Happy Halloween! On the days of October 31 and November 1, we celebrate traditions that have come to us through the centuries. The ancients who commemorated the Celtic Festival of Samhain would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off ghosts, marking the end of the harvest season and beginning of winter or “darker-half” ofContinue reading “S2 E18: The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe”
Category Archives: Poetry in the Evening
S2 E:13 Seeking For Happiness By Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Humanity has long searched for the secret of happiness. We want to feel the warmth of happiness surround us and have sought after this desired state of being. In her poem, “Seeking for Happiness”, Ella Wheeler Wilcox gives her thoughts on how we can seek happiness. Please join me virtually on Burnaby Mountain, Simon FraserContinue reading “S2 E:13 Seeking For Happiness By Ella Wheeler Wilcox”
S2 E12: The Spring Has Many Silences by Laura Riding Jackson
I am on location on Burnaby Mountain, Simon Fraser University Campus. Spring will soon turn into summer. The Spring Has Many Silences by Laura Riding Jackson is a wonderful way to say thank you to a season that awakens the earth. Please join me in reciting “The Spring has Many Silences” The Spring Has ManyContinue reading “S2 E12: The Spring Has Many Silences by Laura Riding Jackson”
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