No fear of old age—a poem
Many people say they fear old age, not death or dying. But my role model is the woman who wasn’t afraid. This poem danced off the page.
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Scottish poet Michael Pedersen on poems, people and old age
Scottish super-poet reads “Gravity” and talks about poems, people, and his future old age. Recorded November 2019 NZ and still as fresh as a purple thistle head
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Young poet, old poet
A young poet reads a poem to an old poet. An old poet learns about eating green apples with chili, and a new snack is invented. You can read the original poem on my blog.
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Poetic therapy: two poems for when you break or are haunted
In a storm of regrets or negative thoughts, sometimes a poem can help you to mend. That’s informal poetic therapy. What poems do you turn to?
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Poems for friends and relatives
Today I’m reading poems that I wrote for particular friends or relatives—not love poems exactly, just a message celebrating them.
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