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Fleur Adcock

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Liz Lochhead

Mary Oliver

Anthony Bourdain

Emily Dickinson

Seamus Heaney

Jane Duncan Rogers

James Joyce

Max Richter

Walt Whitman

Mary Gaitskill

Vladimir Nabokov

Kate Kennedy

Matt Black

Louis de Bernières

Clare Balding

OwlTail

The Telephone Call By Fleur Adcock

Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is 60 Seconds, your daily dose of hope, imagination, wisdom, stories, practical tips, and general riffing on this and that.Here, in my home on Whidbey Island I believe I know well what prompted Fleur Adcock to write the poem, Weathering.Weathering   Literally thin-skinned, I suppose, my face   catches the wind off the snow-line and flushes   with a flush that will never wholly settle. Well:   that was a metropolitan vanity,   wanting to look young for ever, to pass.    I was never a pre-Raphaelite beauty   nor anything but pretty enough to satisfy   men who needed to be seen with passable women.   But now that I am in love with a place   which doesn’t care how I look, or if I’m happy,    happy is how I look, and that’s all.   My hair will turn grey in any case,   my nails chip and flake, my waist thicken,   and the years work all their usual changes.   If my face is to be weather-beaten as well    that’s little enough lost, a fair bargain   for a year among lakes and fells, when simply   to look out of my window at the high pass   makes me indifferent to mirrors and to what   my soul may wear over its new complexion." [Fleur Adcock] This is the place to thrive together. Come for the stories - stay for the magic.  Speaking of magic, I hope you’ll subscribe, follow, share a nice shout out on your social media or podcast channel of choice, and join us next time! You’re invited to stop by the website and subscribe to stay current with Diane, her journeys, her guests, as well as creativity, imagination, walking, stories, camaraderie, and so much more: Quarter Moon Story ArtsProduction Team: Quarter Moon Story ArtsMusic: Mer’s Waltz from Crossing the Waters by Steve Schuch &amp; Night Heron MusicAll content and image © 2019 - Present: for credit &amp; attribution Quarter Moon Story Arts

Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is 60 Seconds, your daily dose of hope, imagination, wisdom, stories, practical tips, and general riffing on this and that.Here, in my home on Whidbey Island I believe I know well what prompted <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/fleur-adcock" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fleur Adcock</a> to write the poem, Weathering.Weathering   Literally thin-skinned, I suppose, my face   catches the wind off the snow-line and flushes   with a flush that will never wholly settle. Well:   that was a metropolitan vanity,   wanting to look young for ever, to pass.    I was never a pre-Raphaelite beauty   nor anything but pretty enough to satisfy   men who needed to be seen with passable women.   But now that I am in love with a place   which doesn’t care how I look, or if I’m happy,    happy is how I look, and that’s all.   My hair will turn grey in any case,   my nails chip and flake, my waist thicken,   and the years work all their usual changes.   If my face is to be weather-beaten as well    that’s little enough lost, a fair bargain   for a year among lakes and fells, when simply   to look out of my window at the high pass   makes me indifferent to mirrors and to what   my soul may wear over its new complexion." [Fleur Adcock] This is the place to thrive together. Come for the stories - stay for the magic.  Speaking of magic, I hope you’ll subscribe, follow, share a nice shout out on your social media or podcast channel of choice, and join us next time! You’re invited to stop by the website and subscribe to stay current with Diane, her journeys, her guests, as well as creativity, imagination, walking, stories, camaraderie, and so much more: <a href="https://www.quartermoonstoryarts.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quarter Moon Story Arts</a>Production Team: <a href="https://www.quartermoonstoryarts.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quarter Moon Story Arts</a>Music: Mer’s Waltz from Crossing the Waters by Steve Schuch &amp; <a href="https://www.nightheron.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Night Heron Music</a>All content and image © 2019 - Present: for credit &amp; attribution <a href="https://www.quartermoonstoryarts.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quarter Moon Story Arts</a>

60 Seconds for Wednesdays on Whidbey: Weathering by Fleur Adcock.

Helen Heath

Pip Adam

The poem 'Gas' by Fleur Adcock and Helen Heath's Are Friends Electric? are the subject of today's discussion about reading and writing with Pip Adam.

The poem 'Gas' by Fleur Adcock and Helen Heath's Are Friends Electric? are the subject of today's discussion about reading and writing with Pip Adam.

Ep 58 Helen Heath talks to Pip Adam about 'Gas' by Fleur Adcock and 'Are Friends Electric?' by Helen Heath

Rob’s guest this week is the poet, Fleur Adcock.