Give me your hand

About Give me your hand

Reflections on the deep truths in poems and other writings that feel like a hand reached out to us in moments when we most need it. A celebration of connection between human experiences past and present.

Publisher

BJ

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

23 Mar 2020

Latest episode

6 May 2021

Latest episodes

8 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   6 May 2021

   Poetry Pause 3: memories as proverbs of spring

   Denise Levertov’s poem “I learned that her name was Proverb.”

2. 

   4 May 2021

   Poetry Pause 2: welcoming everything that is

   The poem The Guest House, by Rumi

3. 

   13 Apr 2021

   Poetry Pause 1: creativity and the generative darkness

   “You, darkness, of who I am born” by Rainer Maria Rilke

4. 

   13 Jul 2020

   Episode 4: “Variation on a theme by Rilke”

   In this episode I reflect on the themes of trust and power in Denise Levertov’s “Variation on a theme by Rilke.”

5. 

   3 Jun 2020

   Episode 3: “The Sun”

   In this episode I discuss the poem “The Sun” by Mary Oliver and reflect on what it can teach us about attention.

6. 

   13 May 2020

   Episode 2: "The Red Wheelbarrow"

   In this episode I reflect on the idea of encounter in "The Red Wheelbarrow," by William Carlos Williams.

7. 

   15 Apr 2020

   Episode 1: "Go to the limits of your longing"

   In the first episode, I reflect on the poem “Go to the limits of your longing” by Rainer Maria Rilke and how it inspired this podcast.

8. 

   23 Mar 2020

   Give me your hand

   A podcast about the power of words to reach out to us across time and space.

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