatilla National Forest, which was fantastic for all the reasons one might imagine--trees, ground squirrels, wildflowers, stars, mountain streams--and the added bonus of no internet access. So, like a holiday delaying garbage pick-up by one day, this week's session of Wake to Words and Brew Some Coffee arrives at your doorstep on a Monday rather than our usual Sunday. I hope it finds you there, regardless, and that you'll find one of these poems to have the right words for your current moment.

Poems!

• Space & Time by Ann Tweedy (from her book A Registry of Survival)
• Two Laments by Daniel Halpern (from his book Traveling on Credit)
• Choice by Susan Bright (from her book Atomic Basket)
• Immortality by AI (from her book Sin)

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Wake to Words and Brew Some Coffee (3/26/23)

 Today, it's one poem and I haven't any coffee. I hope you do.

Poem: The Lost Land by Eavan Boland

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Wake to Words and Brew Some Coffee (1/8/23)

We've reached another Sunday! Time for coffee and poetry.

 

Poems read: 

• Winter by Billy Collins
• Some Questions You Might Ask by Mary Oliver (from her book House of Light)
• First Date by Daniel Halpern (from his book Traveling on Credit)
• January by Robert Hass (from his book Human Wishes)
• Poem without Angel Food by c.d. wright (from her book Shallcross)

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Wake to Words and Brew Some Coffee (December 18, 2022)

Welcome back to Wake to Words and Brew Some Coffee! It has been a hot minute since our last session, and I'm glad we're back together. All is well on my side of the world; we've simply been busier than busy. I hope all is well in your world--or as well as it can be. To make my return to our routine a bit easier, today's reading consists of poems all published in Poetry, one of the popular literary magazines. 

If you're new, welcome! What we do here: Most every Sunday, I read good poems by other people while we all drink coffee. 

 

Poems read:

• Training by Diannely Antigua (from Poetry/December 2021)
• Dried Flowers by Daniel Moysaenko (from Poetry/January 2022)
• Definitive by Melissa Sauma, translated by Janet McAdams (from Poetry/March 2022)
• Dogs' Wedding by Zêdan Xelef (from Poetry/April 2022)

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Wake to Words and Brew Some Coffee (January 16, 2022)

 

Poems read:

The Old Elm Tree by the River by Wendell Berry

The Heart of a Woman by Lateef Helmet (translated by Soheil Najm) 

Bags of Bones by Dunya Mikhail (translated by Sadek Mohammed) 

Personal History by Kareem Tayyar 

Dream Journal by Kareem Tayyar 

The Lamppost Glows Orange in the Daytime by Hannah Srajer

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Wake to Words and Brew Some Coffee (January 2, 2022)

Cheers to a new year of Wake to Words and Brew Some Coffee , a weekly Sunday series in which I read good poems by other people while we all drink coffee (or orange juice or hot chocolate, etc.). Here's the first session of 2022.

 

Poems read:

• The Decision by Jane Hirshfield
• Tree by Jane Hirshfield
• Inventions Toward Pleasure by Cameron McGill
• 44.6336• N, 86.2345• W by Cameron Read McGill
• Early March, 2015 by Ann Tweedy
• Air Time by Ann Tweedy
• Poem for My Neighbor Whose Good Intentions Are Wolf Pelt by Jacqueline Allen Trimble
• The Language of Joy by Jacqueline Allen Trimble
• The Heron by Wendell Berry

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Wake to Words and Brew Some Coffee (December 12, 2021)

Please enjoy this week's edition of Wake to Words and Brew Some Coffee, wherein I read good poems by other people while we all drink coffee.

 

Poems read:

• Winter by Billy Collins
• Winter by Marie Ponsot
• Acquainted with the Night by Robert Frost
• Foxes in Winter by Mary Oliver
• The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry

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Wake to Words and Brew Some Coffee (11/28/21)

Welcome to this week's session of Wake to Words and Brew Some Coffee, where I read good poems by other people while we all drink coffee.

 

Poems read:

• Mama Said Nothing Good by Tina Mozelle Braziel 
• Trailer Fish by Tina Mozelle Braziel
• Fiddler’s Song by George Mackay Brown
• Song of the Stone by George Mackay Brown
• Playing House by Jack Gilbert
• My Whole Life I Was Trained to Deny Myself by Eugenia Leigh

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Wake to Words and Brew Some Coffee (November 21, 2021)

Welcome to Wake to Words, where I read good poems by other people while we all drink coffee. In this session, all the poems dwell within the human-shaped space of November. Enjoy!

Poems read:

• November by Alice Finnegan
• November by Billy Collins
• November by Maggie Dietz
• November by Jane Shore
• November Leaves by Jack Turner

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Wake to Words and Brew Some Coffee (October 3, 2021)

Last Sunday, we didn't have poetry because I was under the weather, or the weather was on top of me. Either way, I'm better, and so here's another Sunday morning of coffee and words. Thanks for checking back in and all the positive feedback. Have a lovely week!

Wake to Words and Brew Some Coffee (October 3, 2021)

Poems read:

• Song of Change by Daniel Halpern
• Relative Pitch by Jack Gilbert
• 1953 by Jack Gilbert
• Outside my Window by Polly Buckingham 
• Poem with a Dead Tree by C.D. Wright
• My Imminent Demise Makes the Headlines the Same Day I Notice How Even Your Front Teeth Are by Momtaza Mehri
• Sonnet: Hamnavoe Market by George Mackay Brown
• Raggedy Man by James Whitcomb Riley 

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