The Daily Spark

The Daily Spark. Episode 593. The Electric Udder. "Rivers of rich Dutch milk froth forth..." 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 592. De Taarten Kamer ~ The Tart Room. "Filled, floor-to-ceiling, with fresh-baked tarts..." 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 591. Half or Whole. "Why ever choose half. Whether half-truths, things half-said..." 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 590. There's More to Poetry. "More than meets the eye. Than meets the words on a page..." 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 589. What Separates the Men from the Monkeys? "What separates the businessmen from the monkey-business men? The champs from..." Composed & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Vintage image: 1930s Hollywood, photographer unknown. 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 588. Neblina ~ Mist. "Every morning before, a picture of perfection. Except this one..." 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 587. Are the Pages Flying Off Your Calendar? "Are you watching life rush by, and you daily with it?You’re not alone..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Coiin 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 586. They Often Come in Threes. "Sidewalk oracles, as Conscious Dreaming guide from Oz, from Down Under, Robert Moss calls them. Messages 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 585. Something Larger, Something Greater. "If or when you hear someone or something seek to lower or lessen or diminish you. Or you to shrink or depreciate yourself. Let go of all smallness..." 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 584. The Speaking World. "The recitations of the ocean's breaking waves. The hymns rising from the green hearts of forests..." 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 583. Blessings for Your Yearnings. "May the deep yearnings you have for your life, for your self, in this time, find their way to fruitfulness..." 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 582. All the Conditioning. "We condition the air. The soil. The water. Engineer the weather. Habituate our ways of living..." 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 581. Santa Fe. "The rainbows come in assorted colors here..." Composed & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Image: "Engelmann's Prickly Pear Cactus," early 20th century illustration by Mary Emily Eaton, from The Cactaceae. 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 580. Prelude to a Requiem. "A prelude, in Command Sergeant Major. For piano and oboe..." 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 579. In the Hole. "How many times a day do we hear, need to hear, endure, the now used-to-death expression..." 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 578. Come Forth. "Come forth this day in wild aliveness..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Colin Goedecke. 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 577. Smoke Signals. "Smoke signals from the southwest rise..." 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 576. How Are You at Home? "Feeling at home. Being at home..." 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 575. You Look Like a Prophet. "To me, now. Like an old Celtic mystic. A Cathbad or Pelagius. A shade of the Druidic..." 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 574. Organ Crawling. "Nothing to do with livers or kidneys or the like..." 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 573. Going Bananas. "That cultural staple. Phallic symbol. Slippery character..." Composed & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Image: vintage illustration, circa 1926, of Josephine Baker in Paris, in her Danse Sauvage, by French artist Paul Colin. 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 572. Caught Napping. "Even though so naturally human. Resting from the mid-day heat. Easing back after a big feast..." 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 571. The Solitude of the Shower. "In this white-tiled temple, all is pure, all is quiet..." 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 570. The Shoreline is My Lifeline. "The line that connects me wildly and viitally to Nature..." 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 569. A Filament. "Of the Universe..." 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 568. The House That Wim & Stiene Built. "A slow tug on the old shopkeeper’s bell and a hearty, Dutch doorknob takes your hand and leads you in..." 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 567. Let the Soda Jerks Speak. "In the 1930s and 40s, they were everywhere. Local and vocal icons..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Coli 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 567. Let the Soda Jerks Speak. "In the 1930s and 40s, they were everywhere. Local and vocal icons..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Coli 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 566. We Travel from Darkness into Light. "Sharing the journey. Traveling from the womb 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 565. Men & Women Who Matter. "Those of honor. In all things. Those of candor. With all people..." 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 564. The Best Job in the World. "Universally employed. And deployed. How lucky I am to be so..." 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 563. How Are Your Gaskets? Holding or blowing? In the manmade fire and brimstone, hell and high-water...that we're witnessing..." 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 562. Life on Foot. "Give me a life on foot. Without cars, trains, planes, buses, trams..." 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 561. The Most Beautiful. "What’s the most beautiful sight you’ve ever seen in your life? Maybe a face. A painting..." Composed & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. Image: "Isaac Newton's Cenotaph," 1785 illustration by French Neoclassical Architect Étienne-Louis Boullée. 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 560. Fog Pours In. "Fog pours in through the half-open windows..." 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 559. The Living Wisdom of Old Trees. "Their deep rootedness. Meditative stillness..." 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 558. Looking Out the Windows. "Of my life. As a poet. Windows on storied cities and soft-spoken towns,salt-aired coasts 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 557. Bachelors. "Yes, they're out there. And yes, they're outnumbered..." 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 556. For the Poemophobes Out There. "Are you intensely, overwhelmingly, or irrationally anxious or fearful about poems?..." 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 555. Do You Look Up? "At the sky. What do you see there? Or do you tend to look at it only slightly..." 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 554. Silence to Silence. "All poems flow in from silence..." 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 553. Chapel Pond. "There is a kind of holiness here: an enveloping stillness..." 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 552. Consumer or Contributor? "Taker or giver? Subtractive, extractive or additive?..." 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 551. Resting on the Chest. "Resting on the chest. Nestling in the breast. Of the infinitely secure..." 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 550. Far Too Fast. "Our food. Our eating. Our moving. Our listening..." 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 549. A Timpanic Drum of Thunder. "A swelling rumbling of timpanic Summer thunder..." 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 548. Things That Take Your Breath Away. "What are breathtaking ones you've experienced...." 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 547. When You're Ready. "For wisdom. Really ready. When your eyes are open..." 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 546. Cooking Your Experiences. "Personally, I prefer mine raw. Uncooked. Sashimi. Tartare. Crudo. But many people seem compelled to..." 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 545. A Full~Throttle Life. "Maybe you’re having one now. In your 30s, 40s or 50s and going full tilt, full on, flat out, full throttle..." 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