Poems

Ina Coolbrith was the first Poet Laureate of California and the first Poet Laureate of any US state. Find more about Ina Coolbrith and her poetry at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ina_Coolbrith and on Google Books. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sturdy-mckee-poems/support

Possibly the most widely known poem in the English language, there are more interpretations than just the rugged individualist. Read more about that here: https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2015/09/11/the-most-misread-poem-in-america/ Artwork Attribution: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fork_in_the_path%5E_-_geograph.org.uk_-_995403.jpg neil jones / Fork in the path! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sturdy-mckee-poems/support

From famed Beat Poet, Allen Ginsberg. Read it here. Artwork Attribution: Cal-Mart https://calmartsf.com/cal-mart-supermarket --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sturdy-mckee-poems/support

Remembering June 4, 1989 Connect with Wendy Xu here: https://twitter.com/wendyX Artwork Attribution: Dr. Wendy Xu --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sturdy-mckee-poems/support

2020 and 2021 have been emotionally taxing for so many and I wanted to do something for my own mental health as well as maybe help others. This is a simple project where I read poems. Let me know what you think. Artwork Attribution: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Snowy_woods.jpg Udellar, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sturdy-mckee-poems/support