Marilyn Nelson on Her Beautiful and Powerful Poetry

The One You Feed

Eric Zimmer

Education, Self-improvement, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness, Buddhism, Mental Health

4.6 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Marilyn Nelson is an American poet, translator, and children’s book author. She is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Connecticut and the former poet laureate of Connecticut.

In this episode, Eric and Marilyn discuss several of her poems and the inspiration and meaning behind them

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Marilyn Nelson and I Discuss her Beautiful and Powerful Poetry and…

Her book, How I Discovered Poetry
“Mississippi” poem
Her book, A Wreath for Emmett Till
Her use of the unique poetry form of heroic crown of sonnets
“Rosemary for Remembrance” poem
“Let Me Gather Spring Flowers for a Wreath” poem
“Like His Gouged Eye” poem
How poetry comes out of silence and leads us back to silence
A life well lived includes the gifts of silence, contemplation, and self knowledge
How we need to make an effort to find silence in a noisy world
Her book, Carver
“Professor Carver’s Bible Class” poem
Her book, Snook Alone, the story of a dog

Marilyn Nelson Links:

Marilyn’s Website

Facebook

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0:00.0	In case you're just recently joining us or however long you've been a listener of the show,
0:04.1	you may not realize that we have years of incredible episodes in our archive.
0:09.0	We've had so many wonderful guests that we decided to hand pick one of our favorites that
0:13.2	may be new to you, but if not, it's definitely worth another lesson. We hope you'll enjoy this episode
0:18.9	with Marilyn Nelson. Our lives are so filled up with noise now. We have to take real effort to
0:28.5	find a place that's quiet.
0:38.5	Welcome to the one you feed. Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of
0:43.6	the thoughts we have, quotes like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think, ring true,
0:50.7	and yet for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us. We tend toward negativity,
0:56.7	self-pity, jealousy, or fear. We see what we don't have instead of what we do. We think things that
1:03.4	hold us back and dampen our spirit. But it's not just about thinking. Our actions matter. It takes
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