Follow a Fish Poetry Conversations and Inspiration

2.8a Favorites Final

Sue shares a poem for her dad's eulogy, celebrating his life as a physicist, father and patriarch of the family. Here's the written poem [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1q7CeS6xMhOCT3MqfD9itI-LxYN4VbyU81jOPxC0gyFc/edit?usp=sharing] with a photo.

2.7b Funny Stuff: Hot Flash

A hilarious description and discussion of the wild ride of menopause sparked by Deborah's poem "Hot Flash". We remember what it was like, and how life is good on the other side. The show notes are here [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1f7jvJz7CNoSpzZ_CG1cQ6RkatK8r3-Xl0s1PJGPERrA/edit?usp=sharing], and the written poem is here.  [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QduLLuuVsj1yOLIOH7vj3R1I8-pkVYIeqdsM-w6RSLk/edit?usp=sharing]

2.7a Funny Stuff: Ant Fall

Exasperation with the welling chaos just beneath the surface of our orderly lives animate this pun-filled poem that encapsulates the annoyance of dealing with the persistence of ants. Persist-ants. Show notes are here [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1f7jvJz7CNoSpzZ_CG1cQ6RkatK8r3-Xl0s1PJGPERrA/edit?usp=sharing], and here is the written version of the poem [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1M51SeGpdyfB7HhEIBLvMfqZjhLiY4ayCgZe46TYhNcQ/edit?usp=sharing] by Sue

2.6a Narrative Poems: "Food Delivery" by Sue

A random prompt led from 'Food Delivery' to the loneliness caused by addiction to biased news and painkillers.  We talk about both crises in America and about the narrative poetic form. Show notes [https://docs.google.com/document/d/13ENMmRxu0kdXI_fQMv6AUQbCWuuytW57uY9BBOsw9Bw/edit?tab=t.0]with links are here. The print version of the poem [https://docs.google.com/document/d/19tcpudshTF1JtW628SECPPDVvyqbO0r5dhyEXUWa_EI/edit?tab=t.0] with art work is here.

2.6b Narrative Poem: "Cherry Blossoms" by Deborah

Deborah reads her Tanka Japanese form poem that starts off about one thing and turns to something much darker. A tiny and powerful heroic love story, based on a real story that you can read in our show notes [https://docs.google.com/document/d/13ENMmRxu0kdXI_fQMv6AUQbCWuuytW57uY9BBOsw9Bw/edit?usp=sharing], as well as the written version [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EVC8bhKoRm52iQGsMMqoUVYKO9iKA0CE/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=110444170842175093046&rtpof=true&sd=true] of her story and the prompt for today.