The Daily Spark

The Daily Spark. Episode 544. Lifting the Skirts. "In the 1955 film, The Seven Year Itch, a rush of underground air from a city subway grate blows the dress of Marilyn Monroe up..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 543. The Face is the Icon of the Soul. "Wrote the Irish philosopher-poet John O'Donohue in Anam Cara, his lyrical book of Celtic wisdom. As I read this line..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. Anam Cara, the beautifully, lyrically, Irishly (& humanly, non-AI) voiced audio-book, 25th anniversary edition, is on Spotify. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 542. The Young Man with the Guitar in the Woods. "An uncased guitar, gilded with sun, he holds facing up in his cradling arms..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 541. On the Other Side of Tragedy. "Our depth of feeling in the face of it, in the teeth of it..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 540. In Barbault's Basket. "A stellar wickered one. That a Frenchman like André, Monsieur Barbault, might shop the Marchés..." Composed, imaged & voiced bby Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 539. What is the World's Gravity Asking of You? "What gravitational pull is calling you, tugging at you? What gravitas..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. Theme with a bow to writer & Orphan Wisdom School founder Stephen Jenkinson. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 538. What is Your Seed Truth? "The one your life has grown from..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 537. Feet in the Grass. "In the shade-cool Summer grass..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 536. Once in a Lifetime. "Will you pass this way..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 535. Memory of a Sea~Shaped Youth. "The ocean dazzles the eye today..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 534. Hawks & Butterflies. "High and low, circling and fluttering..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 533. Living in Bubbles, Silos, Castles or Cubicles. "Lend me your ears and awareness a little…Because as I move about these days, I notice a great many otherwise normal people thinly to thickly veiled..." Composed & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Vintage image: Naturalist William Beebe in his Bathysphere, Bermuda, 1934, via the Wildlife Conservation Society. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 532. Loincloth Weather. "Heavy, hot, thick and hazy high-Summer weather. Sumatran. Amazonian ..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 531. Among the Bones. "The storm arose suddenly, ominously. At nightfall. First in a wild blow..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 530. But You Need a Horse. "That's quite a hat you've got on. Quite a hat, the unknown Irishman exclaimed..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 529. Mangiare il Mare ~ Eating the Sea. "Suddenly I'm eating the sea. From a simple dish of ..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 528. Supplementare di Napoli. "For each bag, more lira. For lifting each bag, more lira..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 527. The Gifts of Silence. "The presence it allows. The fullness it offers..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 526. How to Multiply Your Joy. "After being here a good while, and paying attention across all my Earth-schooling, I've learned ways to multiply it..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 525. You Have Wings. "Your hands are wings. Your hands. And your feet..." Composed & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Image: 1967 sculpture "The Human Butterflier" by Italian artist Mario Ceroli. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 524. On the Way to Belonging. “To feel as if you belong is one of the great triumphs of human existence..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke, Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 523. See a Penny. "See a penny, pick it up and all day long you'll have good luck, so the folk saying goes..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 522. They Took the Umlaut Out. "Of my family name. One day. 150 years ago. In a Castle Garden..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 522. They Took the Umlaut Out. "Of my family name. One day. 150 years ago. In a Castle Garden..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 521. Let's Put All the ~isms Aside. "The big ones. That the world is so focused on..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 520. What America Means. "To me. Not its governments, except perhaps the first, nobler few. Nor its myths and fables. But its meaningful intangibles..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 519. How Can We Apologize. "To another. Or might we. Maybe best very simply. Very humbly..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 518. I Walk with the Wood Thrush. "Summer now and newly here, each evening, toward dusk, I take myself out..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 517. The City of Hats ~ De Stad van Hoeden. "The straats and grachts are filled with hats: an Old World haberdashery..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 516. The House on the Lake. "Is surrounded by flowers. Clouds of Summer trees..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 515. Your Gains & Losses. "If we made these otherwise invisible parts of your life-accounting visible, we could examine and understand them..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 514. What Are You Cultivating. "What ideas, opportunities, relationships are you tilling, tending, irrigating?..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 513. Did You Know. "The date you both were born a French king was crowned..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 512. The Cigar Band. "The cigar band strikes up every Sunday, in the cedar-scented air..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 511. Over Het Blatteland ~ Over the Countryside. "A tiny red plane buzzes through colossal clouds..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 510. Make Magic. "Your own. With the gifts of who you are. Ready within..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 509. Looking for The Moon. "Going from room to room of the blue-moonlit house..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 508. Songs. "Songs of the morning. Of sunrise. Of waking..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 507. All Those Fathers. "All those men. Beyond my own, fleeting father..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 506. Paddling into Summer. "Paddling into Summer on a soft-flowing river..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 505. Be with the Wind. "With its ocean-like rushes..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 504. Calling All Kite Flyers. "Flyers of Greek paper eagles, German dragons, French flying stags, Spanish comets, cometas; Mandarin Chinese wind-zithers..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 503. Entering the Hidden Galaxy. "Of all the galaxies beyond our own. That we wonder about. Ones beyond our sight. Beyond our reach. There’s a hidden one we can peer into..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 502. Tipping a Hat Your Way. "As a longtime wearer, collector, observer of hats; an amateur hatologist, I felt it was high time to tip another hat and hand to them, to the love of them..." Composed & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. Image: portrait of King Camp Gillette, inventor of the Gillette razor, vintage photograph circa 1907. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 501. Earth's Night Light. "Earth's night-light switches itself on. At just the right moment..." Composed & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Image: Lovers Under the Moon, 1913 illustration by Margaret C. Cook for Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 500. What Flag Are You Flying? "A friendly flag? A flag of convenience? A Jolly Roger?..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 499. Terra Santa. "This Illuminated Place. This Dwelling Place..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell.. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 498. What Kind of Tourist Are You? "A sun, sea & sand tourist? Sunblock, snorkels, cervezas and margaritas. A cultural tourist (whether cultured or not). A culinary tourist. Open your mouth and..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 497. The Wayfarer. "One in a state of not occasional but perpetual motion..." Composed in the open air, imaged and voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. Digital book link: The Wanderer, an Oracle of Landscapes, by Tim Girvin. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe

The Daily Spark. Episode 496. Come, Sit by the Lily Pond. "Come and sit, here, by the lily pond. Compose your self..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thepoetisphere.substack.com/subscribe