Wonder-woven

About Wonder-woven

Wonder-woven is a podcast that features poetry of beauty and wonder for a weary world. smfeir.substack.com (https://smfeir.substack.com/s/wonder-woven?utm_medium=podcast)

Publisher

S. M. Feir

Category

arts · religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

23 Mar 2020

Latest episode

22 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

183 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   22 Oct 2026

   A Mother’s Words

   This poem is written in unrhymed iambic tetrameter to fit the rhythm of the English rendering of the actual words of a Palestinian mother whose son was killed on September 2 in The West Bank, as reported in this CBC News story (https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/this-west-bank-teen-feared-he-wouldn-t-survive-the-year-now-he-s-dead-9.7383812). A Mother’s Words A worried woman at her door Watched as her son went out one night, The village filled with noise and dust, And rocks, and running feet, and death, And all because of stolen sheep, To them a livelihood, a prize To those who sought to roughly seize This land by hatred, fire and blood. She let him go, resigned, she said, For he was young and would not stay Behind her skirts, but wished to help His friends and neighbours in the fight, A fight he thought was futile, true, But one he felt he had to join. And then, when all was over, came The news he had been cruelly killed, At seventeen his life was done, His spirit gone which had just been There with her in the quiet house., Gone far beyond her homeward call, Her parting words still ringing fell To fill the sudden silence now. Her soul was sundered, then, she said, By weighted words it could not hold. Like stones they dropped upon her heart, Her unborn sorrow wombed in shock, A state which she could only pierce With words of bitter brilliancy, A clear and chilling poet’s cry To break the heart of anyone. Just then, she said, she felt as though The mountains would not bear the news. And what more can be said than that? Thanks for listening to Wonder-woven, a poetry podcast from Reveries and Ramblings! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit smfeir.substack.com (https://smfeir.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1)

2. 

   22 Aug 2026

   A Certain House

   This one became more than I thought it would! I can’t say I truly know what all the images mean, but they seem true on a very deep level. A Certain House One day, I came upon a certain house And claimed it for my own. It stood, high-walled and hedged by hawthorn trees, As a towered castle deep within a wood No foot had ever pathed with passing to and fro, Its bower hidden from all save myself, Unguessed by any other soul. For me, the drawbridge lowered lightly That I might cross the moat where dragons sported, Spouting fire and water both from their enormous mouths And waiting for some unwary traveler To trespass where they lay. Within, there was a hall of mirrors That murmured with echoes as I trod its ways, A maze uncentred, inescapable by me, Myself the only thing reflected from its walls Of crooked glass which bent and warped my womanhood, Turning me traitor to the truths I thought I knew. But then, at once, the mirrors shook and shivered, Shattered scattering in shining shards Like tears upon a window-pane, And now there was no maze, no echoing halls, No high stone walls. There nothing now remained Except a humble hut of wood Set down by a running stream, Myself its only occupant. So, now I keep the fire always lit, A pot of something softly simmering, A cheerful candle glimmering in the window To welcome home the one who needs it, As I sit upon my doorstep waiting To be found by someone lost And to gently free them from their journey for a time. For, even I will have to take the road again, To leave this house untenanted and alone To be taken once more by the woods Until such time as it is built again by skillful hands, Its walls of gleaming adamant, To be a place of feasting and of joy, One beloved guest for me to gaze upon As His gaze gathers my being into Himself And bids me live within His everlasting light. Thanks for listening to wonder-woven, a poetry podcast from Reveries and Ramblings! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit smfeir.substack.com (https://smfeir.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1)

3. 

   21 Aug 2026

   Come

   All things being equal, this will be the first of a double-header as I missed releasing it yesterday due to random construction noise which prevented me from recording it. It’s one of my typical prayer-type poems, I suppose. Come Come take from me what will not let me go: The love of being liked, The lingering bitterness of wrongs, The jealousy that clings to others’ joy As ivy twines itself around a well-built house, Destroying it with living green that kills! Come free my fevered mind from too much care Which binds and snares my spirit, Bending it to breaking Like a martyr on the wheel, Stealing hope and leaving hardness in its wake! Come lead my life to love along the road Where rocks and ruts may bring me to my knees, But which, with sudden burning beauty Will at some simple turning of the path Reveal itself as rich and rare with wonders, waiting Lonely in the lovely light of day, A hopeful highway through the desert of despair! Come stand with me where now and ever meet Beyond the heat of hurt where all is cool And dim, still shadowed by immortal mystery, And bring with You the bright sunrise of joy Which is at last the truth behind the dawn! Thanks for listening to wonder-woven, a poetry podcast from Reveries and Ramblings! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit smfeir.substack.com (https://smfeir.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1)

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