In this episode, we explore five evocative poems that trace the contours of memory, resistance, and identity. From the sterile stillness of a medical scan to a speculative world where dreaming defies design, these poems navigate vanishing maps, existential bewilderment, and skies reshaped by perception. Featuring Inside the Tube, Blueprints of Becoming, Maps of the Vanishing, Aponemia, and Gazing Into Self-made Skies—this is a journey through the fractures and futures that define the inner self.

Words have power — to shape, to bind, to unravel. In this episode, Echoes of the Pen explores the delicate balance between expression and silence, memory and forgetting, collapse and resilience.

Each poem is a glimpse into a different kind of weight: the sharp edges of miscommunication, the quiet burden of generational ghosts, the inevitability of decay, and the tender pull of distant love. From defiance to acceptance, these verses linger in the spaces where emotions are felt but rarely spoken.

Featured Poems:

• Wrong Turn of Phrase — A fierce meditation on autonomy, manipulation, and the struggle to break free from the weight of misunderstood words.

• Thoughts Decline — A descent into the cyclical nature of struggle, fleeting clarity, and the constant pull of consequence.

• The Quiet Geometry of Collapse — Stark and unflinching, this poem captures the slow unraveling of a city — and perhaps a soul — caught between destruction and rebirth.

• The Ghosts We Inherit — A haunting reflection on family, addiction, and the weight of a past that refuses to be forgotten.

• All I’ve Ever Asked — A quiet yet powerful exploration of emotional exhaustion and the desire to be seen, not just relied upon.

• The Weight of a Distant Moon — Gentle and contemplative, this poem speaks of love, distance, and the quiet comfort of shared skies.

Let these poems settle into the silence. Let them echo.

In this episode of Echoes of the Pen, we journey through four deeply introspective poems, each exploring the fragile intersections of self-awareness, transformation, and the weight of the past.

Featured Poems:

Poised and Begging to Run — A meditation on the tension between transcendence and existential despair, capturing the pull of the unknown and the isolating struggle to be understood.

An Untamed Legacy — A powerful confrontation with generational burdens, abandonment, and the fight to break free from a painful inheritance.

The Last Toast — A somber reflection on a man’s final night with himself, embracing regrets, missteps, and the quiet acceptance of an imperfect life.

Cracked — poetic exploration of fear and transformation, illustrating the vulnerability of stepping into the unknown.

Through each reading, host Justin LeDuc invites you to not only hear the words but to feel them — to let these verses resonate long after the final line.

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Let the echoes begin.