Words by Winter

Written by: Alison McGhee
  • Summary

  • Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it's rough out there, and we have to help each other through.
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Episodes
  • Poetry in the public domain, with Marion Strobel
    Feb 11 2025

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    Little things. Tiny things. Things to hold gently.

    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, Little Things, is by Marion Strobel and is in the public domain.

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    7 mins
  • Jesus at the Gay Bar, with Jay Hulme
    Jan 28 2025

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    So much pain in life, the kind of pain inflicted by humans upon each other because of differing theologies, feels unnecessary to me. Can't we all be who we are?

    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, Jesus at the Gay Bar, is by Jay Hulme and is featured here with kind permission of the poet. I encourage you to check out more of his beautiful work.

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    10 mins
  • Poetry in the public domain, with Piyassili of Assyria, 1218 BC
    Jan 14 2025

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    It's a beautiful thing, how a poem written more than three thousand years ago can come shimmering up through the ages, an arrow to the heart.

    Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because itâ 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. Todayâ s poem, Injustice, is by Piyassili of Assyria, 1218 BC, and is featured here as part of our Poetry in the Public Domain series.

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    8 mins

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