Badger Clark's guest appearances

Badger Clark

The Potluck Society

The Troubadour Podcast

Poetry in Medicine

Dudley Randall

Robert Frost

Frederick Douglass

Timothy Sandefur

Walt Whitman

Jericho Brown

Halelly Azulay

Ray Bradbury

Mary Oliver

William Blake

John Keats

John Donne

William Cowper

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

OwlTail

Charles Badger

Today we feature, "The Medicine Man."  Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com.  "In whatever you do, read a poem."

Today we feature, "The Medicine Man."  <br><br>Please send your submissions to be featured on the podcast to poetryinmedicine@gmail.com.  <br><br>"In whatever you do, read a poem."

The Medicine Man by Charles Badger Clark

"The Westerner" by Badger Clark doesn't seem at first very spiritual, but upon consideration like many poems about building your own world the poem rests on many spiritual ideas.Ayn Rand once said in a TV Interview she did that she is not afraid of death because "it is not I who will die, but the world that will end."This I think has a lot to do with her unique form of philosophy. In her younger years she was enamored with Nietzsche and his idea that God is Dead. @jordanbpeterson has been reviving this idea, but with a unique view on what Nietzsche might have meant.Today we will explore this poem The Westerner as well as some of the ideas inherent in an individualistic atheist who "builds as they only dreamed."

Ayn Rand's Favorite Poem: The Westerner by Badger Clark

To celebrate the launch of the Potluck Society and the return of the sun to the prairie skies, we wanted to give you just a little bit extra this week. In this brief bonus episode, we introduce you to South Dakota's first Poet Laureate, Badger Clark. Though celebrated in his home state, he was virtually unknown beyond its borders. In fact, his most well-known poem, A Cowboy's Prayer , was often published under the byline, "Author Unknown." We hope you'll enjoy Hugh's sincere attempt at reading a couple of his favorite poems from Badger's collection, Sun and Saddle Leather. Thanks again, and see you soon!

PS001+: The Potluck Society: Meet Badger Clark