As you may know, April is National Poetry Month. Many poets and bloggers are writing and sharing a poem a day in celebration. I won’t be posting daily, but I am following these projects and joining in when I can. Today, I’ve created a Golden Shovel (Mary Lee Hahn’s project) with a line taken from a recent episode of Krista Tippett’s program, On Being. This is one of my favorite podcasts. Tippett interviews a wide range of theologians, scientists, philosophers, poets, among others to, as explained on their website, “pursue deep thinking and social courage, moral imagination and joy, to renew inner life, outer life, and life together.”
In “Cosmic Imagining, Civic Pondering,” Tippett facilitated a conversation between the creator and editor of Brain Pickings, Maria Papova, and Natalie Batalha, an astrophysicist at NASA’s Ames Research Center. Their rich and thought-provoking exchange was full of insights, and I found myself nodding in agreement over and over again. After poring over the transcript, I chose this line to create today’s poem:
“We share this tender planet.”
Maria Papova
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On Being is my favorite podcast. This is a great quote to use. I love your word choice of aria and eavesdrop.
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Just found on being recently. This is a beautiful golden shovel.
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Oh so lovely on many levels. I love hearing the peeper love songs in spring. Thank you for this amazing golden shovel.
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Catherine, your golden shovel is lovely. I always admire how your structure feels so organic–like it naturally evolved from your topic, rather than words being shoehorned into a certain shape. This is beautiful! Peeper song is one of my favorites, and I think your poetry often offers a song of praise to the planet.
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