{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Side B - On Poetry Giving Us Permission To Be Gentle","description":"In the final episode of Season One, I Offer Poetry explores Wild Geese by Mary Oliver.   Mary Oliver\u2019s work is greatly influenced by her upbringing in Ohio and her chosen home, New England, as well as the authors Walt Whitman and Henry David Thoreau. While the focus of this episode is Wild Geese, Elizabeth also mentions two other poems of Oliver\u2019s (The Summer Day and The Invitation) which she highly recommends to the audience for further reading.   A peaceful episode exploring answerless questions, admitting tough seasons often require post-it-note covered mirrors, and welcoming the invitation to stop feeling the need to constantly repent. This poem encapsulates what Elizabeth hopes we will all approach the New Year with; the desire and pursuit of letting the soft animal of your body love what it loves.   Timestamps:  00:01:13 Poem Reading (Elizabeth) 00:02:26 Author Info 00:06:02 Elizabeth\u2019s Relationship to the Poem 00:20:14 Pause \/ Poem Reading (Elizabeth) 00:22:36 Reflection & Gratitude   Poem & Links: Wild Geese by Mary Oliver (\u00a9 1986) Wild Geese Reading by Mary Oliver The Summer Day (Mary Oliver) Invitation (Mary Oliver)   I.O.P. Lexicon: Repent: (verb) feel or express sincere regret or remorse about one's wrongdoing or sin.   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":"