web02.fireside.fm Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:34:43 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) The Poet (delayed) - Episodes Tagged with “Sisyphus” https://blessed-pine-5317.fireside.fm/tags/sisyphus Thu, 02 Jun 2022 13:15:00 -0600 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 en-us episodic using poetry to discover meaning in life Scott Edgar 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 no Poetry, therapy, trauma, recovery, relationships, connection, authenticity Scott Edgar poetdelayed@gmail.com Episode 3: Forgotten Walls https://blessed-pine-5317.fireside.fm/3 0c5144c2-5493-4b43-ad0f-daeb23d3b9b8 Thu, 02 Jun 2022 13:15:00 -0600 Scott Edgar 3 Forgotten Walls full 1 Scott Edgar I read my poem "Forgotten Walls" and discuss it with my guest, Josh Baron. 54:20 no I'd love to hear any of your thoughts or comments regarding my poem or our discussion in this episode. You can email me at poetdelayed@gmail.com. Thanks for listening. FORGOTTEN WALLS Clarity comes And the walls reveal themselves – tall, strong and immovable. In the haze and fog, Which is his daily walk, Their existence is blurred; They are forgotten Though he was there when they were built, and even added stones. Now in clarity, he looks to bring them down – stone by stone. And so he works relentlessly, with pick and hammer As his salty sweat stings his eyes and His muscles and mind fatigue. Yet his only yield from this Sisyphean task is Bloodied palms and frustration, While the stones remain, one upon the other. Then slowly and imperceptibly, (under cover of his exhausted heart and mind) The fog seeps back again And hides the stony barricade. The image used as the cover art and on the header is a painting of Sisyphus by Titian. (By Titian - [2], Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3860214) Special Guest: Josh Baron. walls, trauma, depression, failure, trauma, mental health, change, sisyphus I'd love to hear any of your thoughts or comments regarding my poem or our discussion in this episode. You can email me at poetdelayed@gmail.com.

Thanks for listening.

FORGOTTEN WALLS

Clarity comes
And the walls reveal themselves –
tall, strong and immovable.
In the haze and fog,
Which is his daily walk,
Their existence is blurred;
They are forgotten
Though he was there when they were built,
and even added stones.
Now in clarity, he looks to bring them down –
stone by stone.
And so he works relentlessly,
with pick and hammer
As his salty sweat stings his eyes and
His muscles and mind fatigue.
Yet his only yield from this Sisyphean task is
Bloodied palms and frustration,
While the stones remain, one upon the other.
Then slowly and imperceptibly,
(under cover of his exhausted heart and mind)
The fog seeps back again
And hides the stony barricade.

The image used as the cover art and on the header is a painting of Sisyphus by Titian.

[](By Titian - [2], Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3860214)

Special Guest: Josh Baron.

]]> I'd love to hear any of your thoughts or comments regarding my poem or our discussion in this episode. You can email me at poetdelayed@gmail.com.

Thanks for listening.

FORGOTTEN WALLS

Clarity comes
And the walls reveal themselves –
tall, strong and immovable.
In the haze and fog,
Which is his daily walk,
Their existence is blurred;
They are forgotten
Though he was there when they were built,
and even added stones.
Now in clarity, he looks to bring them down –
stone by stone.
And so he works relentlessly,
with pick and hammer
As his salty sweat stings his eyes and
His muscles and mind fatigue.
Yet his only yield from this Sisyphean task is
Bloodied palms and frustration,
While the stones remain, one upon the other.
Then slowly and imperceptibly,
(under cover of his exhausted heart and mind)
The fog seeps back again
And hides the stony barricade.

The image used as the cover art and on the header is a painting of Sisyphus by Titian.

[](By Titian - [2], Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3860214)

Special Guest: Josh Baron.

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