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Song 1: “Day Never Comes,” composed and performed by David R. Merrill.Poem 1: “Leda and the Swan” by Nobel prize-winning poet W. B. Yeats, composed in 1923 and first printed in 1924.Fiction: “The Secret Pool,” by Lynn C. Miller, excerpted from her first novel The Fool's Journey, 2002 (Winedale Press). In press is the novel The Surrogate for 2026.  www.lynncmiller.comFeed the Cat Break: “The Legend of the Myth” by John V. ModaffPoem 2: “Another Story” by poet Hilda Raz, from a story that inspired Yeats and many others about the beautiful Leda and the god-turned-swan Zeus. In New and Collected Poems, Letter from a Place I've Never Been, from University of Nebraska Press, 2022.Song 2: “The Old Monsters Rest Home,” by John V. Modaff.Episode artwork by Lynda MillerShow theme and incidental music by John V. Modaff , BMIThe Unruly Muse is Recorded in Albuquerque, NM and Morehead, KY and produced at The Creek StudioNEXT UP:   Episode 48, “What is Beautiful?”   Thank You to our listeners all over the world. Please tell your friends about the podcast. Lynn & John

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Today's Parisian revolution is a theatrical performance that produced a riot. David talks to theatre director Dominic Dromgoole about Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi (1896), which only ran for a couple of nights but left an indelible mark on the culture of the age and has resonated ever since. Why did a play effectively written by children provoke such a storm among the adults? What made it it blow the mind of W. B. Yeats who was in the audience? How can something so bad be so liberating? Next time: Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

William Butler Yeats wrote this oft-quoted poem of the rise of evil in the world. I found it more challenging that many other Yeats poems to put to music and to sing, but tonight I've judged this full-rock-band version complete.  The Parlando Project combines various words (mostly literary poetry) with original music in differing styles. We've done over 800 of these combinations over the years, and you can hear any of them and read about our encounters with the words at our blog and archives located at frankhudson.org  

Send us a text✨ FREE LEARNING RESOURCES FOR A YEAR! - https://irishpagan.school/freeIn this insightful episode, Jon O'Sullivan from the Irish Pagan School explores the fascinating myth of the Leannán Sidhe, the "Fairy Lover" of Irish mythology. Jon explores the stories of these mysterious beings who form romantic relationships with humans. From the tragic tales of Leannán Sidhe inspiring artistic greatness at the cost of life, to famous legends like Niamh and Oisín, this video uncovers the truth behind these fae lovers and the dangerous allure of such otherworldly relationships.Discover the different versions of these stories, from the darker predatory nature of the Leannán Sidhe to tales of deep connections between the Sidhe and humans. Jon also clarifies the sources of these myths, such as Lady Wilde, W.B. Yeats, and older folklore, providing a comprehensive look at these compelling figures of Irish lore.Learn more about the Aos Sidhe, Bean Sidhe, and how relationships between humans and the Sidhe have shaped Irish folklore and mythology.If you're interested in learning more about Irish mythology, spirituality, and folklore, explore free resources from the Irish Pagan School.✨ Irish Pagan Resources Checklist available NOW - https://irishpagan.school/checklist/

SLEERICKETS is a podcast about poetry and other intractable problems. My book Midlife now exists. Buy it here, or leave it a rating here or hereFor more SLEERICKETS, check out the SECRET SHOW and join the group chatLeave the show a rating here (actually, just do it on your phone, it's easier). Thanks!Wear SLEERICKETS t-shirts and hoodies. They look good!SLEERICKETS is now on YouTube!Some of the topics mentioned in this episode:Derek WalcottRuins of a Great House by Derek WalcottDisjecta membraEp 173: Swart Verse, ft. A. E. Stallings, Pt. 1The Islander by Hilton AlsWalcott Withdraws From Poetry Professor Election by Sarah LyallPoetic Justice: Briton Says She Helped Taint Rival by John F. BurnsDerek Walcott, a Mighty Poet, Has Died by Hilton AlsHilton Als: "I had this terrible need to confess, and I still do it. It's a bid to be loved" by Emma BrockesWe Might Have to "Shut Down the Country" by David RemnickThe Gifts of John Forbes by Kath KennyIn Memory of W. B. Yeats by W. H. AudenAlice Munro's Retreat by Anne EnrightAndré MalrauxCauseway (2022)Frequently mentioned names:– Joshua Mehigan– Shane McCrae– A. E. Stallings– Ryan Wilson– Morri Creech– Austin Allen– Jonathan Farmer– Zara Raab– Amit Majmudar– Ethan McGuire– Coleman Glenn– Chris Childers– Alexis Sears– JP Gritton– Alex Pepple– Ernie Hilbert– Joanna PearsonOther Ratbag Poetry Pods:Poetry Says by Alice AllanI Hate Matt Wall by Matt WallVersecraft by Elijah BlumovRatbag Poetics By David Jalal MotamedAlice: Poetry SaysBrian: @BPlatzerCameron: CameronWTC [at] hotmail [dot] comMatthew: sleerickets [at] gmail [dot] comMusic by ETRNLArt by Daniel Alexander Smith

What's the episode about?In this episode, hear Claire Nally on literature, Goth, Steampunk, death memoirs, representations of dead women, death positive libraries & working in academiaWho is Claire? Claire Nally is Professor of Modern and Contemporary Literature at Northumbria University, UK, where sheresearches Irish Studies, Neo-Victorianism, Gender and Subcultures. She published her first monograph, Envisioning Ireland: W. B. Yeats's Occult Nationalism, in 2009, followed by her secondbook, Selling Ireland: Advertising, Literature and Irish Print Culture 1891–1922 (written with John Strachan). She has co-edited a volume on Yeats, and two volumes on gender, as well as the international library series ‘Gender and Popular Culture' for Bloomsbury (with Angela Smith).  She has written widely on a number of modern and contemporary topics, and her most recent monograph is Steampunk: Gender, Subculture and the Neo-Victorian, published by Bloomsbury in 2019. She was co-I (with Stacey Pitsillides) on the Death Positive Library Project.  Her next book is entitled The Death Memoir in ContemporaryCulture.How do I cite the episode in my research and reading lists?To cite this episode, you can use the following citation: Nally, C. (2025) Interview on The Death Studies Podcast hosted by Michael-Fox, B. and Visser, R. Published 1 April 2025. Available at: www.thedeathstudiespodcast.com, DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.28704131What next?Check out more episodes or find out more about the hosts! Gota question? Get in touch.

John "Paddy" Hemingway died this St. Patrick's day. Dublin born, and in Dublin he died, but he was in the news because he was the last surviving RAF pilot from the Battle of Britain during WWII.  I immediately thought of this Yeats poem, about a fatalistic Irish pilot during WWI who flew into battle having no love for the British Empire. His Wikipedia summary mentions nothing about his weighing of the enormous risks he took in RAF battles, but a recounting of the number of times he was shot down and got back to flying again makes me think he'd accepted his death as a probable result of his service. Fate had sport with him, he lived to be 105. In his honor then, I performed Yeats poem with music I wrote this week. The Parlando Project has done over 800 of these combinations over the years, using various words (mostly literary poetry) with music in different styles. You can hear any of them and read about our encounter with the words at our blog and archives, located at frankhudson.org

Producer/Host: R.W. Estela Hi, I'm RW Estela: Since 1991, I've been presenting A Word in Edgewise, WERU's longest-running short feature, a veritable almanac of worldly and heavenly happenings, a confluence of 21st-century life in its myriad manifestations, international and domestic, cosmopolitan and rural, often revealing, as the French say, the more things change, the more they stay the same — though not always! Sometimes in addressing issues affecting our day-to-day lives, in this age of vagary and ambiguity, when chronological time is punctuated elliptically, things can quickly turn edgy and controversial, as we search for understanding amid our dialectic. Tune in Monday mornings at 7:30 a.m. for an exciting journey through space and time with a few notable birthdays thrown in for good measure during A Word in Edgewise . . . About the host: RW Estela was raised as a first-generation American in Colorado by a German mother and a Corsican-Basque father who would become a three-war veteran for the US Army, so RW was naturally a military brat and later engaged in various Vietnam-era civil-service adventures before paying his way through college by skiing for the University of Colorado, playing Boulder coffeehouses, and teaching. He has climbed all of Colorado's Fourteeners; found work as an FAA-certificated commercial pilot, a California-licensed building contractor, a publishing editor, a practitioner of Aikido, and a college professor of English; among his many interdisciplinary pursuits are the design and building of Terrell Residence Library (recently renamed the Terrell House Permaculture Living & Learning Center at the University of Maine), writing Building It In Two Languages (a bilingual dictionary of construction terminology), aerial photo documentation of two dam removals (Great Works and Veazie) on the Penobscot River, and once a week since 1991 drafting an installment of A Word In Edgewise, his essay series addressing issues affecting our day-to-day lives — and WERU's oldest continuous short feature. When pandemics do not interfere, he does the Triple Crown of Maine open-water ocean swims (Peaks to Portland, Islesboro Crossing, and Nubble Light Challenge) and the Whitewater Downriver Point Series of the Maine Canoe and Kayak Racing Organization. RW is the father of two and the grandfather of three and lives with his partner Kathleen of 37 years and their two Maine Coons in Orono. The post A Word in Edgewise 3/17/25: Of Saint Patrick's, Yeats, & the Vernal Equinox . . . first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives.

Two countrymen explore Ireland's reverence for their national poet, W. B. Yeats. Then a Dublin journalist shares what it was like to grow up amid the turbulent societal changes in his city during the 1960s and '70s. And a guide from Belfast tells us why an Emerald Isle itinerary should include a visit to Northern Ireland. For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.

"I have no rituals when it comes to writing. I don't want to think something can go wrong if things aren't set up the right way," says James McGovern of The Murder Capital. Indeed, that's the downside of a ritual: a fixed routine can limit your productivity when that routine isn't available. But McGovern does have one tiny "ritual" that I wholeheartedly endorse: writing the bad stuff before he gets to the good stuff.And as an aside, any songwriter who references Yeats, Keats, and Heaney in one podcast is forever my hero.The Murder Capital's latest album is BlindnessSend us a text

Send us a textA gleam of love in hard times. Our guest Ellen Cranitch shares poems from her Bloodaxe collection  Crystal, a subtle, multifaceted work arising from the discovery that her partner was addicted to crystal meth. Expect beauty, flashes of resilience and the deft capture of moments that sustain a relationship through this extreme challenge.  Robin and Peter have been rubbernecking at the recent Planetary Parade (we owe it to you dear listener because of our name) and use it as an excuse to open a celestial trove with dramatic lines from John Donne, from Odysseus Elytis transported from darkness on a highway of stars and from a heavenly (if passive-aggressive) W.B. Yeats. Then we sound a clarion note of Spring optimism from  Thomas Tranströmer. Support the showPlanet Poetry is a labour of love!If you enjoy the podcast, please show your support and Buy us a Coffee!

Marianne Moore (1887-1972) achieved something rare in American letters: a modernist poet who was popular with both critics and the public. Famous for her formal innovation, precise diction, and wit - as well as her black tri-corner hat and cloak, which she wore as she dashed around Manhattan - she was lauded by T.S. Eliot (and numerous prize committees) and treated by the public as a true American poet. Muhammad Ali asked her to write the liner notes to his album notes; Ford Motor Company asked her to name their line of cars. In this episode, Jacke talks to Moore scholar Cristanne Miller about Moore's life, Moore's work, and a new digital archive project that unites the two. Additional listening: 564 H.D. (with Lara Vetter) 56 Shelley, H.D., Yeats, Frost, Stevens (with Professor Bill Hogan) 176 William Carlos Williams's "The Use of Force" (with Mike Palindrome) The music in this episode is by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal. Learn more at gabrielruizbernal.com. Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/donate. The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Magic was real in the past, but is it the same today? Let's talk about modern paganism and ancient magic!--- Join and support the community: https://www.creationspaths.com/ In this episode of Creation's Paths, Charlie and Brian explore whether magic was real in the ancient world and how to live as a modern pagan. They discuss how much of contemporary paganism is a reconstruction rather than a direct continuation of the past and how every faith grapples with balancing old traditions and new practices. Examining biblical stories, historical magical duels like those between Aleister Crowley and W.B. Yeats, and the evolution of science from occult roots, they highlight how magic persists today—just in different forms. They emphasize re-enchanting the world by seeing magic and divine presence in everyday life rather than romanticizing or fossilizing the past. Whether through Brigid's forge (now metaphorically a computer or cell phone) or the enduring power of myths, they encourage listeners to embrace a living, evolving spirituality. Ultimately, they stress the importance of living in right relationship—with oneself, the environment, and the wisdom passed down—reminding us that paganism should be a thriving, relevant practice rather than a museum piece.Thank you for Liking and Subscribing to this podcastThank you for sharing this episode with your loved ones, friends and community--- Thank you for Tips or Donations: https://ko-fi.com/cedorsett https://patreon.com/cedorsett $CreationsPathsSubstack: https://www.creationspaths.com/ For all of the things we are doing at The Seraphic Grove go to Creation's Paths https://www.creationspaths.com/ For Educational Resource: https://wisdomscry.com Guided Meditations Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV0C8kiTKv0J2QAAlD1uaIJvQ3Sr9sIqO Christopagan Playlist:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV0C8kiTKv0ISXDQkZBRB7EHrUUJgXlGN The Everything Playlist:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLV0C8kiTKv0Ln3eGW-tDk2R68PM6c182OCreation's Paths Podcast: http://www.creationspaths.com/podcast Church of the Oak Podcast: http://churchoftheoak.com/Hallowstead Podcast: http://hallowstead.com/Social Connections: BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/creationspaths.com Threads https://www.threads.net/@creationspaths Instagram https://www.instagram.com/creationspaths/## Chapters:00:00 Introduction to Modern Paganism01:07 Meet the Hosts: Charlie and Brian01:16 Exploring Ancient and Modern Magic04:40 The Role of Stories and History in Paganism09:14 Modern Pagan Practices and Reflections16:08 Living as a Modern Pagan25:37 Personal Experiences and Final Thoughts32:03 Closing Remarks and Prayer Get full access to Creation's Paths at www.creationspaths.com/subscribe

Daily QuoteDon't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. (Mark Twain)Poem of the DayThe White BirdsW.B. YeatsBeauty of Words择偶记朱自清

The panel discusses four poems by Yeats, including his most famous—"The Second Coming"—as a way of examining his understanding of a cyclical cosmology, whilst also looking at his depiction of cataclysmic events that influence or constrain free will.Continue reading

Get out your UV lights & swabs--the queens play a game that fuses poems, then guess the poetic DNA samples. Then we spark up a fusion of a different strain!Please Support Breaking Form!Review the show on Apple Podcasts here.Pretty Please.....Buy our books:     Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pitt Poetry Series.     James's ROMANTIC COMEDY is available from Four Way Books.SHOW NOTES:Watch Jools Lebron get mindful and demure here, divaDon't soak tampons in vodka. Poems we discuss in the episode include:Philip Levine's "Bitterness"Laura Kasischke's "Champagne"Kay Ryan's "Shark's Teeth"Kenneth Koch's "One Train May Hide Another"Annie Finch's "Wild Yeasts"Dorothea Lasky's "Toast to my friend or why Friendship is the best kind of Love"Danusha Laméris's "Bonfire Opera"Marie Ponsot's "Among Women"Tina Chang's "God Country"Campbell McGrath's "Sunset, Route 90, Brewster County, Texas"Elizabeth Bishop's "The Fish"W.B. Yeats's "Leda and the Swan"Gerard Manley Hopkins's "The Windhover"Anne Sexton's "Jesus Awake" & "Wanting to Die" Langston Hughes's "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" & "I, Too"Philip Larkin's "Sad Steps" And Beyonce's "You Won't Break My Soul [Queens Remix]," in which she sampled Madonna's song "Vogue," returning it to the culture where it rightly belongs.

“Kurt” has had unexplained encounters since he was a kid that have continued throughout his life. In this episode, he takes us on a journey from the mountains of Alaska to the deserts of New Mexico. As a traveler who is often on the road, he spends most of his time alone. That is when strange encounters seem to find him, including UFO's, Mothman and Dogman. We talk and theorize about the mystery of why Kurt sees what he does. Is his perception common? Or does he see what most are too afraid to see?"The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper" — W.B. Yeats

Willam Butler Yeats wrote a poem about how living by a lake, and the water lapping with low sounds on the shore, brought a deep peace to his heart. In Luke chapter 5 Jesus teaches by the lakeside. Let's gather with him by the water this weekend and as Yeats put it we “shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow.”

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Send us a textOn today's episode, Janey is going to tell us about a woman with a deadly bush, and Max is going to give us some tips on how to get rid of uninvited guests! Enjoy!Janey's Sources - The Snow, The Crow, and the BloodFull free story Wikipedia entry on “The Grateful Dead” motif  Max's Sources - The Horned Women "Fairy Tales of Ireland" by W. B. Yeats, illustrated by P. J. Lynch  Full free text of “The Horned Women” by Lady Jane Francesca Wilde from “Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms & Superstitions of Ireland with Sketches of the Irish Past” Support the showCheck out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account!Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!)Want more??Visit our website!Join our Patreon!Shop the merch at TeePublic!If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials!InstagramTiktokGoodreadsAnd email us at sortofthestory@gmail.com

Nick is joined by RTE and Racing TV broadcaster Jane Mangan to discuss the latest from around the racing world. On today's show, Emmet Mullins has news of Corbetts Cross (Gold Cup), Noble Yeats (edging towards retirement) and Jeroboam Machin (sidelined). Plus, Dan Skelton explains why L'Eau du Sud is not running at Windsor this weekend, while Naohiro Goda fills us in on intriguing Japanese Champion Hurdle entry All the World. Jockey Club Head of Racing Jon Pullin tells us why reserves are back in the Grand National, 1/ST Racing's Aidan Butler talks about the wildfire relief efforts at Santa Anita Park, plus JA McGrath has the latest from Hong Kong.

Released in October 1988, Fisherman's Blues marked a significant departure for The Waterboys, showcasing a rich blend of Celtic folk, country, and rock influences. The album is a soulful exploration of frontman Mike Scott's evolving musical vision, moving away from the "big music" sound of their earlier records toward a more organic and roots-oriented style.The title track, "Fisherman's Blues," is a heartfelt anthem that combines yearning lyrics with a stirring violin melody, capturing the album's central themes of wanderlust and spiritual searching. Other standout tracks include their reinterpretation of Van Morrison's "Sweet Thing," the poignant "And a Bang on the Ear," and the haunting "The Stolen Child," which features W.B. Yeats' poetry set to music.The album was recorded across several years in Ireland and California, lending it an eclectic, yet cohesive feel. It's a celebration of tradition, storytelling, and musical camaraderie, earning Fisherman's Blues its place as a beloved classic in The Waterboys' discography and a touchstone for fans of genre-blending folk-rock.Listen to the album on Apple Music Listen to the album on Spotify What did you think of this album? Send us a text! All About M.E. PODCAST Welcome to the "All About M.E. Podcast ," the podcast where music meets the...Listen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the showPatreonWebsitePolyphonic Press SubredditFollow us on InstagramContact: polyphonicpressmusic@gmail.comDISCLAIMER: Due to copyright restrictions, we are unable to play pieces of the songs we cover in these episodes. Playing clips of songs are unfortunately prohibitively expensive to obtain the proper licensing. We strongly encourage you to listen to the album along with us on your preferred format to enhance the listening experience.

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A re-presentation of my Poetry for Men episode from October 2022 featuring William Butler Yeats' "A Dialogue of Self and Soul."I return to new episodes, interviews, and guests next week, on January 10, 2025.Happy New Year, and see you then.- WillRead "A Dialogue of Self and Soul"

jQuery(document).ready(function(){ cab.clickify(); }); Original Podcast with clickable words https://tinyurl.com/2d52u8pp Contact: irishlingos@gmail.com New information about WB Yeats' remains available in State documents. Eolas nua faoi thaisí WB Yeats ar fáil i gcáipéisí an Stáit. RTÉ News and Current Affairs The Department of Foreign Affairs decided to suppress information given to them in the late seventies about the remains of the poet WB Yeats. Nuacht agus Cúrsaí Reatha RTÉ Chinn an Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha eolas a tugadh dóibh ag deireadh na seachtóidí faoi thaisí an fhile W B Yeats a chur faoi chois. In fact, the Department thought that a member of the famous Gluckstein family in London was blackmailing the State when he claimed to have evidence that the bones were not WB's. Go deimhin, shíl an Roinn go raibh ball de theaghlach cáiliúil Gluckstein i Londain ag déanamh dúmhál ar an Stát nuair a mhaígh sé go raibh fianaise aige nárbh iad cnámha W.B. Yeats was buried in Sligo. Yeats a bhí curtha i Sligeach. It emerged 10 years ago in French State documents that the remains buried in the cemetery in Drumcliabh in Sligo are unlikely to be those of WB Yeats. Tháinig sé chun solais 10 mbliana ó shin i gcáipéisí Stáit de chuid na Fraince nach dócha gur taisí W B Yeats atá curtha sa reilig i nDroim Chliabh i Sligeach. The poet died in Roquebrune, France, in 1939 and was buried in a pauper's grave. Cailleadh an file i Roquebrune na Fraince sa bhliain 1939 agus cuireadh é in uaigh bhochtáin. A grand ceremony was held in Ireland in 1948 when a naval ship brought his remains back to his homeland. Reáchtáladh searmanas mór in Éirinn in 1948 nuair a thug long cabhlaigh a chuid taisí ar ais go dtí a thír dhúchais. He was buried in Drumcliabh in County Sligo with great pomp and ceremony. Cuireadh é i nDroim Chliabh i gContae Shligigh le mustar is mórdháil. But Yeats' remains were so mixed with many others in the morgue that there was no way to distinguish them from other people buried there. Ach b'amhlaidh go raibh taisí Yeats measctha le go leor eile sa mharbhlann agus nach raibh aon dóigh go bhféadfaí idirdhealú a dhéanamh idir iad agus daoine eile a bhí curtha ann. The pauper's grave had a five-year lease and was exhumed in 1946 and the poet's bones were interred with those of many others. Bhí léas cúig bliana ar uaigh an bhochtáin agus dí-adhlacadh é i 1946 agus cuireadh cnámha an fhile isteach le cnámha go leor daoine eile. Therefore, it is unlikely that the collection of bones sent back to Ireland belonged to Yeats at all. Mar sin, ní dócha gur le Yeats an cnuasach cnámha a seoladh ar ais go hÉirinn in aon chor. A Department of Foreign Affairs file now available in the National Archives due to the 30 Year Rule, provides fresh insight into the controversy. Tugann comhad de chuid na Roinne Gnóthaí Eachtracha atá ar fáil anois sa Chartlann Náisiúnta de bharr na Rialach 30 Bliain, léargas úr ar an chonspóid. On June 29, 1978, the Irish Ambassador to Britain submitted a confidential report to the Department on the matter. An 29 Meitheamh, 1978 chuir Ambasadóir na hÉireann chun na Breataine tuairisc rúnda faoi bhráid na Roinne faoin scéal. A member of the Gluckstein family contacted Ambassador Paul Keating with updated information about the situation. Chuaigh ball de theaghlach Gluckstein i dteagmháil leis an ambasadóir Paul Keating le heolas úr faoin scéal. Aunt R. was Bhí aintín R. J. J. Gluckstein (Ms Gluck) was very close to Edith Heald, a close friend of Yeats. Gluckstein (Ms Gluck) an-mhór le Edith Heald, dlúthchara de chuid Yeats. Heald had documents in his possession relating to Yeats' burial and these were left in Ms Gluck's will. Bhí doiciméid i seilbh Heald a bhain le hadhlacadh Yeats agus fágadh iad sin le huacht ag Ms Gluck. Gluckstein handed copies of these letters to the Ambassador. Thug Gluckstein cóipeanna de na litreacha seo ar lámh don Ambasadóir.

It starts with W.B. Yeats. This week, using word p0rn, I teach you how to train your ear to the sounds around you, how to use consonance, assonance, alliteration and onomatopoeia to sexify your speaking and writing, and I give you a mini-masterclass on pitch techniques in English. If you are are developing your English proficiency, or helping people to do so; if you are a public speaker, want to improve your public speaking or presentation skills, or become a better poet or writer, this episode is for you.Support the PodcastShare your thoughts on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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In a world full of Yeats and Cartis, Cordae is a rapper that has stayed true to the lyrical styles popularized by a past generation of rappers. On this episode, J. Mac & Ryder breakdown his newest project: Crossroads and discuss where Cordae sits among today's best rappers.

Amanda Holmes reads W. B. Yeats's “A Prayer for My Daughter.” Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you'll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman.This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

is life of globetrotting the globe was not the one he expected to lead. He grew up a quiet, shy boy teased by other kids on the playgrounds for his red hair. But he developed a keen wit and sense of humor to always see the funnier side of life. With an overwhelming love of travel, a propensity to find trouble where there was none, and being a passionate advocate of mental health, Simon's stories will leave a reader either rolling on the floor in tears of laughter, or breathing deeply that the adventures he has led were survived. No author has laughed longer or cried with less restraint at the travails of life.

Explicit Language in this episode-Simon Yeats was born in Australia, sent to boarding school, graduated university and ended up in the United States. Not a typical upbringing, but it was an upbringing that helped Simon discover the world of travel.As Simon relates his life experience, he talks about helping folks with spinal cord and traumatic brain injuries. These are often patient's whose doctors have said would not recover yet Simon has been instrumental in several amazing recoveries.One sad experience is Simon's relationship with his son and the difficulties he's had in attempting to have a relationship with him.Once again, Simon has traveled extensively, and he recalls an experience in Hawaii that was not typical at all. If you'd like to check out Simon's humorous travel books, here's the link: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Simon-Yeats/author/B0CBNQLSPW?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true

Simon Yeats has 3 distinct sides to his life. His funny side, his serious side and his dark side. In each case, his experiences are unique.Funny Side: Birth by Fire in his travel escapades around the world and then writing books to tell all. How to maybe avoid mistakes and survive.Serious Side: Helping people walk again and bringing some back to life.Dark Side:  Facing death 10 times. Mental health issues. Kidnapping of son.After an unbelievable life packed ful of incidences, he is lucky to be alive.Hear about his escapades in Rio, Brazil. Hoping he may settle down and chill out now. I need a rest just listening to him.Check out his books on Amazon. Best enjoyed after a few beers.http://www.malcolmteasdale.com

We all have two lives. We only get to experience living in the second after we realize we only have just one.Simon Yeats had his first real scare in life when he was attacked by a kangaroo when he was seven years old. His first brush with the cliff-face edge of death came when he was 12. His father drove his family down the dangerous, 4WD only Skipper's Canyon dirt road in New Zealand in a rented minivan.Including the occasions he was almost involved in two different plane flight crashes, in the same night, there have been at least a half dozen more times when the author has come within a moment's inattention of being killed.However, none of those frightening incidents compare to what he experiences after his son is abducted to South America.

Introduced by John Low Narrated by John Kavanagh Read by Jim Norton • Denys Hawthorne Nicholas Boulton • Marcella Riordan William Butler Yeats was born in Dublin in 1865. His father was a lawyer and a well-known portrait painter. Yeats was educated in London and in Dublin, but spent his summers in the west of Ireland in the family's summer house in County Sligo. The young Yeats was active in societies that attempted an Irish literary revival. His early poetry was influenced by John Keats, William Wordsworth, William Blake and many more. His earliest volume of verse was published in 1889. Together with Lady Gregory he founded the Irish Theatre, which was to become the Abbey Theatre, and served as its chief playwright until the movement was joined by John Sing. His plays usually treat Irish legends; they also reflect his fascination with mysticism and spiritualism. After 1910, Yeats's dramatic art took a sharp turn toward a highly poetical, static, and esoteric style. Although a convinced patriot, Yeats deplored the hatred and the bigotry of the Nationalist movement, and his poetry is full of moving protests against it. He was appointed to the Irish Senate in 1922. His poetry, especially the volumes The Wild Swans at Coole (1919), Michael Robartes and the Dancer (1921), The Tower (1928), The Winding Stair and Other Poems (1933), and Last Poems and Plays (1940), made him one of the outstanding and most influential twentieth-century poets writing in English. His recurrent themes are the contrast of art and life, masks, cyclical theories of life (the symbol of the winding stairs), and the ideal of beauty and ceremony contrasting with the hubbub of modern life.

Today's poem demonstrates that, unlike Arnold's sideburns, loving the Bard never goes out of style. Although remembered now for his elegantly argued critical essays, Matthew Arnold, born in Laleham, Middlesex, on December 24, 1822, began his career as a poet, winning early recognition as a student at the Rugby School where his father, Thomas Arnold, had earned national acclaim as a strict and innovative headmaster. Arnold also studied at Balliol College, Oxford University. In 1844, after completing his undergraduate degree at Oxford, he returned to Rugby as a teacher of classics.After marrying in 1851, Arnold began work as a government school inspector, a grueling position which nonetheless afforded him the opportunity to travel throughout England and the Continent. Throughout his thirty-five years in this position Arnold developed an interest in education, an interest which fed into both his critical works and his poetry. Empedocles on Etna (1852) and Poems (1853) established Arnold's reputation as a poet and, in 1857, he was offered a position, which he accepted and held until 1867, as Professor of Poetry at Oxford. Arnold became the first professor to lecture in English rather than Latin. During this time Arnold wrote the bulk of his most famous critical works, Essays in Criticism (1865) and Culture and Anarchy (1869), in which he sets forth ideas that greatly reflect the predominant values of the Victorian era.Meditative and rhetorical, Arnold's poetry often wrestles with problems of psychological isolation. In “To Marguerite—Continued,” for example, Arnold revises John Donne's assertion that “No man is an island,” suggesting that we “mortals” are indeed “in the sea of life enisled.” Other well-known poems, such as “Dover Beach,” link the problem of isolation with what Arnold saw as the dwindling faith of his time. Despite his own religious doubts, a source of great anxiety for him, in several essays Arnold sought to establish the essential truth of Christianity. His most influential essays, however, were those on literary topics. In “The Function of Criticism” (1865) and “The Study of Poetry” (1880) Arnold called for a new epic poetry: a poetry that would address the moral needs of his readers, “to animate and ennoble them.” Arnold's arguments, for a renewed religious faith and an adoption of classical aesthetics and morals, are particularly representative of mainstream Victorian intellectual concerns. His approach—his gentlemanly and subtle style—to these issues, however, established criticism as an art form, and has influenced almost every major English critic since, including T. S. Eliot, Lionel Trilling, and Harold Bloom. Though perhaps less obvious, the tremendous influence of his poetry, which addresses the poet's most innermost feelings with complete transparency, can easily be seen in writers as different from each other as W. B. Yeats, James Wright, Sylvia Plath, and Sharon Olds. Late in life, in 1883 and 1886, Arnold made two lecturing tours of the United States.Matthew Arnold died in Liverpool on April 15, 1888.-bio via Academy of American Poets Get full access to The Daily Poem Podcast at dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

This is a re-release of my discussion with Ross McDonnell. His film, SWIFT JUSTICE, is up for a News & Doc Emmy in Outstanding Cinematography: Documentary. The awards will be revealed live on September 26, 2024.Ross died on November 5, 2023. His co-director, Victor Blue, writes movingly about his work. Later on this year, I'll post an episode remembering Ross and the legacy of independent filmmakers.In this episode, I talk with Ross McDonnell, co-director of the new documentary short, SWIFT JUSTICE, about Sharia justice in Afghanistan.Ross and I discuss:how he got started in filmmaking;whether some people are just built for the visual arts;the gear behind making a film like SWIFT JUSTICE and how they went about filming "without understanding what was happening in realtime"the importance of Christmas movies in Ireland and W.B. Yeats;never-ending praise for editors and the New Yorker's prowess in the documentary realm;what's next for the documentary field.Ross' Indie Film Highlight: Jonathan Glazer; Wong Kar-wai; Spize Jonze; Chris Cunningham; Floria Sigismondi; Chris Doyle; Lance AcordLinks:SWIFT Justice Film Watch The News & Doc Emmys Live On September 26, 2024 Support the Podcast Through MembershipSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/first-time-go/exclusive-content

Dave Davis covers today's LFC news, stories and content. As sadly Liverpool legend Ron Yeats has passed away. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On episode 132 Louis Bayard discusses his latest historical novel, The Wildes: a novel in five acts. We talk about our shared affinity for Oscar Wilde, Bayyard's favorite work of Wilde's and we share some recent reads we loved. In addition, Shannon Bowring, author of Where the Forest Meets the River recommends a favorite read. Books Recommended:The Wildes: A Novel In Five Acts by Louis BayardJames by Percival EverettPeggy by Rebecca Godfrey with Leslie Jamison This is Happiness by Niall Williams Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan The Screw Tape Letters by C.S. LewisMad, Bad and Dangerous to Know : the Fathers of Wilde , Yeats and Joyce by Colm Toibin Louis bayard on social media:Facebook: Louis bayardInstagram:  @louisbayardauthorThreads: @louisbayyardauthorWhere the Forest Meets the River by Shannon BowringThe Woods by Janice ObuchowskySupport the showGet your Books Are My People coffee mug here!I hope you all have a wonderfully bookish week!

#3914 (86.29% 622 left): Sep. 1, 2024: Autumn is over the long leaves that love us (again from W.B.Yeats from Aug. 28, 2024) Today's pure primal piano music here. Happy if this music makes you feel peaceful.. : ) Looking for absolute natural beauty every day for Piano Ten Thousand Leaves. Target number is 4536: This piece may might have good 1/f fluctuation characteristic although I stopped investigating it each piece. My new message: "Does it make sense to preserve it for 1000 years? Today's cover ART is created by #Midjourney (Art Generating #AI), according to my wish. Happy if you like it. spotify playlist 18 hours 449 songs, makes you fully relaxed. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0RCxA8SaySzoFzpQmTCLfo?si=92c44191513340ff Recent My Weekly Video Magazine of piano ten thousand leaves https://youtu.be/yCCufZCMnDQ?si=pLt98vOleJcioH-m Weekly Piano Ten Thousand Leaves Magazine ; super beautiful video .. https://youtu.be/nn5_M4Nrvhg?si=N7hL_xrnDqc46si_ ====== Piano Ten Thousand Leaves - Tweets Creation Note: An epic story of wandering music creation https://a.co/d/0RN78Ga ( 1.36US$ #amazon #kindle, #Paperback also available: 20.11US$) ====== I'm now making Archive site of Piano Ten Thousand Leaves project by utilizing #wordpress. Basically nice direction I've already gotten.. : ) Currently 1100 pieces already achieved. But this week I need to do something else, so I'm going to stop this task for a bit. ######## NEW 27th SELECTION ALBUM JUST RELEASED ######## "Thousand Years Slumber" - the 27th selection album of piano ten thousand leaves youtube: FULL VIDEO with 20 full songs in very high quality sounds https://youtu.be/iBbCbNpxD3U?si=Hg6WWu4hV6qP1c-D spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/0cJbK83sUPo0FdsfElwmw8?si=-A46B7V-Qj-zIQWOEh8V-g appleMusic: https://music.apple.com/jp/album/thousand-years-slumber/1756622015 amazonMusic: https://www.amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0D971MC37?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=tcjaz-22&linkCode=ur2&camp=247&creative=1211 all music streaming services: https://linkco.re/FGZDZn9u

#3913 (86.27% 623 left): Aug. 31, 2024: The hour of the waning of love has beset us (again from W.B.Yeats from Aug. 28, 2024) Today's pure primal piano music here. Happy if this music makes you feel peaceful.. : ) Looking for absolute natural beauty every day for Piano Ten Thousand Leaves. Target number is 4536: This piece may might have good 1/f fluctuation characteristic although I stopped investigating it each piece. My new message: "Does it make sense to preserve it for 1000 years? Today's cover ART is created by #Midjourney (Art Generating #AI), according to my wish. Happy if you like it. spotify playlist 18 hours 449 songs, makes you fully relaxed. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0RCxA8SaySzoFzpQmTCLfo?si=92c44191513340ff Recent My Weekly Video Magazine of piano ten thousand leaves https://youtu.be/yCCufZCMnDQ?si=pLt98vOleJcioH-m Weekly Piano Ten Thousand Leaves Magazine ; super beautiful video .. https://youtu.be/nn5_M4Nrvhg?si=N7hL_xrnDqc46si_ ====== Piano Ten Thousand Leaves - Tweets Creation Note: An epic story of wandering music creation https://a.co/d/0RN78Ga ( 1.36US$ #amazon #kindle, #Paperback also available: 20.11US$) ====== I'm now making Archive site of Piano Ten Thousand Leaves project by utilizing #wordpress. Basically nice direction I've already gotten.. : ) Currently 1100 pieces already achieved. But this week I need to do something else, so I'm going to stop this task for a bit. ######## NEW 27th SELECTION ALBUM JUST RELEASED ######## "Thousand Years Slumber" - the 27th selection album of piano ten thousand leaves youtube: FULL VIDEO with 20 full songs in very high quality sounds https://youtu.be/iBbCbNpxD3U?si=Hg6WWu4hV6qP1c-D spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/0cJbK83sUPo0FdsfElwmw8?si=-A46B7V-Qj-zIQWOEh8V-g appleMusic: https://music.apple.com/jp/album/thousand-years-slumber/1756622015 amazonMusic: https://www.amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0D971MC37?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=tcjaz-22&linkCode=ur2&camp=247&creative=1211 all music streaming services:

Piano Ten Thousand Leaves - Creation Note: An epic story of wandering music creation https://a.co/d/0RN78Ga 1.36US$ #amazon #kindle #3912 (86.24% 624 left): Aug. 30, 2024: The falling of the leaves (again from W.B.Yeats from Aug. 28, 2024) Today's pure primal piano music here. Happy if this music makes you feel peaceful.. : ) Looking for absolute natural beauty every day for Piano Ten Thousand Leaves. Target number is 4536: This piece may might have good 1/f fluctuation characteristic although I stopped investigating it each piece. My new message: "Does it make sense to preserve it for 1000 years? Today's cover ART is created by #Midjourney (Art Generating #AI), according to my wish. Happy if you like it. spotify playlist 18 hours 449 songs, makes you fully relaxed. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0RCxA8SaySzoFzpQmTCLfo?si=92c44191513340ff Recent My Weekly Video Magazine of piano ten thousand leaves https://youtu.be/yCCufZCMnDQ?si=pLt98vOleJcioH-m Weekly Piano Ten Thousand Leaves Magazine ; super beautiful video .. https://youtu.be/nn5_M4Nrvhg?si=N7hL_xrnDqc46si_ ====== Piano Ten Thousand Leaves - Tweets Creation Note: An epic story of wandering music creation https://a.co/d/0RN78Ga ( 1.36US$ #amazon #kindle, #Paperback also available: 20.11US$) ====== I'm now making Archive site of Piano Ten Thousand Leaves project by utilizing #wordpress. Basically nice direction I've already gotten.. : ) Currently 1100 pieces already achieved. But this week I need to do something else, so I'm going to stop this task for a bit. ######## NEW 27th SELECTION ALBUM JUST RELEASED ######## "Thousand Years Slumber" - the 27th selection album of piano ten thousand leaves youtube: FULL VIDEO with 20 full songs in very high quality sounds https://youtu.be/iBbCbNpxD3U?si=Hg6WWu4hV6qP1c-D spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/0cJbK83sUPo0FdsfElwmw8?si=-A46B7V-Qj-zIQWOEh8V-g appleMusic: https://music.apple.com/jp/album/thousand-years-slumber/1756622015 amazonMusic: https://www.amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0D971MC37?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=tcjaz-22&linkCode=ur2&camp=247&creative=1211 all music streaming services: https://linkco.re/FGZDZn9u

#3911 (86.22% 625 left): Aug. 28, 2024: The consciousness (again from W.B.Yeats from Aug. 28, 2024) Today's pure primal piano music here. Happy if this music makes you feel peaceful.. : ) Looking for absolute natural beauty every day for Piano Ten Thousand Leaves. Target number is 4536: This piece may might have good 1/f fluctuation characteristic although I stopped investigating it each piece. My new message: "Does it make sense to preserve it for 1000 years? Today's cover ART is created by #Midjourney (Art Generating #AI), according to my wish. Happy if you like it. spotify playlist 18 hours 449 songs, makes you fully relaxed. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0RCxA8SaySzoFzpQmTCLfo?si=92c44191513340ff Recent My Weekly Video Magazine of piano ten thousand leaves https://youtu.be/yCCufZCMnDQ?si=pLt98vOleJcioH-m Weekly Piano Ten Thousand Leaves Magazine ; super beautiful video .. https://youtu.be/nn5_M4Nrvhg?si=N7hL_xrnDqc46si_ ====== Piano Ten Thousand Leaves - Tweets Creation Note: An epic story of wandering music creation https://a.co/d/0RN78Ga ( 1.36US$ #amazon #kindle, #Paperback also available: 20.11US$) ====== I'm now making Archive site of Piano Ten Thousand Leaves project by utilizing #wordpress. Basically nice direction I've already gotten.. : ) Currently 1100 pieces already achieved. But this week I need to do something else, so I'm going to stop this task for a bit. ######## NEW 27th SELECTION ALBUM JUST RELEASED ######## "Thousand Years Slumber" - the 27th selection album of piano ten thousand leaves youtube: FULL VIDEO with 20 full songs in very high quality sounds https://youtu.be/iBbCbNpxD3U?si=Hg6WWu4hV6qP1c-D spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/0cJbK83sUPo0FdsfElwmw8?si=-A46B7V-Qj-zIQWOEh8V-g appleMusic: https://music.apple.com/jp/album/thousand-years-slumber/1756622015 amazonMusic: https://www.amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0D971MC37?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=tcjaz-22&linkCode=ur2&camp=247&creative=1211 all music streaming services: https://linkco.re/FGZDZn9u

Comedian Raanan Hershberg joins the program to discuss his favorite problematic artists and why he doesn't respect Jackson Pollock. Watch Raanan's new special, BRAVE. "The Connoisseur", by Normal Rockwell. "When You Are Old", by W.B. Yeats. Produced by G34 Productions. Filmed at Grove 34 in Astoria, Queens.

This is Ryan McCarty's 28th NYTimes crossword, almost all of which (23, to be precise) have appeared on this very day -- Saturday. The clues were quite nice -- include a few gems, like the placement of 30A, "Pleeeeeeease?", CANTI adjacent to 31A, Spiteful, as a comment, CATTY; 41A, Bus. driver, CEO (oh, very nice!);  43A, Hardly open, CAGEY (clever, clever!), and finally 5D, Strong, as a bond, AAA (

Here I read the all time classic, Awakened Imagination, Neville Goddard expounds upon his belief that to realize your desire an action must start in your imagination. Illuminated by quotations from Yeats, Blake, and the Bible as well as accounts of his personal experiences, Neville will show you:    How to cultivate your imagination   How to revise your attitude   How to attract what you want   How to fulfill your desires. This is Neville's classic guide to using your imagination. ”Man attracts what he is," Neville writes. "The art of life is to sustain the feeling of the wish fulfilled and let things come to you." 

What was the deal with the Victorians and their obsession with reanimating corpses? How did writers like Mary Shelley, Robert Browning, Charles Dickens, W.B. Yeats, Bram Stoker, and others breathe life into the undead - and why did they do it? We can attribute their efforts to the present's desire to remake the past in its own image - but what does that mean exactly? In this episode, Jacke talks to Professor Renée Fox about her book The Necromantics: Reanimation, the Historical Imagination, and Victorian British and Irish Literature. PLUS Jacke explores what notable German-Swiss author Herman Hesse learned from trees. Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/donate. The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at www.thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While he may technically practice as a photographer, artist, and architect, Hiroshi Sugimoto could also be considered, from a wider-lens perspective, a chronicler of time. With a body of work now spanning nearly five decades, Sugimoto began making pictures in earnest in 1976 with his ongoing “Diorama” series. In 1980, he started what may be his most widely recognized series, “Seascapes,” composed of Rothko-esque abstractions of the ocean that he has taken at roughly 250 locations around the world. In more recent years, Sugimoto has also built a flourishing architectural practice, designing everything from a café in Tokyo to the currently-under-construction Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C. As with his subtly profound work, Sugimoto bears tremendous wisdom and is regarded by many as one of the most deeply perceptive minds and practitioners at the intersection of time and art-making.On the episode, he discusses his pictures as fossilizations of time; seascapes as the least spoiled places on Earth; and why, for him, the “target of completion” for a building is 5,000 years from now.Special thanks to our Season 9 presenting sponsor, L'École, School of Jewelry Arts.Show notes:Hiroshi Sugimoto[5:10] Pre-Photography Time-Recording Devices[39:05] “Theaters”[15:06] “Seascapes”[32:31] “Diorama”[17:16] Caspar David Friedrich[25:14] Odawara[28:52] “Aujourd'hui le monde est mort [Lost Human Genetic Archive]”[44:19] “Abandoned Theaters”[44:19] “Opera Houses”[44:19] “Drive-In Theaters”[49:52] “Architecture”[51:12] Le Corbusier[51:12] Mies van der Rohe[55:30] New Material Research Laboratory[55:30] Tomoyuki Sakakida[59:23] Enoura Observatory[59:23] Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden[1:00:48] Katsura Imperial Villa[1:01:05] Bruno Taut[1:02:14] Donald Judd[1:02:14] “Hiroshi Sugimoto: Five Elements in Optical Glass”[1:06:47] Mingei[1:06:47] Isamu Noguchi[1:06:47] Dan Flavin[1:09:15] Sugimoto Bunraku Sonezaki Shinju: The Love Suicides at Sonezaki[1:09:15] At the Hawk's Well[1:09:15] W.B. Yeats

Irish poet W. B. Yeats wanted to be buried “Under Ben Bulben,” a stately mountain after which he titled one of his last poems. The poem’s final line is etched onto his gravestone: Cast a cold eye/ On life, on death./ Horseman, pass by! Much speculation has taken place over what this means. Perhaps it’s the poet’s acknowledgment of the reality of both life and death. Regardless, Yeats got his wish about where he was buried and what his gravestone would say. But the cold truth is that life goes on without us, indifferent to our departure. During a dire time in Judah’s history, Shebna, a “palace administrator,” made a tomb for himself to insure his legacy after death. But God, through His prophet Isaiah, told Shebna, “Who gave you permission to cut out a grave for yourself here, hewing your grave on the height and chiseling your resting place in the rock?” (Isaiah 22:16). The prophet told him, “[God] will roll you up tightly like a ball and throw you into a large country. There you will die” (v. 18). Shebna had missed the point. What matters isn’t where we’re buried; what matters in life is who we serve. Those who serve Jesus have this immeasurable comfort: “Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord” (Revelation 14:13). We serve a God who’s never indifferent to our “departure.” He anticipates our arrival and welcomes us home.