Wake to Words and Brew Some Coffee (January 25, 2026)

Reading good poems by other people on Sundays.

 

Poems by W.S. Merwin from his book Garden Time:

• The Uncounted Age
• Pianist in the Dark
• Only Now
• Cowbell

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Wake to Words and Brew Some Coffee (January 4, 2026)

Welcome to Wake to Words and Brew Some Coffee and the newest year on the books. In today's poetry session, I'm reading poems by Mary Oliver. Because I record the readings via Facebook, the recordings now last only thirty days before automatic deletion. As I'm not interested in finding alternative solutions, our poetry series now has a more fleeting quality than before, which is rather lovely, actually. 

So, if you have stumbled upon this poetry session and the video is not accessible, it's because enough time has passed between my now and your now to make a past tangible enough to delete it. 

Poems

• Some Questions You Might Ask
• Moccasin Flowers
• Spring

From House of Light, by Mary Oliver

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🠊 Past sessions of Wake to Words here: http://www.erinpringle.com/p/wake-to-words-and-brew-some-coffee.html

🠊 Poetry sessions appear some Sunday mornings at https://www.facebook.com/erintpringle  

Wake to Words and Brew Some Coffee (December 28, 2025)

 

Today's poetry is by the longago poet Hanshan.

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🠊 Poetry sessions appear some Sunday mornings at https://www.facebook.com/erintpringle 

Wake to Words and Brew Some Coffee: September 7, 2025

 Hi Friends! It has been a hot minute since our last meeting of Wake to Words. Since then, Facebook changed its video storage policy, which means, in short, that all previous videos of our time together have been deleted, and forthcoming videos will live for thirty days before being deleted. 

This is neither here nor there in the grand scheme. Here are three poems to enjoy for the next thirty days: 

Poems 9/7/25:

- The Meeting by Wendell Berry (from his book The Peace of Wild Things)

- 1918 by Ostap Slyvynsky, tr. by Anton Tenser and Tatiana Filimonova (from In The Hour of War: Poetry from Ukraine)

- The Nude Swim by Anne Sexton (from her book Love Poems)

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🠊 Poetry sessions appear most every Sunday morning at https://www.facebook.com/erintpringle 

Wake to Words and Brew Some Coffee (April 13, 2025)

 

Poems: 

• Poem of a Houseboat Stranded in a Field by C.D. Wright (from her book Shallcross)
• The Old Elm Tree by the River by Wendell Berry (from his book The Peace of Wild Things)
• The Summer Day by Mary Oliver (from her book House of Light)

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🠊 More Wake to Words here: http://www.erinpringle.com/p/wake-to-words-and-brew-some-coffee.html

🠊 Poetry sessions appear most every Sunday morning at https://www.facebook.com/erintpringle 

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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🠊 More Wake to Words here: http://www.erinpringle.com/p/wake-to-words-and-brew-some-coffee.html

🠊 Poetry sessions appear most every Sunday morning at https://www.facebook.com/erintpringle 

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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🠊 More Wake to Words here: http://www.erinpringle.com/p/wake-to-words-and-brew-some-coffee.html

🠊 Poetry sessions appear most every Sunday morning at https://www.facebook.com/erintpringle 

Wake to Words and Brew Some Coffee (November 10, 2024)

It has been a hot minute since we met for coffee and poetry, but I'm glad we've found each other again. 

Poems:

• Grace by Wendell Berry
• The Burial of the Old by Wendell Berry
• A Lake Scene by May Swenson (from Poetry, 91:5 Feb. 1958)
• Old Moon River Moon by Susan Bright (from her book Atomic Basket)

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🠊 More Wake to Words here: http://www.erinpringle.com/p/wake-to-words-and-brew-some-coffee.html

🠊 Poetry sessions appear most every Sunday morning at https://www.facebook.com/erintpringle 

Wake to Words and Brew Some Coffee (September 15, 2024)

 

Today's poems are by Rosabetty Muñoz, tr. by Claudia Nuñez de Ibieta (from Poetry, Oct. 2024/225:1) 

• Doña Sebastiana I
• Alao
• Tranqui

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🠊 More Wake to Words here: http://www.erinpringle.com/p/wake-to-words-and-brew-some-coffee.html

🠊 Poetry sessions appear most every Sunday morning at https://www.facebook.com/erintpringle 

Wake to Words and Brew Some Coffee (September 8, 2024)

Poems:

• Rental Property by Ann Tweedy (from her book A Registry for Survival)
• The Old Flame by Robert Lowell (from his book For the Union Dead)
• Supplanting by Wendell Berry (from his book The Peace of Wild Things)

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🠊 More Wake to Words here: http://www.erinpringle.com/p/wake-to-words-and-brew-some-coffee.html

🠊 Poems appear most every Sunday morning at https://www.facebook.com/erintpringle