No Way Out but Through Podcast
1) After Long Winter
After long winter, giving each other nothing, we collide with blossoms in our hands. by ChiyoChiyo (1703-1775) was a Japanese poet of the Edo period, a Buddhist nun, and widely regarded as one of th...Show More
2) 5. The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters
The Playlist:Thanks Gratefulness puts the pedal to the metal and crashes into the void in W.S. Merwin's poem Thanks.Once Once I was in love with my future. It was lit like a Japanese city. My ...Show More
3) Kindness
Kindness is the second single from my upcoming podcast episode, The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters, and an amazing poem by Naomi Shihab Nye. The Transcript can be found here
4) Once
Once is the first single from my podcast episode, The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters. OnceOnce I was in love with my future. It was lit like a Japanese city. My life was charmed.I got into fistfigh...Show More
5) October 20th
Excerpted from Separation EnergyIt is also included in my upcoming book, October.October 20thThe temperature has dropped, the constructs have vanished, and the woman the lab assistant’s been seeing...Show More
6) Sweet Darkness
This is excerpted from Episode 4: Separation EnergySweet Darknessby David WhyteWhen your eyes are tiredthe world is tired also.When your vision has gone,no part of the world can find you.Time to go in...Show More
7) When Death Comes
This is excerpted from Episode 4: Separation EnergyWhen Death ComesBy Mary OliverWhen death comeslike the hungry bear in autumn;when death comes and takes all the bright coins from his purseto buy me,...Show More
8) Lines to a Poet
Lines to a Poetby Josephine JacobsenBe careful what you say to us now.The street-lamp is smashed, the window is jagged,There is a man dead in his blood by the base of the fountain.If you speak,You can...Show More
9) I am Waiting
A performance of Lawrence Ferlinghetti's great poem I am Waiting—excerpted from episode 4: Separation Energy. Music and performance by Scott Taylor ©2020. Listen to the whole show here: Separati...Show More
10) 4. Separation Energy
Stories, poems, and monologues with music for that special sheltering-at-home time of your life.1. Messages (Taylor): A woman sends messengers into the afterworld 2. Sweet Darkness (David Whyte): Time...Show More