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The thirdactpoems's Podcast, 100 episodes.

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#106-Mother time, etalia,

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#105-Midwestern music, A boxful of puppies, The way

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104.1 Softness, Greenhouse wedding, The wayless way

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#103-Four more little poems, et al

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#102: Preludes 1,2,5,6 by Manuel Ponce

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#101-The emperor of ashes

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#100: Where will we hide?

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#99: Enough is enough, So many good people

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#98-December 26, 2025; I live in a country

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Interlude: Sherzino Mexicano by Manuel Ponce

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#97: Off their backs, Singing to the cows

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#96: Raking leaves, A dog and a ball

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#95-Shiny again, On days when I can think of nothing . . .

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Interlude: Naci en la cumbre (Guatemalan folk tune)

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#94: Summer evening, An airplane crash in ancient China

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#93: Up at dawn, Election year

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#92: Cary and Audrey

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interlude: Adagio by Tomaso Albinoni

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#91.1-The reddening dust, Bovine calligraphy

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#90.1-I sat down to write, A needle in the eye

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#89: Giving up giving up, The little house I am thinking of

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Interlude: Cantata 147, Finale, J.S. Bach, P. Stolyavitch Gtr.

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#88.1: Great Extinction #6

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#87: Spring!, On a warm day in February

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#86: After the storm, Grazing in the farmyard

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Interlude: Study in E Minor by F. Tarrega, arr. G. Sakellariou

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#85: Gripe

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#84: Three winter poems

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#83: My good friend died many years ago

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Interlude: Ton coeur

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#82-The head of a pin

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#81-Safe and sound

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#80: Blackberry dreams

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Interlude: Andantino (Germaine Tailleferre)

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#79: Bookish ant, Blackberry politics

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#78: Of nothing at all, Small talk

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#77: Looking through old books

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Interlude: Ballet (Michael Praetorius)

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#76: 200-year-old dog, Birds of low repute

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#75: After his funeral

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#74-Your name

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Interlude: Sarabande in B minor - Double

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#73: Drab January, No questions, High above a Douglas fir

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#72: At the marsh, Quails in the rain

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#71: Deep in the rubble, All will be well

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Interlude: Sarabande in B minor

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#70: Gaza mother and child, Kids galore

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#69: Decline

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#68: After weeks of cloudy skies; Masterpiece

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Interlude: La Valentina (No. 3 of ”Tres Canciones Populares Mexicanas”)

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#67: Merit badges, Eternity

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#66: Heat wave, Travel plans

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#65:1812

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Interlude: Vals Venezolano #3

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#64: Goodnight Earth

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#63: Yup, it’s spring; Beside themselves

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#62: The melodious silence of woods, The old elation

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Interlude: Campo

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#61: Edit, Corvid cleanliness

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#60: Falling down in 5 chapters

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#59: How lovely we are in the woods, The wild beauty within

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Interlude: Les Barricades Mysterieuses

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#58: January melancholia, Mope

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#57: A cold, gray day; My new Swiss Army knife

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#56: Crows with bad writing, The cup is fraught with coffee

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El Sueño de la Muñequita

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#55: So long, Oscar

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#54: Turtle pond, We do not identify flowers, Inversion

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#53: Inspiration; December 26, 2020

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#52: Large man, small dog; Unglued

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Interlude: Españoleta

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#51: The blackberries of August

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#50: Lucky stars, Friendly porch lights

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#49: Not to be confused with scribbling

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Interlude: Allemande

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#48: Frog music, Screech owls

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On a sweltering afternoon

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#47-Houses, an essay

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#46: And it’s spring, #2 pencil

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Interlude: Melancholy Galliard

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#45: The gorilla of what you must do, The shirt

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#44: Existential blues

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#43: Birthday poem

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Interlude: Theme from Sunflower

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#42: Witchy, Daddy longlegs

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#41: About me, Summer jobs

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#40: Another memorable performance, In touch

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#39 Ta-da!; Snow geese

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#38: Joint to joint, In the gloaming

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Interlude: Milonga

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#37: Reading Tu Fu, Tiny curator

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#36: Listen, A thought of great significance

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#35: Local hero, Mockingbird

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Interlude: Los Cuatro Generales

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#34: You may see me in a boulder, On a hot, bright February afternoon

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#33: Forgetting, Bedridden

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#32: The Dumpty kid

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Interlude: Pausa Para Meditacao

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#31: Dust, Grasshopper days

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#30: Jigsaw, Goodbye Ulaanbaatar