lay flowers
at their feet.

offer them incense
and honey
and forgiveness.

honor them
and give them
your silence.

listen.

bless them
and let them be.

for they are the bones
of the temple
you sit in now.

for they are
the rivers
of wisdom
leading you toward
the sea.

// i have been a thousand different women

by Emory Hall

I'd love to hear what you have to say about the episode including thoughts on the poetry and the topics that were discussed. You can email me at poetdelayed@gmail.com.

My first book of poetry, My Mother Sleeps, is availabe for purchase at

The King's English Bookshop

and

Amazon.com

Special Guest: Wendi Shavon.

UNCONDITIONAL

Thrust into mortality
New and unbroken yet
And you,
Having just crossed the valley,
With tender reach
Pull me close to your body
Which was broken for me.
In your safety,
Your heartbeat communicates to me
Of love
Of possession –
I belong to you.
In that moment,
I alone am your world.
I alone am your joy.

Poems read by Aunt Kash:

Triolet Against Sister, Phyllis McGinley

Sisters are always drying their hair.
Locked into rooms, alone,
They pose at the mirror, shoulders bare,
Trying this way and that their hair,
Or fly importunate down the stair
To answer a telephone.
Sisters are always drying their hair,
Locked into rooms, alone.

Troilet Against Sisters with notes by Aunt Kash's mom

Emily Dickinson poem recited by Aunt Kash's mom:

If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.

Also, if any of you are interested, I recently self-published a couple books of poetry and they are for sale on Amazon.com (only in paperback at the moment).

My books

Episode image is my mother and my sister, Melissa.

Special Guest: Aunt Kash.