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When I read this poem I thought of the military vets I know, and the invisible/visible scars they carry with them through life.

Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through.

Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Additional music by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry. Today’s poem, 1915, is by Robert Graves and is in the public domain.

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It's my birthday today, my first without my mother, and even though it's ridiculous to feel like an orphan at my advanced age, that's how I feel. This poem feels like just the right one for today.

Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through.

Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Additional music by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry. Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer’s beautiful poem When Bert Sends Me an Mp4 is read with her kind permission. I encourage you all to look up more of her work at wordwoman.com.

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Remember a ritual you did, daily even, in the wake of a loss? A ritual you might not have realized was a way to get you through to the other side?

Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through.

Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Additional music by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry. Katrina Vandenberg’s beautiful poem Tomatoes is read with her kind permission. I encourage you all to look up more of her work. Tomatoes was first published in 2026 on Poem-a-Day by the Academy of American Poets.

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I've loved ee cummings my entire life, and never once saw his formal name-Edward Estlin Cummings--spelled out in his byline.

Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through.

Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Additional music by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry. Today's poem, "love is more thicker than forget," by ee cummings, is in the public domain. Words by Winter can be reached at wordsbywinterpodcast@gmail.com.

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Do you ever picture the faces of the people you most love, and feel a kind of ease and comfort wash through you?

Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through.

Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Additional music by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry. Today's poem, Poem, by Langston Hughes, is in the public domain. Words by Winter can be reached at wordsbywinterpodcast@gmail.com.

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What would you most like to be known for? If a single word could be engraved on your headstone that would describe you, what would that word be?

Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through.

Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Additional music by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry. Naomi Shihab Nye’s beautiful poem Famous is read with her kind permission. I encourage you all to look up her work, as she is one of my and our country’s most beloved poets.

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In which I contemplate, with H.D.'s help, how the incredibly long-lasting vase of flowerish plants on my table makes me think of hands, reaching up out of the sea.

Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through.

Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Additional music by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry. Today's poem, Oread, by H.D., is in the public domain. Words by Winter can be reached at wordsbywinterpodcast@gmail.com.

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Have any of you ever done something or said something that just...flew out of your mouth, or out of your hand, and changed your or someone else's life forever? I've been haunted by this poem for many years now.

Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through.

Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Additional music by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry. Today’s poem, Our Other Sister, is by Jeffrey Harrison and is featured here with kind permission of the poet. If you enjoyed it, I encourage you to check out his website.