The 5th in a weekly series of "Floating Poetry" live broadcasts…
…here on journeying.
By crescent moon and oil-lamp light. From Weekapaug, Rhode Island.
By the wandering sea.
A journey around the world and The Poetisphere.
Even a trip to the moon…
The Floating Poetry Broadcast ~ No. 4 ~ on Joy
The 4th "Floating Poetry" live weekly broadcast, on joy.
By heart-light. From Weekapaug, Rhode Island.
By the brilliant & buoyant sea.
A 25-minute voyage.
To places of inner & outer joyfulness…
The Floating Poetry Broadcast ~ No. 3. ~ on Possibility
The 3rd in a weekly series of live broadcasts by the Poet & Poetorialist Colin Goedecke...
… this by "Full Flower" moon-and-fire light from Weekapaug, Rhode Island.
…by the wild and gentle ocean.
An expansive 25-minute journey ~ Into places of inner and outer possibilities.
Places of reverie, harmony, and humanity.
A sharing of original, themed poems for the heart, mind and thirsting spirit.
The Floating Poetry Broadcast ~ No. 2 ~ on Gratitude
The second in a weekly series of live broadcasts…
…by moon-and-star light from Weekapaug, Rhode Island,
…by the deep and deeply healing ocean.
…a soothing 25-minute journey. Into Nature, life and self. Into places of outer and inner gratitude.
A chance to lean back and listen in to a handful of original, themed poems…
…to nourish the heart, mind and spirit.
Where Poetry and Health & Wellness Meet ~ a Public Radio Interview at Rider University, on the Poetic Arts as a Nurturing Source for Our Well-Being
Your Poet & Poetorialist on air, being interviewed on the connection between poetry and health. At Rider University's Health Studies Institute; on their weekly Health411 program.
Here's the link ~ or cut & paste the url below
https://open.spotify.com/episode/30yrWf94BxsKgF6OmMSITI?si=aBVhia5gR4yZ2W_tUU_S9g
We discuss the view, and my direct experience, that the poetic arts can serve as a nurturing source for our larger well being, for our emotional, mental and spiritual bodies; for achieving not just mindfulness, but as I call it, “wholefulness," integration vs dis-integration of self.
Parts of ourselves that need their own tending, care and feeding, and exercising, of a kind, to stay healthy. That in turn supports and enhances our physical wellness; our full(er) aliveness.
The show is in four 11-minute segments, with a minute announcement between each segment.
Beyond the animated conversing, with interviewer (neuroscientist) Dr. Jonathan Karp, it includes me reading live some of my poems, and features several beautifully musically-scored ones taken from my poetorials Peace~ability for the 2018 Winter Olympics, and Ultramarine for the America's Cup.
Enjoy listening in, and musing on the conversation and stream of ideas. And freely sharing this post or links with others who may be interested in these words and thoughts ~ and poems.
I'm available for other radio and podcast interviews on this and a range of topics, where poetry and other parts of our living and being intersect and offer us possibilities for greater aliveness, consciousness and inner and outer connection ...
~ C o l i n
A Day to Remember ~ a plein air, plein honneur poem for Memorial Day
"Preserve Yourself" © Colin Goedecke
for Memorial Day
Yes, those who died
serving their country.
But maybe, too, those
who fought valiantly
for their own lives,
on their own lines
of fire. On fields
of grave illnesses,
fierce divorces,
falling fortunes.
Who entered their fray,
brave or scared.
Who suffered,
sometimes greatly.
Were wounded,
sometimes fatally.
Survived but scarred
deeply, emotionally.
People known to us,
and unknown. All worthy,
not solely of our remembering
but also of our silent
and spoken honoring.
For the courage
they summoned
in the face of the fearful;
the belief in self
and the power of possibility
they called on, or
discovered. These unsung
we can choose to remember,
can raise a thought, a glass,
a large, feeling flag
of heart to,
this day.
Colin Goedecke
On Memorial Day
Short Hills, New Jersey
May 27, 2019