Episode 24: Poetry in our lives

What part does poetry play in your life?

In this #earthconversepodcast episode, Penelope explores poetry as an expression of our connection with ourselves, each other and the world.  Linking with previous episodes and contributors, she touches on poetry and nature, poetry and leadership, poetry and organizational life, and poetry as citizens of the earth.

A mere drop in the vast ocean, but an invitation for you to reflect on your favourite poets and poems, what poetry naturally means to you, and the role it particularly plays in your consciousness, being and evolution.  (20 mins)

EPISODE EXTRAS:

Go to https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/ for links to Mary Oliver, Pablo Neruda, Derek Walcott, Maya Angelou..

Mary Oliver: https://maryoliver.beacon.org/aboutmary/index.html

Karlo Mila, Mana https://www.read-nz.org/writer/mila-karlo/

David Whyte, The Heart Aroused https://www.davidwhyte.com/the-heart-aroused

Krista Tippett/Onbeing interview with Jericho Brown, Small Truths and Other Surprises; https://onbeing.org/programs/jericho-brown-small-truths-and-other-surprises/

Joyce Onoromhenre Agofure, (2016) Modern Nigerian Poetry and the Environment: An Ecocritical Study of Selected Poems of Tanure Ojaide, Niyi Osundare and Nnimmo Bassey http://kubanni.abu.edu.ng/jspui/bitstream/123456789/9099/1/MODERN%20NIGERIAN%20POETRY%20AND%20THE%20ENVIRONMENT%20AN%20ECOCRITICAL%20STUDY%20OF%20SELECTED%20POEMS%20OF%20TANURE%20OJAIDE%2C%20NIYI%20OSUNDARE%20AND%20NNIMMO%20BASSEY.pdf

Nnimmo Bassey: https://nnimmobassey.net/about/

Bill Plotkin, https://animas.org/books/soulcraft/  who quotes Dolores LaChapelle https://www.lachapellelegacy.org/Dolores.html

Penelope Mavor, Unlikely Conversations https://www.holstee.com/blogs/mindful-matter/unlikely-conversations

Drawn from Poetry and Progress: posting on the Earth Converse leadership blog https://earthconverse.com/poetry-and-progress/

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Hi, I am Penelope Mavor,  podcast host and founder of Earth Converse a nature-based leadership collaborative helping leaders have the conversations they need to: with themselves, each other and the earth.  Please get in touch for executive coaching and leadership development programmes.

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