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Hear the lively hooley of The Drowsy Lads, the poetry of Yeats set to song by Dave Curley, and the timeless tradition of Bua's ballads—on the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #729  -  -  Subscribe now! The Drowsy Lads, Hanneke Cassel, The Ciderhouse Rebellion with Molly Donnery, The Homespun Ceilidh Band, Ed Miller, Bua, Seán Heely, Dave Curley, Tami Curtis, Brad Tuck, Jiggy, Open The Door For Three, Jamison Celtic Rock, Conamara Chaos GET CELTIC MUSIC NEWS IN YOUR INBOX The Celtic Music Magazine is a quick and easy way to plug yourself into more great Celtic culture. Enjoy seven weekly news items with what's happening with Celtic music and culture online. Subscribe now and get 34 Celtic MP3s for Free. VOTE IN THE CELTIC TOP 20 FOR 2025 This is our way of finding the best songs and artists each year. You can vote for as many songs and tunes that inspire you in each episode. Your vote helps me create this year's Best Celtic music of 2025 episode. You have just three weeks to vote this year. Vote Now! You can follow our playlist on YouTube to listen to those top voted tracks as they are added every 2 - 3 weeks. THIS WEEK IN CELTIC MUSIC 0:06 - The Drowsy Lads "Lost and Found Hooley (Feat. Joanna Hyde, Tadgh Ó Meachair, Randy Clepper, Tom Fitzgerald, Enda Scahill, Ian King)" from Time Flies 5:30 - WELCOME 7:34 - Hanneke Cassel "The Marathon (for Boston)" from Dot the Dragon's Eyes 10:28 - The Ciderhouse Rebellion with Molly Donnery "Murphy's Running Dog" from A Little Bit Slanted 15:18 - The Homespun Ceilidh Band "Bananas On The Hats / Bee In The Helmet" from Home With The Homespun Ceilidh Band 17:09 - Ed Miller "The Wide Rio Grand" from Many's The Fine Tale 21:39 - FEEDBACK 24:46 - Bua "Soldier, Soldier" from Down the Green Fields 28:38 - Seán Heely "The Dram Circle / Quarantune / The E - B - E Reel" from Dramagical 35:13 - Dave Curley "Never Give All the Heart" from I Am of Ireland / Yeats in Song 37:13 - Tami Curtis "Grave" from Cavort 40:35 - THANKS 42:13 - Brad Tuck "Tie Me Down" from Stages 45:45 - Jiggy "Rise" from Hypernova 49:30 - Open The Door For Three "The Mermaid of Mullaghmore" from A Prosperous Gale 53:32 - Jamison Celtic Rock "Through Hills for Water" from Hafaguone 56:34 - CLOSING 57:54 - Conamara Chaos "Another Day" from Anord 1:01:10 - CREDITS Support for this program comes from International speaker, Joseph Dumond, teaching the ancient roots of the Gaelic people. 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Join us on LAB the Podcast for a special Poetry Corner episode with Poet and Author Wendy Kieffer (Alchemy of Praise). In this episode, Wendy shares a brand-new original poem that envisions walking with God in the cool of the morning — a powerful picture of hope, reunion, and new creation. We talk about the power of poetry to communicate before it's understood, why reading aloud matters, and how classic poets like Mary Oliver, Yeats, and Rossetti can inspire us today.If you love poetry, faith, or creative conversations, this episode will encourage you to slow down, listen deeply, and discover beauty in the everyday.Thank you for joining the conversation and embodying the life and beauty of the gospel. Don't forget to like, subscribe, and follow LAB the Podcast. Support / SponsorFor More Videos, Subscribe:   @VUVIVOV3 | YouTubeFollow: @labthepodcast | @vuvivo_v3 | @zachjelliott | @wendy.kiefferOrder Alchemy of PraiseSupport the show

Im zweiten Teil unserer Serie über Aleister Crowley tauchen wir in die Welt der Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn ein – einer der einflussreichsten Geheimgesellschaften des späten 19. Jahrhunderts.Wir erzählen, wie Crowley in die Londoner Szene der Okkultisten eintrat, welche Rolle die „Cipher Manuscripts“ und die rätselhafte Adeptin Fräulein Sprengel spielten, und wie sich der Orden mit seinen ägyptischen Symbolen, komplexen Ritualen und strengem Einweihungssystem von spiritistischen Zirkeln abhob.Dabei beleuchten wir Crowleys konfliktreiche Beziehung zu anderen Mitgliedern wie W. B. Yeats, die Machtkämpfe um Führungsrollen – und die entscheidenden Erfahrungen, die Crowleys eigenen Weg zur Thelema-Philosophie vorbereiteten.Mystik, Machtkämpfe und Magie – die Golden Dawn war alles andere als ein gewöhnlicher Geheimbund.

Vad är en poets slutord? Dikterna eller ett sms som skickas från sjukhuset? Håkan Sandell berättar om orden som gav frid åt ett land. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. ESSÄ: Detta är en text där skribenten reflekterar över ett ämne eller ett verk. Åsikter som uttrycks är skribentens egna.En sensommarkväll 2013 rullar en ambulans med påslagna blåljus genom Dublin, bort från teaterdistriktet, söderut i riktning Englandsfärjorna, på väg till Blackrock-sjukhuset. På britsen ligger Seamus Heaney. Irlands mest namnkunniga poet efter Yeats. Nobelprismottagare 1995. Hans sista ord från sjukhuset följande morgon, blev tystare än en viskning, ord skickade som ett sms, till hustrun Marie Devlin Heaney. Orden löd: Noli timere. Vi skall återkomma till deras betydelse, men latin var normalt för Heaney, som 12 år gammal getts ett stipendium till den katolska internatskolan S:t Columbs College. Marie hade lärarutbildning och som ännu obligatoriskt tidigt 1960-tal, gymnasielatin. Ordalydelsen, kanske avsedd att lugna henne, har hon själv i efterhand beskrivit som ”extraordinary”. Båda makarna kom ur Nordirlands katolska minoritet. Hon ur lärarfamilj. Medan hans far var bokskaphandlare, av det resande slaget, och hade enligt poeten nog sett sig som ”mer herre över sitt liv, än som arbetare”. De gifte sig tidigt, körde en begagnad folkvagn. I intervjuer berättar poeten att sina första - citat - ”äkta dikter” skrev han någon månad efter att ha träffat Marie. Debutdiktsamlingen på Faber and Faber - Eliot är fortfarande redaktör - överöses av litteraturpriser. Det kom att ge ett mindre anonymt liv än den universitetstillvaro som legat utstakad. Noli timere är i den gamla latinska bibelöversättningen en ofta återkommande sentens. Det är - i Matteus - Jesu ord till lärjungarna när det blåser upp till storm kring båten. Och det är ängeln Gabriels lugnande ord till Maria, ja, närmast änglars normala inledande tilltal i Bibeln. Efter sin förekomst även i Gamla Testamentet har orden tolkats så som yttrade inför det nakna varats ångest, eller inför Guds överväldigande närvaro. Noli timere: var inte rädd, frukta inte!Efter Seamus Heanyes död dyker dessa hans sista ord snart upp som graffiti på husväggar i Dublin. Det mest kända exemplet är på en husgavel i Portobello utförd av graffitikonstnären MASER. Detta är i Dublins södra innerstad, bland de gamla tidigare judiska kvarteren. Men varför har då orden, kanske bara avsedda för hustrun, fått den enorma genomslagskraften i det irländska samhället? Trovärt är att det omfattar Irlands stora förändringar under Seamus Heaneys livstid. Övergivandet av det lantbrukssamhälle vars torvmarker i norr Heaney själv kom från. Decenniernas gång, från den katolska medborgarrättsrörelsen i Nord-Irland, genom ”The Troubles” och de inbördeskrigsliknande förhållandena under IRA:s kampår, fram till det EU-medlemskap som ungefär sammanfaller med den katolska kyrkans förlorade grepp om de irländska själarna. I sin tur en följd av de sexövergreppskandaler som tilltagande kom upp i ljuset under 1990-talet. Jag var själv på plats. 1995 till 1996 bodde jag på Irland. Nobelpriset i litteratur till Heaney mottogs med samlad nationell stolthet på ön. Men det var också åren för den kyrkliga skandal som till sist fick bägaren att rinna över. En händelse som ledde till nedläggning av den gamla 1600-tals-nunneorden Sisters of Mercy - och då alltså inte rockbandet med samma namn. De första vittnesmålen, från två tidigare barnhemsflickor där, bemöttes av beklagande ord från Katolska kyrkan på Irland, med yttrad omtanke om de stackars flickornas psykiska hälsa. Men denna gång tillkom fler vittnen, de blev 40, och de blev fler. Vittnesmålen tycktes hämtade ur Marquis de Sades romaner. Detta var inte den kultur-katolicism som mött mig och andra under soliga Italien-resor. Skeletten snubblade fram ut garderoberna. Med allt från de så kallade Magdalena-hemmen för ogifta mödrar, till förbudet mot sexualkunskap i skolorna, oupplysthet i arbetarklassen. Känslan av att ha hållits nere. Min irländske bästevän Patrick berättade om våld från munkarna i hans katolska skola på 1970-talet. Min jämnåriga granne Mary berättade i sin tur om hur alla kyrkliga processioner undvikit att passera deras hus för att hennes mor varit den första skilda kvinnan där. Något som har krävt god planläggning i en småstad med endast två huvudgator. Först verkade det, där i mitten på 90-talet, som att kyrkans hastigt förlorade ställning på Irland skulle ersättas av narkotika eller av New Age-liknande uttryck. Efterhand visade sig istället, både överraskande och enastående, vad som måste kallas: en spirituell kristendom utan kyrka. Med mycket av de rostiga nationella symbolerna bortlagda så har Seamus Heaney med sin lugna person och med sin sökande poesis högre ståndpunkt kommit att bli ett slags samlande gammelmorfar för ett Irland som söker ny identitet och önskar begrava sina historiska spöken. Heaneys sista ord verkar att ha uppfattats som en form av välsignelse, över landet. I en stund när allt är förlorat för honom själv, hans kort på handen synade, i dödens och sanningens avklädda ögonblick. Och som då fäller orden, Noli timere, ett Var inte rädda. Vilket ute bland folk tolkats som: Tillsammans kan vi överkomma allt. Vårt Irland har en framtid. De sista orden från en betydande poet, burna vidare. Det kunde annars hävdas att det är dikterna som utgör en poets slutord, dikterna eller alla de läsningar och tolkningar de lever vidare i. De diktade rader som överlever, så som poesi kan överleva. Överleva i tretusen år, eller så. Håkan Sandellpoet

Each year, on the anniversary of Jimi Hendrix's death, I play guitar to remember him. In the last decade this has led to a public piece each September, and this is this year's. The words for today's piece are taken from mermaid and siren poems written by Tennyson, Beckett, De la Mare, Symonds, Eliot, and Yeats. The music and guitar playing is mine.  The Parlando Project combines various words (mostly literary poetry) with original music in differing styles. We've done over 850 of these combinations, and you can hear any of them and read about our encounter with the words at our blog and archives located at frankhudson.org

brianturnershow.com, eastvillageradio.comFLOWER GIRLS - HBO - Named When I Lose (cs, Knuckles On Stun, 2025)VOLCANO THE BEAR - Proganoff - Proganoff Novoliage (BC, 2025)CRIPTOBANDA MUSICAL DE PARADELA DO RIO - Festa no Bairro da Barragem -Domínio Total do Espectro (cs, Favela Discos, 2025)WIM FANFARE - Piket - Free Music (1975-1988) (Cortizona, 2025)JOSEPH KAMARU - Kenye Kurungara - Heavy Combination 1966-2007 (Disciples, 2025)UNIVERSAL CONGRESS OF - Mellow Down Easy - Prosperous and Qualified (SST, 1988)JARAI ETHNIC GROUP - Gông + Ko'ni + Voice - V/A: Music From the Mountain People of Central Vietnam (Sublime Frequencies, 2025)GLANDS OF EXTERNAL SECRETION + PRICK DECAY - Ecosse-Jelly-Lowdown (Salute to Laughing Len) - Who's Who In Hospitalization (Starlight Furniture Co.,1996)SURFACE OF THE EARTH - Shadow Report - In Colour (Knotwilg, 2025)LORD SPIKEHEART -  REIGN (feat. Iggor Cavalera & Jonas Karsten) - Reign (Haekalu, 2025)GURU GURU - Oxymoron - Der Elektrolurch (Brain, 1974)DJ SNIFF - Turntable Solos (excerpt) - Turntable Solos (Discrepant, 2025)SHIP SKET - Frost Cake - InitiatriX (Planet Mu, 2025)JIM E. BROWN - I Vomited on Britney Spears' Autobiography - I Urinated on a Butterfly (House, 2025)HARAM - Until the Last Breath - Why Does Paradise Begin in Hell (BC, 2025)DAZZLING KILLMEN - Numb - Dig Out The Switch (1992, re: Skin Graft, 2025)SPECTRES - Where Flies Sleep - Dying (Sonic Cathedral, 2015)MCGRUFF THE CRIME DOG - Cocaine and Crack - McGruff's Smart Kids Album (1986, re: Enjoy the Ride/Enjoy the Toons, 2025)CARDIACS - Volob - LSD (The Alphabet Business Concern, 2025)KRAAN - Sarahs Ritt durch den Schwarzwald (Demo 1971) - Kraan (Intercord/EMI, 2000)NURT - Holographic Phantom - Nurt (Polskie Nagrania Muza, 1973)MELVIN GIBBS - 16 Dimensions of Underwater Light - Amasia: Anamibia Sessions 2 (Hausu Mountain, 2025)STAFF CARPENBORG & ELECTRIC CORONA - Shummy Poor Clessford Idea in Troody Taprest Noodles - Fantastic Party (Die Tanzplatte Für Heiße Stunden) (Maratim, 1970)YEATS & RUSSELL - Always Swinging (BC, 2025)RAZEN - Mirage No. 7 - Mirages (KRAAK, 2025)WALTER FRANCO - Feito Gente / Eternamente - Revolver (Continental, 1975)

In this episode, I sit down with my friend and fellow podcaster Douglas Batchelor of What Magic Is This? for a conversation about the mysterious spark at the heart of art and creativity.Douglas has recently become a father and we kick off our chat on how family life reshapes our relationship with creativity—how the presence of children can sharpen your awareness of time, deepen your sense of wonder, and remind you of the importance of passing on what truly matters.From there, we explore how poetry, photography, music, and even comics can reach beyond explanation to move us in ways that hint at the ineffable. I share my thoughts on the instinctive side of photography—especially street photography that captures fleeting moments with emotional force—while Douglas and I discuss the power of music, the strange nostalgia of childhood comics, and the shifting landscape of cinema, from Nosferatu on the big screen to today's spectacle-driven blockbusters. We continue the conversation for another 45 minutes in the plus show and get into some rich territory.What emerges is a meditation on creativity as something universal and timeless: the drive to make meaning, to capture the ineffable, and to pass along works that connect us across generations.Show notes:What Magic is This? https://whatmagicisthis.comMaster and Commander (film) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHTHCNYiiHkNosferatu (film) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nulvWqYUM8kOscar Peterson (jazz pianist) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTJhHn-TuDY&list=RDNTJhHn-TuDY&start_radio=1“Video nasties” — UK horror film ban in the 1980s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_nastyW.B. Yeats (poet) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WB.YeatsYeats - Easter 1916 https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43289/easter-1916Yeats - Sailing to Byzantium https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43291/sailing-to-byzantiumYeats - The Circus animals desertion https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43299/the-circus-animals-desertionEmily Dickinson (poet) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_DickinsonEmily Dickinson - I felt a funeral, in my brain, https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45706/i-felt-a-funeral-in-my-brain-340Protestant Ascendancy (historical context in Dublin architecture) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant_AscendancyLascaux's Prehistoric Cave Paintings https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnSq0c7jM-A&t=1sFelix Thiollier (photographer) https://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/whats-on/exhibitions/presentation/felix-thiollier-1842-1914-photographsThe Horse Trainer by Felix Thiollier 1899 https://pixels.com/featured/the-horse-trainer-by-felix-thiollier-orca-art-gallery.html?srsltid=AfmBOoqsPCE1575mUAZYSB-udx0zjLW1ok5vaB6pPHdgPFSglmb9CiD2Keep in touch?https://linktr.ee/darraghmason

"The world is full of magic, silently waiting for our senses to grow sharper." W.B. Yeats.  There is certain sweetness in surrendering to a sofa, drizzled in a patch of afternoon light. Lounging is the art of striking up a romance with time itself. In this episode, we'll wander through the pleasures of the lounge, how to not get bored and revert to scrolling when you lounge, cultivate a dreamy state of embodied relaxation, and let the art of lounging wrap around you like silk. Hit play and let's lounge!Links From The EpisodeVisit the Episode HomepageLeave a Review for the Podcast on Apple PodcastsLearn how to leave a review with a 30-second videoEpisode 165: The Wild Joy of Creative Expression with Suzi Banks Baum

4:10 PM - Paradox: Jesus used the literary device & it’s a feature of all wisdom traditions … GUEST Marilyn McEntyre … writer, prof, speaker … award-winning author of multiple books on language & faith. 4:50 PM - *Pittsburgh Restaurant Week (Hanadi’s, Springfield Grille, Pusadee’s Garden** 5:10 PM - How the Second Great Awakening Helped Make America: The religious movement shaped individuals’ lives & helped build communities (Dispatch) … GUEST Dr Thomas Kidd … Yeats chair of Baptist Studies at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary … author of many books.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

4:10 PM - Paradox: Jesus used the literary device & it’s a feature of all wisdom traditions … GUEST Marilyn McEntyre … writer, prof, speaker … award-winning author of multiple books on language & faith. 4:50 PM - *Pittsburgh Restaurant Week (Hanadi’s, Springfield Grille, Pusadee’s Garden** 5:10 PM - How the Second Great Awakening Helped Make America: The religious movement shaped individuals’ lives & helped build communities (Dispatch) … GUEST Dr Thomas Kidd … Yeats chair of Baptist Studies at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary … author of many books.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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How the Second Great Awakening Helped Make America: The religious movement shaped individuals’ lives & helped build communities ... GUEST Dr Thomas Kidd … Yeats chair of Baptist Studies at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary … author of many books including “Thomas Jefferson: A Biography of Spirit and Flesh” … currently writing a book on the Second Great Awakening for Yale Univ Press. Preparing for a new school year: what it means to support and educate kids toward healthy views of citizenship and politics… GUEST Dr Daniel Bennett … Assoc Prof of Political Science, John Brown Univ and Director, Center for Faith & Flourishing … author of “Uneasy Citizenship: Embracing the Tension in Faith & Politics”.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How the Second Great Awakening Helped Make America: The religious movement shaped individuals’ lives & helped build communities ... GUEST Dr Thomas Kidd … Yeats chair of Baptist Studies at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary … author of many books including “Thomas Jefferson: A Biography of Spirit and Flesh” … currently writing a book on the Second Great Awakening for Yale Univ Press. Preparing for a new school year: what it means to support and educate kids toward healthy views of citizenship and politics… GUEST Dr Daniel Bennett … Assoc Prof of Political Science, John Brown Univ and Director, Center for Faith & Flourishing … author of “Uneasy Citizenship: Embracing the Tension in Faith & Politics”.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Biografia, libri e stile di William Butler Yeats, poeta e drammaturgo irlandese autore, tra le altre, della famosa poesia The stolen Child.

EPISODE 141 | Spirits in the Material World: Mediums and Spiritualism The late 19th and early 20th were rife with claims of contact with spirits of the departed, and plenty of people made a pretty penny convincing the grieving or the curious that they had the right stuff, the special connection to the Other Side. But it has continued past then, and even today there are those who would prey upon people to make a fast buck, supercharging the woo space in the process. We'll look at mediums, magicians, seances, channelers and more, including some of the tricks these con artists use to ply their ignoble trade. And we'll also examine what's up with the Ouija board. Like what we do? Then buy us a beer or three via our page on Buy Me a Coffee.  Review us here or on IMDb. And seriously, subscribe, will ya?  SECTIONS Spirit (I Believe in You) - The Fox Sisters start it all im 1849, spiritism and spiritualism, the Cottingley Fairies Watching You Without Me - Cold readings, the Barnum Effect, shotgunning, Forer and Criss Angel, John Edward the Douche, the vanishing negative, turning a negative, the Rainbow Ruse, flattery, warm readings, hot readings, spirit guides, how to avoid being tricked Home by the Sea - Types of mediums, scammers getting caught (Daniel Dunglas Home, Rosina Mary Showers, Francis Ward Monck, the Davenport Brothers, May and Lizzie Bangs, Derek Acorah, Thomas John) The Ghost in You - Origins of the Ouija Board in 1890, ideomotor response (IMR), some believe and like, some believe and don't like, Yeats used it to write poetry, Pearl Curran and "Patience Worth" writes book, Emily Grant Hutchings writes a book with Mark Twain's ghost (Ghost) Riders in the Sky - Rosemary Isabel Brown channels dead composers, James Merrill uses a Ouija to write award-winning poetry, Jane Roberts starts the channeling industry with "Seth" Music by Fanette Ronjat More Info The Fox Sisters (a haunted history) Spiritualism Exposed: Margaret Fox Kane Confesses Fraud on the Skeptic Report spiritism (spiritualism) entry in the Skeptic's Dictionary The Spiritualists' National Union website Society for Psychical Research website A Pagan's Lexicon : Animal Spirits How to find your animal spirit guide on Mooky Chick John Edward on Villains Wiki Why do a quarter of people across the world believe humans have psychic abilities? A MAGICIAN AMONG THE SPIRITS by Harry Houdini, full text James Randi Educational Foundation website Kennard Novelty Company website Written by Pearl Curran…or by Ouija Board? The book was supposedly written by Mark Twain's ghost 100 years ago How to use the Ouija Board The secret of the Ouija board in The Week DIY Ouija Board! Rosemary Brown obituary 'Even the spirits get a say': A Look Into James Merrill's Ouija Poems The Problem of Seth's Origin: A Case Study of the Trance-Possession Mediumship of Jane Roberts, paper by Paul Cunningham Follow us on social: Facebook Twitter Bluesky Other Podcasts by Derek DeWitt DIGITAL SIGNAGE DONE RIGHT - Winner of a Gold Quill Award, Gold MarCom Award, AVA Digital Award Gold, Silver Davey Award, and Communicator Award of Excellence, and on numerous top 10 podcast lists.  PRAGUE TIMES - A city is more than just a location - it's a kaleidoscope of history, places, people and trends. This podcast looks at Prague, in the center of Europe, from a number of perspectives, including what it is now, what is has been and where it's going. It's Prague THEN, Prague NOW, Prague LATER 

Hazy summer days from West Kerry to Beirut, and saluting the pioneering Yeats sisters, with Michael Hilliard Mulcahy, Eunan McKinney, Mae Leonard, Alexander McMaster, Angela Keogh, Mariam Tell and Vincent Woods

Almost anyone who grew up in Ireland will have encountered the poetry of WB Yeats at some point in their education. His brother, Jack B Yeats, was an acclaimed painter who took home Ireland's first ever Olympic medal, winning the silver for art in 1924.But, they weren't the only siblings in the Yeats family, nor were they the only Yeats children to be highly acclaimed.Lyndsey McDougall is a Singer with New Pagans and Art History lecturer at Ulster University. She joins to discuss.Image: Trinity College Dublin

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The phrase “if the center holds” has its conceptual roots in the broader cultural and literary assertion that social, political, or ideological cohesion can be sustained only so long as the core remains intact. This phrase is often considered a response to William Butler Yeats's famous lines from his poem “The Second Coming,” in which he prophesies that “the centre cannot hold,” implying an irreversible spiritual or cultural unraveling. The contradictory statement “if the center holds” presupposes that even in moments of uncertainty or crisis, there remains a stable pivot, a moral or structural nexus, that prevents total collapse. 

As long as there have been poets, they have been writing war elegies. In this episode, Mark and Seamus discuss responses to the American Civil War (Walt Whitman), both world wars (W.B. Yeats, Wilfred Owen, Rudyard Kipling, Keith Douglas) and the conflict in Northern Ireland (Michael Longley) to explore the way these very different poems share an ancient legacy. Spanning 160 years and energised by competing ideas of art and war, these soldiers, carers and civilians are united by a need that Mark and Seamus suggest is at the root of poetry, to memorialise the dead in words. Non-subscribers will only hear an extract from this episode. To listen to the full episode, and all our other Close Readings series, subscribe: Directly in Apple Podcasts: ⁠https://lrb.me/applecrld⁠ In other podcast apps: ⁠https://lrb.me/closereadingsld Poems discussed in this episode: Walt Whitman, ‘Vigil Strange I Kept on the Field One Night' ⁠https://⁠⁠w⁠⁠ww.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45478/vigil-strange-i-kept-on-the-field-one-night⁠ Wilfred Owen, ‘Futility' ⁠https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57283/futility-56d23aa2d4b57⁠ Keith Douglas, ‘Vergissmeinnicht' ⁠https://warpoets.org.uk/worldwar2/poem/vergissmeinnicht/⁠ W.B. Yeats, ‘An Irish Airman foresees his Death' ⁠https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57311/an-irish-airman-foresees-his-death⁠ Michael Longley, ‘The Ice-Cream Man' ⁠https://poetryarchive.org/poem/ice-cream-man/⁠ Rudyard Kipling, ‘Epitaphs of the War' ⁠https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57409/epitaphs-of-the-war⁠ Further reading in the LRB: Ian Hamilton on Keith Douglas's letters: ⁠http://lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v23/n03/ian-hamilton/tough-guy⁠ Jonathan Bate on war poetry: ⁠http://lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v06/n22/jonathan-bate/players-please⁠ Poems by Michael Longley published in the LRB: ⁠https://www.lrb.co.uk/contributors/michael-longley⁠ Next episode: Family elegies by William Wordsworth, Denise Riley, Anne Carson and Robert Lowell.

It was a DREAM to have the amazing Robert Moss as my special guest in this episode, where we dive deep into the world of dreams!  In this powerful episode of Soul Elevation, I sit down with world-renowned dream teacher and author Robert Moss for an extraordinary conversation about the hidden power of dreams, multidimensional travel, soul guidance, and healing through the dreamtime.

In this week's History in Focus, Alan Morrissey was joined by local historian and author, Colm Liddy to highlight a place in Clare which inspired Joyce, Yeats and Shaw. If you have any stories you would like to share with Colm about your town, you can contact him at colmliddy@eircom.net or Clare FM at focus@clare.fm.

Film Reviews - Review: Wendy Erskine's The Benefactors - Jack Butler Yeats; The Dreaming Road

Wes & Erin continue their discussion of Yeats's "Sailing to Byzantium," and whether creativity can help us transcend mortality, and how artists should conceive of their relationships to nature and posterity.

Nick Hennegan introduces a rare conversation with Irish writer and critic Ulick O'Connor on the worldwide influence of W.B. Yeats, live from Dublin's Mill Theatre www.BohemianBritain.com 

Francesco Baucia"Discipline occidentali" Leonard Schrader, Kengiro Azuma e un anno di KendoCastelvecchi Editorewww.castelvecchieditore.comIowa, anni Sessanta. Leonard Schrader, allievo della più ambita scuola di scrittura d'America, accetta un lavoro da insegnante in Giappone per evitare l'arruolamento per il Vietnam. Dall'altra parte dell'oceano progetta un film di yakuza che renderà lui e il geniale fratello Paul gli sceneggiatori più corteggiati di Hollywood. A Milano, negli stessi anni, Kengiro Azuma è un reduce dell'aeronautica giapponese che segue la propria strada di scultore tra le tradizioni del suo Paese, messo in ginocchio dalla guerra, e l'arte e la religione occidentali. Proprio a Milano, molti anni dopo, il narratore di questo libro prova a ricucire le crepe della propria anima attraverso l'arte marziale della spada, il kendo. Si immergerà in un'idea di Oriente tra il mistico e lo sportivo, insieme a un gruppo di compagni di cui fatica a sentirsi parte. «Evento significa cambiamento» recita un famoso manuale di sceneggiatura. Cosa sarebbero un film senza il cambiamento del suo protagonista o una vita che si ripete sempre uguale? Eppure, al cambiamento spesso si resiste… Tra romanzo, saggio e autobiografia, Discipline occidentali racconta tre percorsi di trasformazione individuale: dall'America al Giappone e all'Italia; e da qui verso un Oriente frutto di illusioni occidentali. Tre storie intrecciate con un montaggio cinematografico che affianca ai protagonisti le vicende e le idee di compagni di viaggio come Mishima, Parise, Yourcenar, Yeats, Tondelli. Francesco Baucia disegna i contorni di un labirinto in cui perdersi cercando la propria conversione, o la strada di casa.Francesco Baucia, sceneggiatore, è autore dei romanzi L'ultima analisi (Sedizioni, 2013) e La notte negli occhi (Lindau, 2020) e della raccolta di saggi Luci dall'abisso. Nel pensiero di Cormac McCarthy (con F. Bellini, Vita e Pensiero, 2024). Collabora con il supplemento culturale de «il manifesto».Francesco Baucia, Federico Fellini"Luci dall'abisso"Vita e PensieroAscolta qui la conversazionehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/libri/francesco-baucia-federico-bellini-luci-dallabisso/IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarewww.ilpostodelleparole.itDiventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.

For the first time in the history of Mark Mehigan's Weekly Roast, we've had to rush back into the studio and follow up with a new episode 24 hours later. This is part two of the William Smutler Yeats saga and something tells me it hasn't quite concluded just yet. Brace yourselves. START WITH PART ONE IF YOU HAVEN'T LISTENED ALREADY.

This week, another investigation has landed on the desk of Ireland's least likely detective duo. Mark and Mystery Mick are on a quest to find Ireland's most prolific yet unpublished erotic fiction author. Essentially, it's about a guy who writes chapters upon chapters of sexual verse and sends them to his matches on dating apps. On y va, let's go!If there are any local dramas or oddities that you'd like us to investigate in your town, drop Mark a DM on Instagram @mehiganmark

Yeats's poem “Sailing to Byzantium” begins and ends with the concept of reproduction. In the first stanza, this reproduction is natural and sexual, and in the final stanza is entirely a matter of artifice. The living songbird is transformed into both product and producer, with a form of singing that is gilded by a consciousness of its departure from nature. Where natural reproduction replenishes entities that are neverthless always in the process of dying, art—the speaker seems to hope—is potentially eternal. And yet the poem's final stanza also reminds us that art is ultimately for the living, and only as alive as its audience. Wes & Erin discuss Yeats's meditation on whether creativity can help us transcend mortality, and how artists should conceive of their relationships to nature and posterity.

 “We only believe in those thoughts which have been conceived not in the brain but in the whole body.” W.B. Yeats, Essays and Introductions Intuition is one of the most powerful faculties for gaining knowledge about the world. Along with reason, science, and imagination, it is one of the primary means by which we discover […] The post How to Cultivate Your Sixth Sense – The Power of Intuition first appeared on Academy of Ideas.

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

Le os coinn 100 bliana tá saothar nach beag déanta leis an Ghaeilge a chur chun cinn. Bunaíodh Gaelscoileanna, TG4, Raidió na Gaeltachta agus Roinn na Gaeltachta, gan trácht ar an iliomad rudaí eile ar an liosta mór fada. Ach go minic, déantar dearmad ar na mná a d'imir tionchar nach beag ar na gaiscí seo. Insíonn an leachtóir Katie Whelan dúinn faoi thionchar cheithre bhean cheannródaíocha a d'fhág a lorg féin ar shaol na Gaeilge. ­ Foclóir: Crann taca: Pillar or anchor ­ Soláthar: Provision ­ Seicteach: Sectarianist ­ Gaisce: Achievement ­ Lonnaíocht: Settlement ­ Acmhainní: Resources ­ Cumhacht aibhléise: Electricity ­ Iarmhairt: Consquence ­ Oiliúint: Training ­ An lorg a d'fhág siad: The mark they left ­ Ceardaíocht: Craftwork ­ Cuideachta: Company ­ Fostaíocht: EmploymentSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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"