A Poetic Picnic

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alice saga

today's poem is a treat:)!!!

you can watch me read the poem on youtube:

https://youtu.be/pt57548Ab94

by:
jan richardson

today's poem is by mary oliver, my all-time love in regards to the land of poetry. the one who inspired me to become a poet in my own right.

here is my reading on youtube: https://youtu.be/ykmYl1R-hvM

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best and with love,
alice saga

de oföddas kör av nelly sachs.

you can watch me read this poem on youtube:
here

as i promised here is this poem in english:

We unborn ones
Already yearning is beginning to shape us
The shores of blood open up to welcome us
We sink like dew into love
Still the shadows of time lie like queries
Over our secret.

You lovers,
Full of yearning
Hark, you who are failing with farewells,
We are those whose life is beginning in your eyes,
In your hands, who are searching in the blue air –
We are those bringing the scent of tomorrow’s dawn.
Already your breath draws us in,
Bears us down into your slumber
Into the dreams, the soil where we are planted,
Where our black nurse, the night,
Helps us grow
Until we are mirrored in your eyes
Until we speak into your ear.

Like butterflies
Caught by the captors
of your yearning –
Sold to the earth like birds’ voices –
We new-dawn-scented ones,
We are lights yet to come for your
Sorrow.

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swan as read by me

alice saga

today's poem is stunningly perfect.

"hymn to beauty" by charles baudelaire.

here are a couple of links that analyses this poem and mr. baudelaire himself:

encyclopedia.com
wild decadents

the poem is part of the book "fleurs du mal" (the flowers of evil) and there is a website in tribute to the book:) :
fleurs du mal

of course i had to share what i am currently practicing, so that is the start of this podcast.

and my adorable singing teacher i mention is:

malin andersson

today's reading is by may sarton and her poem: "now i become myself".

the podcast i am mentioning is : cultivating place

in today's episode i am gifting you 2 wonderful poems.

me from myself - to banish by emily dickinson
and
love after love by derek walcott

i am an avid listener to cathy heller's podcast and this morning i listened to her episode with guest jon kabat-zinn which was a brilliant conversation, he is the one who paired these 2 poems and shared wisdom around them. it inspired me to share them here plus the take aways cathy shared at the end of the episode.
here is the episode's website.

i am wishing you a beautiful 2024:) xx alice saga

today's reading was created by the wonderful late poet, mary oliver.

have you ever tried to enter the long black branches?

a theatrical performance avec moi.

until season 2. i hope you subscribe to my podcast so that when it all starts again; i hope you will be aware.

x
alice amorina lindha violette saga

charles baudelaire
the flowers of evil

the nature of life & death. mortality.

"Dickinson is suggesting that the process of blooming is not just a simple act, but rather a result of something much greater. This line is significant because it sets the stage for the rest of the poem and establishes the theme of growth and beauty."
 - quote from elite skills

x
alice amorina violette saga

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a poetic picnic

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alice wonderland

today's reading is of karin boye's poem "ja visst gör det ont" or in english "yes of course it hurts".

karin boye

studio saga
alice saga

"you can't have it all" = today's reading is a poem by barbara ros!
fånga dagen. carpe diem.

the marginalian by maria popova
here is where i found it on maria's site

read more about barbara ros here.

today's reading is by mary oliver and it's her poem "evidence".


the bible scripture is: matthew 6:25-34


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till en sfinx på svenska
to a sfinx in english translated by david mcduff



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a poetic picnic
alice saga

today's poetic picnic features a singing practice with a poem reading sharing at the end.

mary oliver
py bäckman
gabriella's sång
helen sjöholm

this beautiful poem by john o'donohue was read to me by my remarkable yoga teacher james rafael (my hero and inspiration) during a yoga class and it at once touched my heart. i am suffering at the moment. i feel terrified and unsafe. but this poem reminds me that "this too shall pass" and that i have survived things before and beauty has come out of it. i get really emotional in this one, sorry about that.

james yoga
john o'donohue

today i am reading david whyte's "the truelove" poem. which i found on maria popova's wonder site "the marginalian".

david whyte
the marginalian

i wish you a beautiful 2023, to all of you.

thanks for being here.

much love,
alice

thanks for being here:)

today's podcast is about new beginnings.

john o'donohue