Poetry Between Friends

Derralyn Rennix - Home

**Full show notes and poems on Substack [poetrybetweenfriends.substack.com]** ~ What happens when home is both wound and origin — gravesite and garden, the place we leave and the place that won't leave us? Rachel exchanges poems with Derralyn Rennix — poet, veterinarian, Buddhist chaplain, hospice bereavement volunteer, and NVC facilitator — about childhood homes, ancestral memory, mourning, healing, and the alchemy of transformation. Through Rachel’s “Divine Boot Camp” and Derralyn’s “Controlled Burn,” they explore how poetry can help us witness what was lost, bless what remains, and turn ashes into fertile ground. ~ Hosted and Produced by Rachel Schroeder Music by Andrew Veivers Cover art by Mathayu Warren Lane Sound Engineering by Revision Sound Recorded in New York City on unceded Lenape land and in Otisfield, Maine on unceded Wabanaki land Engineered in Lewisville, Texas on Jumanos and Kickapoo land

Mathayu Warren Lane — Wonder

**Full show notes and poems at poetrybetweenfriends.substack.com [poetrybetweenfriends.substack.com]** What happens when the ordinary world begins to shimmer — when a chicken, a droplet, a toothbrush, or a passing moment becomes a doorway into wonder? In the series premiere, Rachel Schroeder reunites with her dear friend Mathayu Warren Lane — poet, painter, screenwriter, grocer, and fellow high school theater kid — to exchange poems about hatching, becoming, delight, and the sacred hidden inside ordinary life. Through Rachel’s “Hatching Day, The Chicken Does Not Ask” and Mathayu’s “Be, Come, Droplets,” a warm and playful conversation unfolds about friendship, artistic process, presence, and what it means to become. ~ Hosted and Produced by Rachel Schroeder Music by Andrew Veivers. Cover Art by Mathayu Warren Lane. Sound Engineering by Revision Sound. Recorded on unceded Mohican land. Engineered in Lewisville,TX on Jumanos and Kickapoo land.

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Before each episode, I send an original poem to someone I love. They write one in conversation with mine. During the episode, we read each other's work aloud — then follow the poems wherever they lead. Whether you've been writing in secret for years, yearn to write, or writing is your life's work, you are very welcome here. Hosted by Rachel Schroeder, a New York–based playwright, poet, lyricist, and educator.