EPISODE · May 8, 2022 · 30 MIN
What Branches Above Us and Spreads Below
from Hummingbird · host Jessica Outram
What branches above us and spreads below: How two poets connect with the oak tree.Catherine shares the story behind her poem “Oak” from The Celery Forest and Jessica shares the story behind her poem “On Being a Tree” from The Thing with Feathers. We talk about the thin line between the living and dead, dreams, ancestors, mothers, air-dancing and what it is to be inside a song.
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