Podcasts

Poems for friends and relatives

March 27, 2021

Today I’m reading poems that I wrote for particular friends or relatives—not love poems exactly, just a message celebrating them.

How children think: 3 poems

February 12, 2021

Wonder what children think about hell, careers and catastrophes? Sit back and listen to three poems with some insights into their private worries.

Happiness poems: 3 poems for a happy new year

December 29, 2020

After 2020, we may need help to achieve a happy new year. Sit back and listen to 3 poems about happiness that might help you to find it or notice it squatting in your life.

Poetry reading: Making friends when you’re old (or young) is hard

November 13, 2020

It’s not easy making new friends but when old friends move or die or cut contact with you. Two poems with some ideas that might help at those times.

My mother in her imaginary end of life location

The Burden: poem about end of life choice

October 16, 2020

My mother’s elaborate plan for end of life choice: asking me to take her to a glacier in the Southern Alps. (I didn’t.) A poem.