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Reading a fresh new unpublished piece titled, Sanctuary Until Sunrise. All of my books are available at booksellers worldwide. Birthing Life personal phone sessions, book specials, Substack journal, apparel, keynotes, talks, and book/poetry readings are available at my website. Thank you for posting your copies and readings of my books and writings, tagging #jaiyajohn, encouraging others to purchase, and sharing online book reviews. My whole heart cries Grateful. jaiyajohn.com...               Send us a textSupport the show

Recorded by Jari Bradley for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 19, 2025. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.poets.org

Uncuffed Producer Jeremy Strain reads a poem about vulnerability and breaking the mask of masculinity. Check out more from Uncuffed here!

Recorded by Airea D. Matthews for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 18, 2025. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.poets.org

Tamara Sheville rips through the veil—flat earth decoded, nukes exposed, and the biggest lies ever sold laid bare. From fake space to the war psyops, she drops bombs that never exploded. This episode hacks the hoaxes, rewires your mind, and burns the empire of illusion to the ground.// FOLLOW LEVEL PLANE POEM// FOLLOW HACKING HOAXES// FIND BOOKS Books by Level Plane Poem// BOOKS ON AMAZONKeresmicTruthStore.comKeresmic Truth Store - Think for yourself and release your imaginationALERT OPERATIONS: CRYPTID WARFARE GET CLEAN: DETOX AND MAKE KIDS HEALTHY AGAIN// // GET 15% OFF AT CHECK OUT USING "PARANOI" at FLAVORS OF THE FOREST⬆️⬆️⬆️// STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL HEALTH? GET $50 OFF  YOUR NEXT LIFE CHANGING TREATMENT AT MENTAL WARIOR by Dr Atwell& VISIT ParanoiRadio.com ☂️

Recorded by Logan February for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 17, 2025. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.poets.org

Daily QuoteNature never deceives us; it is always us who deceive ourselves. (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)Poem of the Day错误郑愁予Beauty of WordsThinking Like a Mountain Aldo Leopold

Recorded by Kaveh Akbar for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 16, 2025. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.poets.org

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Episode 140: Laura Di Franco & WRITING: The Brave Healer's Guide for World-ChangersABOUT LAURALaura Di Franco is the CEO of Brave Healer Productions an award-winning publisher for holistic health and wellness professionals. She spent 30 years in holistic physical therapy, is a third-degree black belt, and has authored 13 books. Her company has published over 100 Amazon bestselling books with a global community of over 3,000 authors who are waking the world up to what's possible for healing, one brave word at a time. CONVERSATION HIGHLIGHTS• The shift from physical therapy to writing.• Writing as a safe space to heal.• To burn or not to burn the journals?• "...to remind myself how far I've come."• The journey to worthiness.• A divorce - The beginning of the journey to today.• The power of mentors at the perfect moments.• Publishing that's about community building.• Post-traumatic publishing disorder.• Other level vibe. Other level awareness.• "Your business needs to be big enough that..."• "I just get shit done."• Taking action through fear.• The presence of imposter syndrome.• That joy place.• Side passion vs. side hustle.• The power of reaching just one person.• The power of discernment.The MAIN QUESTION underlying my conversation with Laura is, How can you consider who you are, how far you've come, what you want to create, and just get shit done?FIND LAURAWebsite: BraveHealer.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thelauradifranco/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bravehealerproductions2444Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bravehealerbylauraInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/bravehealerproductions/Purpose Has a Face, a Poem by Laura Di Franco: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo09sioAz9g&ab_channel=PositivelyPurposefulPoetryLinkedIn – Full Podcast Article: CHAPTERS00:00 - The Book Leads Podcast – Laura Di Franco01:02 - Introduction & Bio02:54 - Who are you today? Can you provide more information about your work?04:21 - How did your path into your career look like, and what did it look like up until now?05:36 - Laura's original pull to writing.08:58 - Laura's reflection back on her journals from her youth.10:19 - Laura speaking on The Worthiness Game.15:47 - Laura's entry into the publishing world.22:11 - John speaking on the therapeutic effects of writing and working with Laura.25:26 - Laura on community building.28:29 - How does the work you're doing today reconcile to who you were as a child?31:22 - What do you consider your super power?36:20 - What does leadership mean to you?41:52 - The perfect timing of writing this book now.45:21 - The process of setting up the book.47:24 - What's changed in you in the process of writing this book?00:00 - Is there a certain part of the book that resonates most with people?51:20 - What's next for your writing?55:07 - Laura's process of detachment.01:00:23 - What book has inspired you?01:04:51 - What are you up to these days? (A way for guests to share and market their projects and work.)This series has become my Masterclass In Humanity. I'd love for you to join me and see what you take away from these conversations.Learn more about The Book Leads and listen to past episodes:Watch on YouTubeListen on SpotifyListen on Apple PodcastsRead About The Book Leads – Blog PostFor more great content, subscribe to my newsletter Last Week's Leadership Lessons, if you haven't already!

Recorded by Jericho Brown for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 15, 2025. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.poets.org

2025 June 8 | This week is Pentecost Sunday and Chris Conley joins Liberti Northeast to preach from Ephesians 2:1-10 2 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— 3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body[a] and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.[b] 4 But[c] God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— 6 and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

Saaneha means tragedy, a moment that splits time into before and after. It arrives uninvited, heavy and abrupt, leaving behind silence louder than words. A saaneha isn't just an event, it's an emotional landscape, marked by loss, disbelief, and the slow rebuilding that follows. In Urdu poetry, saaneha becomes a language of grief, but also of resilience, how pain is remembered, carried, and sometimes, turned into verse. In this episode of Urdunama, we dwell on saaneha through the eyes of poets who have captured sorrow with grace. Join us as we explore how poetry gives shape to what feels unspeakable, and how even tragedy can hold the faint outline of beauty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kimberlyn and Leilani discuss what it means to cultivate meaningful work at work, at home, in relationships, and in their spiritual practice.Their check-ins: Kimberlyn re-experiences EFT as an healing modality; Leilani practices non-attachment through throwing ceramics elementally.Mentioned in the episode:  Brené Brown's Gifts of Imperfection; Patrick Buggy's 10 Guideposts for Wholehearted Living (An Actionable Guide); Rose Cook's, “A Poem for Someone Who is Juggling Her Life”Get exclusive content and support us on Patreon:http://www.patreon.com/WitchyWitFacebook:https://www.facebook.com/WitchyWitPodcastInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/Witchy_WitSpotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/3azUkFVlECTlTZQVX5jl1X?si=8WufnXueQrugGDIYWbgc3AApple Podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/witchy-wit/id1533482466Pandora:https://pandora.app.link/nNsuNrSKnebGoogle Podcast:Witchy Wit (google.com)

Recorded by staff of the Academy of American Poets for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 14, 2025. ⁠⁠www.poets.org

Recorded by Wes Matthews for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 13, 2025. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.poets.org

Hakim Bellamy served as the Inaugural Poet Laureate for the City of Albuquerque (2012-2014) and recently completed a four year Mayoral appointment as the Deputy Director for the Department of Arts & Culture at the City of Albuquerque. Bellamy is a W. K. Kellogg Foundation Community Leadership Network Fellow, a Kennedy Center Citizen Artist Fellow, an Academy for the Love of Learning Fellow, Western States Arts Alliance Launchpad Fellow, Santa Fe Arts Institute Food Justice Fellow, New Mexico Strategic Leadership Institute alum and Citizen University Civic Seminary Fellow. In 2012 he published his first collection of poetry, SWEAR (West End Press/University of New Mexico Press), and it landed him the Working Class Studies Tillie Olsen Award for Literature in 2012. In 2019 his book We Are Neighbors (co-created with photographer and book designer Justin Thor Simenson) was shortlisted for the New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards. His latest title Commissions y Corridos (UNM Press) published in 2022 is his seventh book. With an M.A. in Communications from the University of New Mexico (UNM), Bellamy holds a juris doctor from the University of New Mexico School of Law and has held adjunct faculty positions at UNM and the Institute of American Indian Arts. A National Poetry Slam Champion, Bellamy has performed his work in at least seven countries and continues to leverage his art to transform his communities.Learn more about Hakim at www.hakimbellamy.com.

The Poem of the Man God is a retelling of the Gospel story of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the private revelations of Maria Valtorta. In this episode, we see the Last Teachings Before the Ascencion Day. Original music by Angela Marie (Mohammed). Easter Season. Holy Week. Crucifixion. Sacrifice. Messiah. Savior. Passion of Christ. Death and Resurrection. Religion. Wisdom. Suffering. Catholic Christian. Theology.

Recorded by Jen DeGregorio for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 12, 2025. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.poets.org

Daily QuoteCattlemen who cleared their ranges of wolves did not realize that they were taking over the wolf's job of adjusting the number of cattle to the size of the pasture. They have not learned to think like a mountain. Hence we have dustbowls, and rivers carrying future soils to the sea. (Aldo Leopold)Poem of the Day满庭芳·夏日溧水无想山作周邦彦Beauty of Words我的第一位美国老师冯亦代

The Poem of the Man God is a retelling of the Gospel story of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the private revelations of Maria Valtorta. In this episode, we see Jesus appears on the shore of the lake; the mission conferred on Peter.Original music by Angela Marie (Mohammed). Easter Season. Holy Week. Crucifixion. Sacrifice. Messiah. Savior. Passion of Christ. Death and Resurrection. Religion. Wisdom. Suffering. Catholic Christian. Theology.

The Poem of the Man God is a retelling of the Gospel story of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the private revelations of Maria Valtorta. In this episode, we see Jesus appears on Mt. Tabor to the Apostles, and to about 500 believers.Original music by Angela Marie (Mohammed). Easter Season. Holy Week. Crucifixion. Sacrifice. Messiah. Savior. Passion of Christ. Death and Resurrection. Religion. Wisdom. Suffering. Catholic Christian. Theology.

The second in a series of conversations about the poet Alice Notley, who passed away on May 19, 2025. The poet and critic Joyelle McSweeney joins the podcast to talk about selections from Notley's epic The Descent of Alette. (A brief note on audio quality: we listen to three recordings of Notley reading from her book during this episode. The volume on playback of those recordings seems somewhat low to me—sorry!—but hopefully listeners will be able to adjust the volume on their devices so as to hear Notley well enough.)Guggenheim Fellow Joyelle McSweeney is the author of ten books of poetry, drama and prose, a well-known critic, and a vital publisher of international literature in translation. McSweeney's latest book, Death Styles, appeared from Nightboat Books in Spring 2024; her previous title, Toxicon and Arachne (2020), was called "frightening and brilliant" by Dan Chiasson in the New Yorker and earned her the Shelley Memorial Prize from the Poetry Society of America. Her 2014 essay collection, The Necropastoral: Poetry, Media, Occults, is widely regarded as a visionary work of eco-criticism. Her debut poetry volume, The Red Bird, inaugurated the Fence Modern Poets Series in 2001. With Johannes Göransson, she co-edits the international press Action Books, which has built readerships for a diverse array of US and international authors from Griffin Prize winners Kim Hyesoon and Don Mee Choi to Daniel Borzutzky and Raúl Zurita. She lives in South Bend, Indiana and teaches at the University of Notre Dame.You can see Alice Notley read the entirety of The Descent of Alette in a series of recordings made over two nights at The Poetry Center at SFSU. Please follow the podcast if you like what you hear, and leave a rating and review. Share an episode with a friend! (Post it to your social media feeds?) You can also subscribe to my Substack, which I haven't used in a while, but may again. I'm also on Bluesky, now and then.

Recorded by Fatima Malik for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 11, 2025. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.poets.org

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Natalie Dykstra, winner of the 2024 Marfield Award for writing in the arts; "Chasing Beauty; the life of  Isabella Stewart Gardner."

Carolyn Forche is one of America's most valued, admired and beloved poet. She leads the POET AS WITNESS activism for human rights.

Kymberly Taylor debuts stunning book of poems, "Thinandflying dress" where sensuality is the metaphor for freedom. She is the publisher of "Annapolis Home Magazine," journalist/poet.

A poem about speaking up, in times when doing so feels harder than ever. Here's Camellia Boutros reading an excerpt of her piece, “A Silent Poem بروح” 

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Recorded by Stephanie Colwell for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 10, 2025. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.poets.org

Daily QuoteGrander than the sea is the sky, grander than the sky is the conscience. (Victor Hugo)Poem of the DayThe Summer DayMary OliverBeauty of WordsOn Cottages in GeneralHelen Allingham & Stewart Dick

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SHOW NOTES: On this show… we're giving ourselves permission to embrace progress—not perfection—as we unpack what it really means to be a work in progress. That nagging feeling that you're somehow behind in life? Yeah, we're going to challenge that head-on. Because maybe you're not off track at all… maybe you're right on time for your own becoming. Have you ever looked around and thought, “Wait, am I the only one who doesn't have this whole life thing figured out?” If so, you're in good company. Today, we're tossing out the illusion of perfection and replacing it with something more honest—grace. We're rewriting the script that says we have to have it all together by now. Growth is rarely a straight line, and often looks like detours, backtracks, and a lot of figuring-it-out-as-we-go. And you know what? That's progress too. Let's start with the pressure-packed elephant in the room: the idea that by a certain age, milestone, or calendar year, you should have it all figured out. You know—career locked in, relationships thriving, finances flawless, personal growth tied up with a vision board and a bow. But here's the thing: that timeline? It's mostly made up. There is no one-size-fits-all path to life, and the myth of “being behind” is usually just a snapshot of comparison dressed up as truth. At its core, being a work in progress means allowing yourself to exist in a state of growth—unfinished, evolving, and completely valid. It's understanding that who you are today is not the final version of you, and that's not a flaw… it's the point. But we often confuse progress with perfection—as if our worth hinges on having reached some invisible finish line. The truth is, progress is messy. It's filled with doubts, mistakes, detours, and sometimes a hard reset. But it's also evidence that you're showing up, learning, stretching, becoming. Let's define a few key terms that will guide this conversation: Progress: A forward or onward movement toward a destination—even if that movement includes baby steps, backslides, or breathers. Self-compassion: Treating yourself with kindness when you fall short, instead of defaulting to criticism. Reinvention: The courageous act of choosing again. New path. New dream. New you. Comparison trap: That sneaky voice whispering “you should be further along” based on someone else's highlight reel. It's all about embracing grace. The grace to change. The grace to learn. The grace to say, “I'm not where I want to be…yet—but I'm still becoming.” Progress Not Perfection Is a Reasonable Goal Stop Comparing Yourself Negatively to Others This is a Poem about Perfectionism by Ginelle Testa The Problem With Perfect - Motivational Video CHALLENGE: Trade perfection for progress and meet yourself with grace in the messy middle. Don't wait until you feel “ready”—start now, with what you have, and who you are, because the journey only begins when you do. I Know YOU Can Do It!

The Poem of the Man God is a retelling of the Gospel story of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the private revelations of Maria Valtorta. In this episode, we see the Apostles go along the Way of the CrossOriginal music by Angela Marie (Mohammed). Easter Season. Holy Week. Crucifixion. Sacrifice. Messiah. Savior. Passion of Christ. Death and Resurrection. Religion. Wisdom. Suffering. Catholic Christian. Theology.

After a long break, the podcast returns with an episode on the late Alice Notley, who passed away on May 19, 2025. Nick Sturm joins us to discuss Notley's elegy for her husband Ted Berrigan, "At Night the States." Nick Sturm teaches at Georgia State University in Atlanta. His book on small press print culture, publishing communities, and the New York School is forthcoming from Columbia University Press. He is also the editor of Early Works by Alice Notley (Fonograf Editions) and co-editor, with Alice Notley, Anselm Berrigan, and Edmund Berrigan, of Get the Money!: Collected Prose, 1961-1983 by Ted Berrigan (City Lights). His articles and editorial projects have been published at Poetry Foundation, Jacket2, Paideuma, College Literature, Chicago Review, ASAP/J, Women's Studies, Post45, and The Poetry Project Newsletter. You can follow Nick on Bluesky.In the episode, we listen (twice) to a recording of Notley reading the poem in Buffalo, in 1987. That recording, along with many others, can be found on Notley's page in the marvelous PennSound digital archive.Please follow the podcast if you like what you hear, and leave a rating and review. Share an episode with a friend! (Post it to your social media feeds?) You can also subscribe to my Substack, which I haven't used in an even longer while, but who knows what the future holds. I'm also on Bluesky, now and then.

Recorded by Mckendy Fils-Aime for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 9, 2025. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.poets.org

Recorded by staff of the Academy of American Poets for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 8, 2025. ⁠⁠www.poets.org

I'll share an original poem with you today, titled Unhiding. Enjoy!Michelle@GrowBy1.com

Daily QuoteThere is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth. (Leo Tolstoy)Poem of the Day初夏即事王安石Beauty of WordsMartin EdenJack London

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Recorded by staff of the Academy of American Poets for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 7, 2025. ⁠www.poets.org

Daily QuoteDo not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few. (Pythagoras)Poem of the DayThe WaveHilda DoolittleBeauty of Words假如我有九条命余光中

Recorded by Deborah Hauser for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 6, 2025. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.poets.org

Recorded by Keisha-Gaye Anderson for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 5, 2025. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.poets.org

​Daily QuoteI cannot choose the best. The best chooses me. (Rabindranath Tagore)Poem of the DayThe Road Not Takenby Robert FrostBeauty of WordsNorwegian WoodHaruki Murakami

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Recorded by Maya Marshall for Poem-a-Day, a series produced by the Academy of American Poets. Published on June 4, 2025. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.poets.org

Can we find the poet in their poems? With HORACE: Poet on a Volcano (Yale University Press), Peter Stothard explores how the life of the great Roman poet unfolds though his art and the histories. We talk about why he wrote this biography through a critical study of Horace's poems (and why that's been a controversial approach), how Horace embodied the artist-as-madman long before the Romantic era, and why it was important to show the alienness of Horace's verse and how nervous Peter was about translating him into English to show how the Latin works. We get into Horace's place in Rome's history, how he bridged Greek poetic modes into Latin, the variety of genres Horace worked in (and invented), and why the poet was cancelled early and often over the centuries. We also discuss mortality and legacy, how Horace & I each reacted to not getting killed by falling trees, why a certain Great Books program is so Athens-centric, how Peter's secondary school introduced him to "INCIPE!," "Sapere Aude," and "Carpe Diem," among other Horace-isms, and more! Follow Peter on Bluesky • More info at our site • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Stripe, Patreon, or Paypal, and subscribe to our e-newsletter