1 Minute with The Bald-Headed Poet
An Epicurean's dream: Feast your eyes on this! A poetry show that never existed, bringing you motivation and inspiration in minutes; this isn’t your average poetry experience! Meaty phrases, gritty sayings, impactful poems, insightful rhymes, meaningful paeans and provocative pieces that sound like rap lyrics. Lines that are worth gold: “Poetry is good for the soul,” plus stay tuned to hear a scripture verse. Coming to you every Friday to share a quick speech, don’t skip a beat, please spend one minute with me. Lend me your ear gate, and I promise to make you feel great, or else you can leave the scene. Grace and peace. xoxo
Episodes
187 episodes
Bear In There - Shel Silverstein
Bear In There by Shel SilversteinThere's a Polar BearIn our Frigidaire--He likes it 'cause it's cold in there.With his seat in the meatAnd his face in the fishAnd his big hairy pawsIn the buttery dish,H...
Psalm 82 - Earthly Judges Before the Great Judge, New International Version
Psalm 82A psalm of Asaph.1 God presides in the great assembly; he renders judgment among the “gods”:2 “How long will you defend the unjust and show partialit...
What I'm Celebrating and How You Can Be Part of This Milestone.
Step into the world of poetry and music and experience the delight of celebrating life, love, and happiness. As your host, I am thrilled to share with you heartwarming stories, meaningful insights, and delightful surprises that will make your d...
In Good Time... - Abimbola T. Alabi
In Good Time... By Abimbola T. AlabiLife can seem an endless maze,The twists and turns, lulls and delays,But things always fall into place...In good time. Friends will sometimes go away.Some may ...
Ecclesiastes 6 - The Futility of Life, New International Version
Ecclesiastes 6 The Futility of Life, New International Version6 I have seen another evil under the sun, and it weighs heavily on mankind: 2 God gives some people wealth, possessions and honor, so that they lack nothi...
Brown Girl Dreaming - Jacqueline Woodson
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson Who is this brown girl dreaming, my teacher wants to know.Staring out the window so.Head in hands and eyes – gone from here.Where are you, Dear?Come back to the cla...
The Equalizer (Poem for my Favorite Pop)
The EqualizerMy Dad and I talk most Sundays since I’m far away. He’s worried about me. I say, Dad, I’m all right, God keeps me safe. We talk about various subjects including men, well, not anymore since I’m divorced. My ...
Conundrum (on my birthday) (for Rico) - James Baldwin
Conundrum (on my birthday) (for Rico) by James BaldwinBetween holding on, and letting go, I wonder how you know the difference.It must be something like the difference between heaven and hell but how...
Artist in the Spotlight: Ivy Rozen reads her Poem - God, Save the Turtle
Bio:Ivy Rozen is an Asheville-based poet whose work has been published in Fine Art Globe, Chatham Life & Style Magazine, Education NC, Bottlecap Press and more. Previously the senior editor of Black Mountain Press, Ivy was sel...
Ecclesiastes 1 - Everything Is Meaningless, New Living Translation
Ecclesiastes 1 New Living Translation1 These are the words of the Teacher,[a] King David’s son, who ruled in Jerusal...
Ozymandias - Percy Bysshe Shelley
Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe ShelleyI met a traveller from an antique landWho said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stoneStand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown...
Flowers - W. H. Davies
Flowers by W. H. Davies What favourite flowers are mine, I cannot say -My fancy changes with the summer's day.Sometimes I think, agreeing with the Bees,That my best flowers are those tall apple trees,...
No Justice for Emmett Till – The Bald-Headed Poet
In 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till traveled to Money, Mississippi, to visit relatives. He was kidnapped, tortured, and murdered after reportedly whistling at a white woman. His mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, insisted on an open-casket funeral near th...
We Rode All the Way to Delhi - Ruskin Bond
We Rode All the Way to Delhi by Ruskin BondIn the Bicycle Age When I was a kidWe rode all the way to Delhi, Yes we did!Somi and Ranji and I ...It took us three daysAs we pressed ...
Ice and Fire - Edmund Spencer
Ice and Fire by Edmund Spencer My love is like to ice, and I to fire:How comes it then that this her cold so greatIs not dissolved through my so hot desire,But harder grows the more I her entreat?Or how comes...
Independent Dream - Dan Higgins (Fourth of July, Acrostic Poem)
Independent Dream by Dan HigginsIn the face of oppression, an idea was born Never again to tyranny, we’d be sworn Determined to create a place free of scorn Every Fourth of July, a new hope ...
Midnight - Louise Gluck
Midnight by Louise Gluck Speak to me, aching heart: what Ridiculous errand are you inventing for yourself Weeping in the dark garage With your sack of garbage: it is not your job To take ou...
Choices - Nikki Giovanni
Choices by Nikki GiovanniIf i can't do what i want to dothen my job is to not do what i don't want to doIt's not the same thingbut it's the best i can doIf i can't have what i want... thenmy job is to want w...
Juneteenth Message and Poetry Festival Announcement
Juneteenth is an annual observance on June 19 to remember when Union soldiers enforced the Emancipation Proclamation and freed all remaining slaves in Texas on June 19, 1865. This day is an opportunity for people to celebrate freedom and equal ...
Only a Dad - Edgar Albert Guest (Father's Day Poem)
Only a Dad by Edgar Albert Guest Only a dad, with a tired face, Coming home from the daily race, Bringing little of gold or fame, To show how well he has played the game, But glad in his he...
You Tell Me - Jewel (singer)
You Tell Me by JewelIt cannot be so you say simple hands cannot change the fate of humanity.I sayHumanity is a boundless, absorbing heart <...
You And Your Whole Race - Langston Hughes
You And Your Whole Race by Langston HughesYou and your whole race.Look down upon the town in which you liveAnd be ashamed.Look down upon white folksAnd upon yourselvesAnd be ashamedThat such supine poverty ...
Art - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Dive into the timeless words of Ralph Waldo Emerson as we explore his profound poem “Art”. In this episode, we unravel Emerson’s reflections on creativity, nature, and the human spirit, discovering how art connects us to beauty and mea...