{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Stephen Stern - On Poetry Infusing Life Lessons","description":"This week on I Offer Poetry Elizabeth interviews her high school Honors Organic Chemistry Teacher, Mr. Stephen Stern. You read that correctly; Elizabeth took an honors level science class. It obviously didn\u2019t pan out for her, but she still adores Mr. Stern and was thrilled to discuss all things creative in this episode.   Stephen Stern was born and raised in California and moved to Elizabeth\u2019s hometown of Columbus, OH in 1993 while his wife attended veterinary school at The Ohio State University. He and his wife ended up making Columbus their home; they have been married for 29 years, have two children together, and Mr. Stern continues to teach high school in the suburbs just outside of OSU campus.   In their catch-up Mr. Stern and Elizabeth discuss the strong ties to art passed down through family members, what it means to grow up and experience loss, and how excellent Mr. Stern is at encouraging his students, no matter their interest level in science.   This episode honors those we\u2019ve lost and gives Elizabeth the chance to say thank you to a teacher that helped her make it through grieving her father. It is a very special episode and we hope you\u2019ll find a lot of inspiration in the words of Kipling and the discussion surrounding his poetry.   \u201cIt could be from triumphs or losses, but sometimes you just go forward because that's life. And that's what my parents taught me. And maybe the poem taught me a little bit about that; there's good, there's bad, there's things that go along the way. You\u2019ve got to meet them the same way. And I'm not always even keeled, I can't say that I\u2019m like this poem all the time, but at least there's something there that I saw growing up that helped get me back to a centerline when I need to be.\u201d -Stephen Stern   Timestamps:  00:00:24 Guest Introduction 00:05:12 Poem Reading (Stephen) 00:07:28 Author Info 00:09:02 Stephen\u2019s Relationship to the Poem 00:19:21 Pause \/ Poem Reading (Elizabeth) 00:25:27 Reflection & Offering   Poem & Links: If by Rudyard Kipling (\u00a9 1910)   I.O.P. Lexicon: Knave: (noun) a dishonest or unscrupulous man. Sinew: (noun) a piece of tough fibrous tissue uniting muscle to bone or bone to bone OR the parts of a structure, system, or thing that give it strength or bind it together.   Where to find our host Elizabeth: @ellsonelizabeth    |   Twitter   Where to find us: @iofferpoetry   |   Instagram  @iofferpoetry   |  Twitter iofferpoetry@gmail.com   |   iofferpoetry.com    Produced & Edited by John Campione: Campiaudio.com   |   @campiaudio campiaudio@gmail.com   Music @zacharymanno | Art @sammycampioneart ","author_name":"I Offer Poetry","author_url":"https:\/\/www.iofferpoetry.com\/","html":"