About the show
Welcome to The Poet Delayed Podcast!
This podcast is a space for real, honest, and meaningful conversation. I explore poetry, literature, healing, relationships, and the deep importance of connection—not just with others, but also with ourselves. While we talk about the beauty and significance of relationships, we also dive into the vital act of staying true to who we are. It’s easy to lose ourselves in the world and in the connections we cherish, but this space is a reminder that being in relationship with others should never mean abandoning ourselves.
Whether I’m sharing my own journey or talking with guests, my goal is to create a space where stories and experiences bring us closer together. I believe that through sharing, we find understanding, and through connection, we find a sense of belonging.
"May I be I is the only prayer - not may I be great or good or beautiful or wise or strong." - E.E. Cummings
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Episodes
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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
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Episode 33: Nostalgia for Now, Part 2
May 28th, 2024 | Season 1 | 43 mins 37 secs
authenticity, poetry, self discovery
Part 2 of my conversation with SAW. See how the cliffhanger turns out and stay for the conclusion of our conversation in which Stephen takes over host duties and starts questioning me.
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Episode 32: Nostalgia for Now, Part 1
May 21st, 2024 | Season 1 | 1 hr 32 mins
authenticity, poetry, self discovery
I met Stephen in high school in Collinsville, IL in 1988. I moved away after my junior year in 1991 and we have bumped into each other only a few times since, but before I moved away we had some grand times. In part 1, we talked about the grandest time we had together when we took a road trip to the east coast as two 17 year old boys (one with a horrible haircut) armed with fake IDs, a bag of audio cassettes, a rough idea of what we were going to do and…well, that was about it.
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Episode 31: “i have been a thousand different woman” by emoryhall
May 16th, 2024 | Season 1 | 1 hr 8 mins
authenticity, poetry, self discovery, transactional love, unconditional love
I was joined by my friend, Wendi Shavon. I asked Wendi to chose a poem to read and she chose “i have been a thousand different woman” by poet emoryhall. She read the poem and we discussed.