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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.