The Poet (delayed)

using poetry to discover meaning in life

About the show

I dabbled in poetry in high school and into my early 20's but then stopped writing for almost 20 years. A few years ago, a number of personal issues came to a head and I had no real choice but to face them and start working through them. As part of that working through them, I began writing poetry again and it has become a very powerful and effective tool for me in rediscovering and reconnecting with myself, which is at the heart of my recovery. In The Poet (delayed), I'll share some of my poetry and discuss it with different guests. But the real point of the podcast is to use my poetry to start conversations about trauma, healing and personal growth.

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Episodes

  • Episode 49: A Man for All Seasons

    September 17th, 2024  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 48 mins
    authenticity, integrity, poetry, self discovery, thomas more

    In episode 49, was joined by my friends Josh Baron and Tim Robison. We discussed the play “A Man for All Seasons” which deals with Thomas More’s dilemma related to King Henry’s divorce from Catherine of Aragon and everything that that entailed.

  • Episode 48: Brain Food Books

    September 10th, 2024  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 1 min
    authenticity, poetry, self discovery

    I was joined by Cal Crosby, owner of the King’s English Bookshop in Salt Lake City, Utah, as well as Brain Food Books, which is a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to putting books in the hands of those without regular access. We also discussed what it’s like to run a local independent bookshop and the roll it, as well as all locally owned businesses, play in the community.

  • Episode 47: Injustice

    September 3rd, 2024  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 17 mins
    authenticity, emotional wounds, healing, mental health, poetry, self discovery, vulnerability, wholeness

    I was joined by my friend, Melissa Fairbourn Peterson. We talked about the wounds we all suffer from one another whether intentionally or not and that those who inflict those wounds cannot heal us - only we can heal our wounds.
    We discussed the importance of apologies in the healing process. The dangers in demanding an apology. How recognizing our complicity in our wounds helps us heal, and so much more.

    We read from Les Miserables and from The Gulag Archipelago.

  • Episode 46: Walk Unafraid by First Aid Kit

    August 27th, 2024  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 44 mins
    authenticity, poetry, self discovery

    I was joined by Lindsey McDermott this week and we listened to “Walk Unafraid” by First Aid Kit and discussed belonging to yourself and not abandoning yourself to fit in. We also talked about joy and sorrow and happiness and suffering and how they have presented in our lives and ways that we have engaged with them.

  • Episode 45: The Laughing Heart by Charles Bukowski

    August 20th, 2024  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 44 mins
    authenticity, charles bukowski, poetry, self discovery, the laughing heart

    I’m joined by my good friend Pat. We read and discussed The Laughing Heart by Charles Bukowski. We talked about what it means to us to be clubbed into dank submission. How does that come about? How do we overcome it? Why is it important to overcome it?

  • Episode 44: Sinking

    August 13th, 2024  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 8 secs
    authenticity, creating, creativity, poetry, self discovery, song writing

    Josh Baron joined me again and we discussed his song, Sinking, that he just published on Spotify. We discussed his process and the inspiration for the song. We also talked about creativity and the important role it plays in our personal lives and in the world.

  • Episode 43: Motherless Pieta

    August 6th, 2024  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 10 mins
    authenticity, poetry, prodigal, self discovery

    In this episode, I’m joined again by Josh Baron as we discuss my poem, Motherless Pieta, the Parable of the Prodigal Son, obedience, self abandonment and more.

  • Episode 42: In My Marrow

    August 1st, 2024  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 58 secs
    authenticity, maya angelou, poetry, self belonging, self discovery

    In this episode, I read my poem, “In My Marrow,” and discussed the principle of belonging to ourselves and the importance of knowing who we are what are values are. In doing so, I drew upon the wisdom of Maya Angelou, Brene Brown, Solzhenitsyn, Nietzsche and Jung.

  • Episode 41: The Iliad by Babylit

    July 30th, 2024  |  Season 1  |  58 mins 51 secs
    authenticity, greek mythology, homer, iliad, poetry, self discovery, the iliad

    In this episode, I was joined again by Jennifer Adams. We discussed her newest addition to her Babylit book series, The Iliad.

    We also discussed other projects that she is working on and the power of literature.

  • Episode 40: The Torchlight of Rescuers…

    July 16th, 2024  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 32 mins
    authenticity, poetry, self discovery

    In this episode, I was joined by Zach Wheatley. He is a friend, the son of a friend and the nephew of a friend…all at the same time. He works as a Teen Center Coordinator in the newly established Teen Center Program at Viewmont High School which provides him an opportunity to support students who are lacking basic needs. Zach and I discussed his work at the Teen Center in light of a couple of my poems, “Dark Canopy” and “Moab.”

  • Episode 39: Just for today...

    July 9th, 2024  |  Season 1  |  59 mins 50 secs
    authenticity, poetry, self discovery

    My brother, Wil Edgar is a Reiki Master, and joined me to talk about the five precepts of Reiki.

  • Episode 38: Shattered

    July 2nd, 2024  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 34 mins
    authenticity, poetry, self discovery

    Lisa Cox joined me and read her poem, "Shattered." Then, through the lens of our personal experiences, we discussed what it means to shatter and how it can be the catalyst to positive transformations in our lives. We discussed why we shatter; What shattering can look like; What happens after we shatter; What we can do with the shattered pieces of us and other “shatter” related issues, including how a kaleidoscope factors into the process.

  • Episode 37: Don’t Worry Baby

    June 25th, 2024  |  Season 1  |  48 mins 55 secs
    authenticity, carl jung, love, persona, poetry, relationships, safety, self discovery, shadow, vulnerability

    In this episode, I use the Beach Boy’s song, Don’t Worry Baby, to discuss my observations and experiences related to vulnerability, love and safety in relationships, all types of relationships, and how that the lack of those three things contribute to an unfulfilled life.

  • Episode 36: Courage is Found in Failure

    June 18th, 2024  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 23 mins
    authenticity, poetry, self discovery

    I sat down with Jackie Pack and we discussed courage including what it means and how we recognize it. We also discussed Brene Brown's statement:

    "I don't think we can get to courage without the capacity to deal with uncertainty, risk and emotional exposure."

  • Episode 35: The Traveling Sisterhood

    June 11th, 2024  |  Season 1  |  54 mins 27 secs
    authenticity, empowerment, healing, poetry, self discovery, women supporting women

    Angie is a mother, a photographer, an entrepreneur, a bringer-together of women for healing and a travel addict. She and I sat down and talked about the power of community in healing - especially a community of women for women. We talked about how she started the annual women’s retreats. And we talked about so, so much more. She’s a remarkable woman doing remarkable things amongst other remarkable women.

  • Episode 34: We have art lest we perish of the truth. ~ Nietzsche

    June 4th, 2024  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 12 mins
    authenticity, poetry, self discovery