The Two Boots Word Vault
Words from Minnesota's Timothy Young, poet, essayist, and social thinker.
Episodes
117 episodes
The Special Love Live Presentation Mother's Day May 8, 2008
On May 8, 2008 I was invited to speak to the United Christ Community in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. With the musical accompaniment of Yata Peinovich and Dalyce Elliott, I addressed the community about a special love for the divine feminine.&nb...
Perfect Harmony and Overhanging Boughs at The American School of Storytelling 5-15-26
On May 15, 2026 Dalyce Elliott Young and I performed music and poetry from our 2011 CD Perfect Harmony. This episode is the recording of two of the evening's pieces, Ibn Hazm's Overhanging Boughs, and Ibn El-Arabi's Perfect Harmony. Broth...
The Backside of Sorrow with Brothers Burn Mountain
On May 15, 2026 The Brothers Burn Mountain, Jesse and Ryan Dermody, joined my wife Dalyce and I for a music and poetry presentation at the American School of Storytelling in Minneapolis. Jesse played percussion and Ryan played guita...
Saints, Sinners, Scalawags and Sidewinders Poetry Scrum Round 3
On April 26, 2026 Dougie Padilla, Thomas R. Smith and I read poems for a Como Cottage Poetry Scrum. This is the third round of this non-competitive scrum. We had a great time, and heard each other read great poems, too.
A Frogtown Editorial December 4, 1986 United Way Cuts Funds
After five years working in Frogtown, and helping establish the Frogtown Community Association, I had to find other projects to work on. The United Way cut the FCA's share of funding for this impoverished neighborhood. Other funders followed th...
Saints, Sinners, Scalawags and Sidewinders Poetry Scrum Round 2
On April 26, 2026 Dougie Padilla, Thomas R. Smith and myself were featured for a Como Cottage Poetry Scrum. This is the second round of this non-competitive scrum. We had a great time, ribbing one another, too.
Poetry, Nanola, and Moral Intelligence
This essay was published in the first online issue of the magazine, Inroads, Creativity, Men, Soul on April 1, 2026. The original Inroads Magazine existed in the late 80s and the early 90s and was published by Anthony Signorelli with cont...
Saints, Sinners, Scalawags and Sidewinders Poetry Scrum Round 1
On April 26, 2026 Dougie Padilla, Thomas R. Smith and myself were featured for a Como Cottage Poetry Scrum. This is the first round for this non-competitive scrum. We had a great time, a phun time, as Dougie says.
The Vocation of Poetry and its Ten Labors
On April 11, 2026 I presented a version of my take on Robert Bly's "The Vocation of Poetry and its Ten Labors" to the Australian group, The Fifth Direction. I gave examples of how poets respond to the ten labors, and a few opinions on why poets...
Jesse Dermody, Scott Vetsch, and Timothy Young at Wussow's Concert Cafe
On March 26, 2026 Jesse Dermody, Scott Vetsch, and Timothy Young read poetry n their scrum format. It was Timothy's first time in 40 years reading in Duluth, Minnesota. This time at Wussow's Concert Cafe. It was a pleasure to be back in t...
Michael Moos, Donna Isaac, Maureen Skelly, Timothy Young @ Como Cottage Poetry Scrum February 22, 2026
A Como Cottage Poetry Scrum featuring Michael Moos, Donna Isaac, Maureen Skelly, Timothy Young.
Maureen Skelly reads at the Como Cottage Salon 2-22-26
Maureen Skelly joined poets Donna Isaac, MIchael Moos, and Timothy Young for a Como Cottage Salon Poetry Scrum on February 22, 2026.
Donna Isaac reads at the Como Cottage Salon 2-22-26
Donna Isaac joined poets Michael Moos, Maureen Skelly and me for the February 22, 2026 Como Cottage Salon Poetry Scrum.
Michael Moos reads at the Como Cottage Salon 2-22-26
Michael Moos joined Donna Isaac, Maureen Skelly and Timothy Young at the Como Cottage on February 22, 2026 for another Salon Poetry Scrum.
Como Cottage Poetry Scrum part 1 with Dalyce Elliott Young and Timothy Young
On February 22, 2026 a Como Cottage Salon Poetry Salon featured poets Michael Moos, Donna Isaac, Maureen Skelly, and Timothy Young with a musical introduction by violinist Dalyce Elliott Young. This podcast is part one of five recordings ...
Timothy Reads Jimmy Santiago Baca as a Moral Force
At the 2026 Minnesota Men's Winter Conference, Standing in Awe of the Thundering Ice, I gave a short explanation on why I believe that poets and poetry are a moral force. Then I read a Jimmy Santiago Baca poem as my example. And I honored...
Mississippi Ecstasy with St Olaf Jazz Orchestra and Dan Cavanagh
This episode is a live recording of the third movement of Dan Cavanagh's Mississippi Ecstasy. Dan, a 2001 graduate of St. Olaf's College, conducted all three movements with the St. Olaf Jazz Orchestra on May 3, 2013. He ...
Jim Dochniak and Timothy Young at Anthony's Bookshop 5-9-90
The is a special episode to begin season 3 of The Two Boots Word Vault Podcast. It is a recording of a reading I did on May 9,1990 with my friend and publisher, Jim Dochniak. Jim published my first broadside Men Don't Dance in America in 1983. ...
The Backwater Revue at the Mabel Tainter 5-31-08
Bryce Black, Yata Peinovich, and Timothy Young with Bruce Hecksel lead guitar, piano, and percussion, Julie Hecksel background vocals, and Dalyce Elliott violin. Recorded by Dallas Egger. Set list for this podcast: Mississippi River Chant, Grey...
Still Stalking the Fawn of My Desire, Poetry Scrum 11-9-25
On November 9, 2025 Como Cottage Salons hosted poets Thomas R. Smith, Scott Vetsch, Jesse Dermody and Timothy Young for a poetry scrum. Cris Anderson recorded the event and this podcast is the second half of the day. Thanks, Cris.
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Three Otherworldly Poems from Perfect Harmony
From our 2011 CD Perfect Harmony, three poems with musical accompaniment, one by Hafiz, two by Ibn Hazm
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Thomas R. Smith at the Como Cottage 11-9-25
Thomas R. Smith has been a poetry friend of mine since 1981. We've been reading together ever since. He joined Jesse Dermody, Scott Vetsch, and me for a Como Cottage Salon Poetry Scrum on November 9, 2025.
Jesse Dermody at Como Cottage 11-9-25
On November 9, 2025 The Como Cottage Salon Series hosted a poetry scrum with Jesse Dermody, Scott Vetsch, Thomas R. Smith and Timothy Young. Before the scrum, each read the poems of their choice for about 10 minutes. Here is Jesse's contributio...
