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The Poetry Show: Hiram Larew -- Poems of Gratitude

 
 
Enlighten Radio Presents
 
Special Guest -- Hiram Larew
 
 
Hiram Larew shares poems of gratitude and wonder, and a delightful tiptoe across images and moments as if they were jeweled islands in a sea of stars.
Broadcast LIVE Wednesdays, 10 AM on https://player.enlightenradio.org
Hosts: Janet Harrison, John Case
This Episode Recorded July 10, 2024
 
The Irish Potato Famine occurred from 1845-1849.
Achill Sound
by Hiram Larew
When the roads curve like sound and dip as if lifting to bow Whenever all thoughts round or cluster or when hearts call down is Ireland And as rich when poor was or as wise as bare heads in snow seemed and as twigs so frail broke into song and as true as any blight or potato could be was Ireland So when sand laps the senses or salt drips the edges as dreams Whenever hope streams through such heavens and moss comes home or hearts beam down is Ireland.
 
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The Poetry Show: Poems with Questions

 
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Question: What Would Happen if This is the Answer?
 
 
Pablo Neruda, Rumi, Mary Oliver, Nancy Willard, Lawrence Raab get the READER directly involved in the Poem.
Broadcast LIVE Wednesdays, 10 AM on https://player.enlightenradio.org
Hosts: Janet Harrison, John Case
This Episode Recorded July 7, 2024
 
The Book of Questions, III Pablo Neruda
https://poets.org/poem/book-questions-iii
Tell me, is the rose naked or is that her only dress? Why do trees conceal the splendor of their roots? Who hears the regrets of the thieving automobile? Is there anything in the world sadder than a train standing in the rain?
 
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Enlighten Radio: The Storytelling Hour: July 8: New Elements

Winnes and Losers: The Solar Farm Flap, Pt 1

 
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Winnes and Losers: The Solar Farm Flap, Pt 1
Political Mud-fight Over Development while the whole Republic Burns Down?
While they weren't looking, debating other matters, this happened:
 
 
 
(The photo is from Haiti, so its cheating a bit, but does not overstate the seriousness of what is going on). 
 
Broadcasts LIVE Fridays, 7ish AM
Hosts: Karen Valentine, John Case
Economic Development. What are the right answers weighing jobs, environment, taxation? Another Jefferson County Flap over development that, in the absence of any comprehensive plan, will likely be settled by simple market forces. Will anyone pay attention to details with national politics so agitated and divided?
This Episode Recorded July 5, 2024 at the Red Caboose Studio, Harpers Ferry, WV
 
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Enlighten Radio: The Storytelling Hour: July 1: Independence Day

Winners and Losers: Time to Sober Up, Folks.

 
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Winners and Losers: Say It Aint So, Joe
Time to Sober Up, Folks.
If Jaime Dimon steps in, we can stop debating whether finance capital zillionaires are running the country.
 
 
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Hosts: Karen Valentine, John Case
Karen and John mourn the Biden Trump debate. Could be the end for Biden. Whoever pushed him over the edge may be guilty of elder abuse.
This Episode Recorded June 28, 2024 at the Red Caboose Studio, Harpers Ferry, WV
 
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The Poetry Show: Belief

 
 
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What Does It Mean 'To Believe'?
 
 
Themes of "belief" are the mosaic of poems displayed this week: from Bob Kaufman, William Blake, DH Lawrence, Mark Gibbons and Rainer Maria Rilke.
Broadcast LIVE Wednesdays, 10 AM on https://player.enlightenradio.org
Hosts: Janet Harrison, John Case
This Episode Recorded June 26, 2024
I Believe I Remember Love
by Mark Gibbons
My mother was transforming another tough pot roast into meat loaf, grinding up chunks of gristly beef, bovine scraps she’d boned off a shoulder blade. As she bore down on the stiff crank handle & fed the iron gullet of the meat grinder, the auger hole, I stood beside her, a shadow, not yet two, held onto the counter & cutting board, listened to the squish & roar of meat pushing through spaghetti sized holes. I was mesmerized by those oozing red hamburger strings. In a flash I reached up & plugged a hole with my finger to stop the flow, didn’t know about the slashing, windmilling knives turning industriously, cleaving all meat. My mother & I screamed, cried hysterically, held hands & a dish towel full of blood while my dad drove the thirty miles of curvy road, a two lane along the river, cussing, full throttle. They hustled me through the lobby of the clinic, brick & glass. I saw wheel chairs, white gowns running about, watched an overhead light fade. Finally, at home I remember sitting on the floor in overalls, a lemon sucker in one hand & plaster cast on the other, people laughing, smiling at me: the fabled "Little Dutch Boy" who survived the flood. I was the talk of the neighborhood, the focus of the family. My first memory, that trauma, was perfect drama. An audience brings us joy. Our greatest happiness is the belief we are loved. It’s what we live for, what we desire most. We learn to tolerate any pain, risk blood or breath, anything, if we believe we are loved, right now, forever.
 
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Labor Beat Radio: Teamsters Take on Amazon, and Headline RNC

 
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Labor Beat Radio: Teamsters Take on Amazon, and Headline RNC
Trump Woos Teamsters
 
 
Broadcasts LIVE, Tuesdays, 10 AM Eastern
Hosts: John Case, JB Christensen, Scott Marshall
Description: The Teamster merger with the Amazon Labor Union, its invite to headline the Republican National Convention, The Mercedes Co foregoes raises promised if union defeated.
This Episode Recorded June 25, 2024 at the Red Caboose Studio, Harpers Ferry, WV
 
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