The Great Los Angeles Fires

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Use this poem to regain your center, agency, and way... even in these most difficult times!

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A Brief Meditation On These Dark Times 6:08

12 days ago6:08

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"Friends, we’re trying to understand, as one, as many, as Mother Earth. And it can be as daunting as catching smoke with our bare hands." –Dale Biron

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Asking Me To "Stand With The Dems" 10:18

19 days ago10:18

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Asking Me To "Stand With The Dems" You keep asking for more money, and for me to “stand with the Dems.” I’ll stand with the Dems when they actually take a stand for us all. I’ll stand with the Dems when they break a few rules, peacefully yes, creatively for sure, forcefully, of course, as when dealing with any bully. I’ll stand with the Dems when they clean up their own act, rejecting our billionaire-backed political system, a.k.a. the coin-operated, oligarch plan. I’ll stand with the Dems when they stand for something real. I’ll stand with the Dems when they stop focusing on how bad “they” are and start focusing on how good “we all” could be. Which reminds me, where’s the Dem Party’s version of a Project 2025 Plan? Repeat after me, “ecological sanity, healthcare for all, bribery out of politics, ERA finally done, democracy at work, fair taxes, zero tolerance for monopolies and oligarchs, fair pay for fair work, robust peace process, applied equality.” Also, remember that political election outcome you were so afraid of? Me too! Well, it’s happened, now what? Why not say and do things that are pro-human, and pro-earth? Why not say and do things that aren’t hedge-fund approved, or billionaire-purchased, nor focus-group-backed, or sanctioned by political consultants, and please, no more tiny, “moving the Titanic deck chairs” incremental steps that keep serving up all that milquetoast, “business as usual” disappointment. Listen Dems, you feel me? I’ll stand up tall with you, even give a little money, if you’ll just keep it real. I mean really real. –Dale Biron…

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We Are Helpless Mapmakers... 6:03

27 days ago6:03

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We are helpless mapmakers. We can’t stop drawing lines, creating meaning, and shaping stories to explain the world around us. It’s how we navigate life—through beliefs, assumptions, and the mental landscapes we construct. But if we combine this irresistible human trait with the deepest wisdom we have—the kind that recognizes our profound interconnectedness—then maybe, just maybe, we can chart a path toward survival, even flourishing. The most pressing question is: What kind of maps are we making? And where are they leading us?…

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When Life Overwhelms Us And We Need A Reset 6:51

27 days ago6:51

6:51

If we look inside ourselves, each of us has places in our lives of brokenness, sorrow, and grief. Places that have strung us out to dry... What then? That's when this week's poem comes in handy.

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What If Our Pricey Eggs Could Talk? 4:51

6 weeks ago4:51

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Can a humorous poem make serious points? Yes. Poems can help us make sense of the world. Poems can help us ask new, sometimes uncomfortable questions. A just right poem can help us write whole new ways of seeing and feeling the world, and what's going on in it...

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How To Be Less Fearful (to remind myself) 15:07

7 weeks ago15:07

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How To Be Less Fearful (to remind myself) "What if we, are the only Calvary that’s actually coming? What if the kindness we seek, we must bring ourselves...?" –Dale Biron

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The Aikido Of Poetry... Finding Sanity In The Chaos 5:54

8 weeks ago5:54

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Finding moments of sanity, refuge, and even joy, is more critical than ever. This week's special poem is a potent reminder of this...

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99% Of People Love This Poem 8:00

9 weeks ago8:00

8:00

Listen to one of the most popular poems, from one of the most popular poets in the last 100 years...

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The Great Gods of Permission 9:02

10 weeks ago9:02

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"There is no requirement to read, or hear, or write anything! But why not? If I were empowered by The Great Gods of Permission, I would provide you vast Amazon rivers of it. Baptize, forgive, and bless you with it. After all, language is your human super power, the only tool you can’t put down...." –Dale Biron…

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The Great Los Angeles Fires 9:24

11 weeks ago9:24

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Of all the things poems can do, one of them is to help us work with catastrophic loss, to grieve and make sense of the senseless...

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I've Never Had A Favorite Song! 7:43

12 weeks ago7:43

7:43

We would be shocked and eventually saddened to hear someone say this to us. Everyone has a favorite song, right? Of course, they do! But today, let's go beyond our favorite songs and ponder our favorite poems. I want us to be equally shocked if someone cannot name their favorite poem. It may actually become even more critical in our lives. Also, we'll feature a brilliant poem for we mortals, we who are confronting greater and greater levels of difficulty and vulnerability in this world. Who knows, maybe this featured poem will become one of your favorites?…

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Keeping It Real... With Poetry 9:45

13 weeks ago9:45

9:45

How can we weave more beauty and meaning into our lives in 2025, in the face of so many profound challenges and difficulties?

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A Beautiful Baffled Mind 2:26

14 weeks ago2:26

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Thanks so much to each of you who have been on this poetry-based journey during 2024. In case you're in need of a collection of essays that hitches up some amazing poems with those traits that are most needed by leaders, here it is. The book is a few years old, but the poems and leadership qualities featured are timeless. Stay tuned for 2025 and a whole new series of poetry enhanced podcasts... Find the Book here: (https://www.amazon.com/Poetry-Leader-Inside-You Mission/dp/1421837978)…

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This Beauty Inside The House of Injustice 14:56

15 weeks ago14:56