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- Aug 16, 20248 min
Pausing to hear the wind
This is a short episode to finish the series. It starts with an opportunity for a beautiful pause and concludes by listening to the songs on the wind.Rick Rubin’s words from The Creative Act: A Way of Being – “The work reveals itself as you go.” – has been my companion text for how Be More Poet is evolving… And I am grateful to you for joining me here.BEAUTIFUL PAUSEA most beautiful pause, pregnant with possibility tethered to the eternal now and the stretchiness of time, in ripples of fresh stillness and the breath of life. From A most beautiful pauseSONGS ON THE WINDCarrying the song of the wind, not with words, but in breath open to aliveness, responsive to movement, and lifted in its presence. Will we join the flow in the rhythm of life, and find our voice in the songs that others long to hear? From Hearing songs on the windMy hope is that these words enable you to pause, see yourself and your world differently and discover more of the song – the story – that you are here to sing.Thanks for listeningSue Heatherington~ from a little valley in South West WalesLINKSSue Heatherington – personal website with daily poetic pauses, other words, and Be More Poet. You can also find me on LinkedIn and Twitter/XProduction partner – Steve Heatherington at Good Podcasting WorksMusic: Classical 1, by Jonny S (Mixkit.co Classical-1-708)This podcast is a Waterside Voices production.
- Aug 2, 202414 min
How the light comes in
A short meander through the phases of internal change in the company of ten poems and a few words from Leonard Cohen.Here are links to the blog posts where each of the poems appears (including beautiful photographs from the valley).PAUSEJust PausePause in This PlaceBeing QuietSEE DIFFERENTLYAngles of LightViewpointThe Gift of Seeing SlantRE-STORYThe SongComing to RestThe Long ArcDawningThanks for listeningSue Heatherington~ from a little valley in South West WalesLINKSSue Heatherington – personal website with daily poetic pauses, other words, and Be More Poet. You can also find me on LinkedIn and Twitter/XProduction partner – Steve Heatherington at Good Podcasting WorksMusic: Classical 1, by Jonny S (Mixkit.co Classical-1-708)This podcast is a Waterside Voices production.
- Jul 19, 20249 min
Pursuing our humanity
Time to pause and reflect on who we are and what we are becoming through the lens of a poem because seeing differently grows a new story.Tracing the emerging threads of humanity that were evident in the poetic pauses for peace in the last episode, I continued to muse and wrote a new poem:AM I READY TO BE HUMAN?Am I ready to be human, to embrace my multitudesand know that we are one,choosing to be fully presentbelonging to this time and place alone?Am I ready to enrolin the school of interdependency,letting go of my need to control,to get it right, or push emotions asidefor fear that they will undo me?Am I ready to be fully alive,paying attention to strong rootsthat nourish and sustain,and keep me supplein drought and storm?Am I ready to live this season,not deferring its entry or wishing it away,open to the curiosity of possibilities,the imagination of lifeand the courage of hope?Am I ready to be humanto play the part that only I can playwith humility, grace and joy,alongside you as we walk togetherin this messy and glorious world?Are we ready to be more human?You can find the original here: Are we ready to be human?Elizabeth Oldfield’s podcast is The Sacred, and her new book is Fully Alive: Tending to the Soul in Turbulent Times, Hodder & Stoughton, 2024Thanks for listeningSue Heatherington~ from a little valley in South West WalesLINKSSue Heatherington – personal website with daily poetic pauses, other words, and Be More Poet. You can also find me on LinkedIn and Twitter/XProduction partner – Steve Heatherington at Good Podcasting WorksMusic: Classical 1, by Jonny S (Mixkit.co Classical-1-708)This podcast is a Waterside Voices production.
- Jul 5, 202424 min
On choosing to Pause for Peace
Nine months ago, I was drawn to start offering a weekly Pause for Peace in the face of the mounting violence around the world. This episode explores the power of the poetic in standing in such a place, helping us see with different eyes and enlarging our humanity.Excerpt from Saved by a Poem: The Transformative Power of Words by Kim RosenA Midweek Pause for Peace:Join me in a pause for peaceA collective pause for peace – A Collective PauseJoining together in a midweek Pause for Peace – Seeding Beautiful WordsMidweek Pause for Peace – being a peace poetHolding space for a midweek Pause for Peace – When there are no wordsA midweek Pause for Peace – For PeaceA midweek Pause for Peace – a reminder that love wins – Real PeaceMidweek Pause for Peace in a relational space – The Whole PieceHolding Grief – a midweek Pause for Peace – Holding GriefStill Waiting – a midweek Pause for Peace – Still WaitingFinding Our Way Home – a midweek Pause for Peace – Finding Our Way HomeShifting perspective – a midweek Pause for Peace – Open HandsBeing Open – a midweek Pause for Peace – Being HumanYou can find all of the midweek Pause for Peace blog posts on my website using the Pause for Peace tag.And if these have inspired you to write your own #Pause4Peace poems, then I’d love to hear from you.Thanks for listeningSue Heatherington ~ from a little valley in South West WalesLINKSSue Heatherington – personal website with daily poetic pauses, other words, and Be More Poet. You can also find me on LinkedIn and Twitter/XProduction partner – Steve...
- Jun 21, 202411 min
The invitation of wild hope
Using a poem to explore wild hope and its outworking here in a little valley in South West Wales.WILD HOPEUntamed…Not packaged inlittle sachets you canbuy at the chemist,nor order onlinelike a quick fix formeaninglessness.Wild hope is free, and costs everything.Just watch the birds,they don’t have plan B.You can read the poem in its original form on my blog: The invitation of wild hopeThanks for listening.Sue Heatherington~ from a little valley in South West WalesSue Heatherington – personal website with daily poetic pauses, other words, and Be More Poet. You can also find me on LinkedIn and Twitter/XProduction partner – Steve Heatherington at Good Podcasting WorksMusic: Classical 1, by Jonny S (Mixkit.co Classical-1-708)This podcast is a Waterside Voices production.
- Jun 7, 202412 min
Becoming as a practice of life
Using two poems to explore ‘becoming’ as a practice that releases and sustains life.You can read the poems on my blog:UnfurlingThe warmth of becomingThe BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Arts captured behind-the-scenes for the creation of Antony Gormley’s Domain Field exhibition in 2003 on Google Arts & CultureThanks for listening.Sue Heatherington~ from a little valley in South West WalesSue Heatherington – personal website with daily poetic pauses, other words, and Be More Poet. You can also find me on LinkedIn and Twitter/XProduction partner – Steve Heatherington at Good Podcasting WorksMusic: Classical 1, by Jonny S (Mixkit.co Classical-1-708)This podcast is a Waterside Voices production.
- May 24, 202442 min
Being grounded in words and place - with Will Johnson
A wonderful conversation crossing miles and landscapes from the flat Fens of Eastern England to the valleys of Wales, yet finding a place of rest. Will shares his journey with poetry and three poems that mark milestones of his soul’s travels.Will’s three poems are:Swallowed by a vast skyThe darkness of memoryYour beautyThey can be found on his LinkTree page – The Will Johnson Journey - along with links to his work as a Courage Coach, Circle of Trust facilitator and his other writings.We also talked about David Whyte’s poem ‘Start Close In’, from his book Essentials, Many Rivers Press, 2020. And Gabrielle Roth’s 5Rhythms.Thanks for listening.Sue Heatherington~ from a little valley in South West WalesSue Heatherington – personal website with daily poetic pauses, other words, and Be More Poet. You can also find me on LinkedIn and Twitter/XProduction partner – Steve Heatherington at Good Podcasting WorksMusic: Classical 1, by Jonny S (Mixkit.co Classical-1-708)This podcast is a Waterside Voices production.
- May 10, 202412 min
Lingering with the intention of life
Is there a better word than slow? Exploring words and how they shape the world we see and the life we live using a short poem:INVITATION TO LINGERSlowing downenough to notice thelittle signs of grace,spacious enough tobecome attentive,water curiosity and delight in possibility,the unfolding of amore generous life.+ Sue HeatheringtonRead the poem on my blog: Lingering with the Intention of LifeThanks for listening.Sue Heatherington~ from a little valley in South West WalesSue Heatherington – personal website with daily poetic pauses, other words, and Be More Poet. You can also find me on LinkedIn and Twitter/XProduction partner – Steve Heatherington at Good Podcasting WorksMusic: Classical 1, by Jonny S (Mixkit.co Classical-1-708)This podcast is a Waterside Voices production.
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Pause. See differently. Re-story... Words are amazing, and they shape how we see ourselves and the world around us. In this fortnightly podcast, Sue and her occasional guests explore a different way of seeing through poetry and the poetic from a little valley in South West Wales.
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