‘Poetry Unbound’ Returns, With Wisdom For Living Now

<p>Poetry rises up in human societies in times of crisis when official words fail us and we lose sight of how to find our way back to one another; how to hear each other’s voices. This week we offer a preview of the next season of our <a href="https://onbeing.org/series/poetry-unbound/"><i>Poetry Unbound</i></a> podcast, which returns on Monday, Sept. 28. Each episode takes a single poem as its center, with host <a href="https://onbeing.org/author/padraig-o-tuama/">Pádraig Ó Tuama</a> reading the poem and meditating on it. In this hour, we dwell with six poems that accompany the struggle, strangeness, and possibilities of being alive in this time. </p><p>Subscribe to <i>Poetry Unbound </i>on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/poetry-unbound/id1492928827">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/5gS9llUxTSORzMZtbDK4xh?si=o18f-0rEQXiptF-4LfhPUw">Spotify</a>, <a href="https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9wOUpSZ0RFRw%3D%3D">Google Podcasts</a>, <a href="https://overcast.fm/itunes1492928827/poetry-unbound">Overcast</a>, or wherever you listen.</p><p>Find the transcript for this show at <a href="https://onbeing.org/programs/poetry-unbound-returns-with-wisdom-for-living-now/#transcript">onbeing.org</a>.</p><p>Pádraig Ó Tuama is the staff poet and theologian at The On Being Project and hosts the <a href="https://onbeing.org/series/poetry-unbound/"><i>Poetry Unbound</i></a> podcast. He was formerly a leader of the Corrymeela community in Northern Ireland. His books include <a href="https://bookshop.org/books/daily-prayer-with-the-corrymeela-community/9781848258686">Daily Prayer with the Corrymeela Community</a>, <a href="https://bookshop.org/books/sorry-for-your-troubles/9781848254626">Sorry for Your Troubles</a>, and a poetic memoir, <a href="https://bookshop.org/books/in-the-shelter-finding-a-home-in-the-world/9781506470528">In the Shelter: Finding a Home in the World</a>.</p>