S6 E7: Sarah and Rebecca on Exploring the Depths of Poetry

Welcome to another episode of The Book Dialogue Podcast!

Poetry, with its rhythmic cadences and vivid imagery, speaks to the very essence of human experience. It captures our joys, sorrows, hopes, and dreams. When we read poetic words, we are moving beyond absorbing text. We are being energized by a melody of emotions, a symphony of thoughts that resonate deep within our souls.

Join us as we share two favorite poems and explore the layers of meaning that make poetry a captivating force in our lives. From the delicate whispers of nature to the loud echoes of our inner battles, poetry weaves the fabric of our shared human story. How easy it is to get lost in the beauty and depth that poetic words provide. In so doing, we find a little piece of ourselves along the way.

Sarah & Rebecca

A Grain of Sand

by Robert W Service

If starry space no limit knows

And sun succeeds to sun,

There is no reason to suppose

Our earth the only one.

‘Mid countless constellations cast

A million worlds may be,

With each a God to bless or blast

And steer to destiny.

Just think! A million gods or so

To guide each vital stream,

With over all to boss the show

A Deity supreme.

Such magnitudes oppress my mind;

From cosmic space it swings;

So ultimately glad to find

Relief in little things.

For look! Within my hollow hand,

While round the earth careens,

I hold a single grain of sand

And wonder what it means.

Ah! If I had the eyes to see,

And brain to understand,

I think Life’s mystery might be

Solved in this grain of sand.

April Song

by Sara Teasdale

Willow in your April gown

Delicate and gleaming,

Do you mind in years gone by

All my dreaming?

Spring was like a call to me

That I could not answer,

I was chained to loneliness,

I, the dancer.

Willow, twinkling in the sun,

Still your leaves and hear me,

I can answer spring at last,

Love is near me!

Music by Epidemic Sound

“In This Moment” by Gavin Luke

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/dzkDVIYmbC/

“We Live On” by Gavin Luke

https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/etnNrkEl7I/