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Sanctify My Questions: Tara Timpson’s “Small Gifts”

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"Questions" from Russ Allison Loar on Flickr (BY NC ND)

Tara Timpson’s “Small Gifts” Post 31/31 in my A Mother Here reading series. (Click/tap here to read the poem.) Poem: https://1fb2e55140d2bb482435ce86bbc7e8418ca037cb.googledrive.com/host/0B0EZsE0-ymvDfmt5enFsUXhOVjJEdGZKWmViTDRBdzZVdUVPQkVOazFLNGt1N0Nmc0JmRXc/31-Timpson_Small%20Gifts.mp3 (Direct link to audio file.) Commentary: https://1ff8b0f79f59a629d58a9ec8f7c4afcfe4d458fc.googledrive.com/host/0B0EZsE0-ymvDNGhvY3NzVjlvMTA/31-Comment%20on%20Timpson_Small%20Gifts.mp3 (Direct link to audio file.)

A Heavenly Peep: Martin Pulido’s “Windows”

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"The Woman of the Apocalypse" from Lawrence OP on Flickr (BY NC ND)

Martin Pulido’s “Windows” Post 24/31 in my A Mother Here reading series. (Click/tap here to read the poem.) Poem: https://1fb2e55140d2bb482435ce86bbc7e8418ca037cb.googledrive.com/host/0B0EZsE0-ymvDfmt5enFsUXhOVjJEdGZKWmViTDRBdzZVdUVPQkVOazFLNGt1N0Nmc0JmRXc/24-M%20Pulido_Windows.mp3 (Direct link to audio file.) Commentary: https://1ff8b0f79f59a629d58a9ec8f7c4afcfe4d458fc.googledrive.com/host/0B0EZsE0-ymvDNGhvY3NzVjlvMTA/24-Comment%20on%20M%20Pulido_Windows.mp3 (Direct link to audio file.)

“I Could Feel It Beating”: Jim Papworth’s “The Woman Whose Husband Finds Heart-Shaped Stones”

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"Heart of Stone" from Adventures of KM&G-Morris on Flickr (BY NC ND)

Jim Papworth’s “The Woman Whose Husband Finds Heart-Shaped Stones” Post 19/31 in my A Mother Here reading series. (Click/tap here to read the poem.) Poem: https://1fb2e55140d2bb482435ce86bbc7e8418ca037cb.googledrive.com/host/0B0EZsE0-ymvDfmt5enFsUXhOVjJEdGZKWmViTDRBdzZVdUVPQkVOazFLNGt1N0Nmc0JmRXc/19-Papworth_The%20Woman%20Whose%20Husband%20Finds%20Heart-Shaped%20Stones.mp3 (Direct link to audio file.) Commentary: https://1ff8b0f79f59a629d58a9ec8f7c4afcfe4d458fc.googledrive.com/host/0B0EZsE0-ymvDNGhvY3NzVjlvMTA/19-Comment%20on%20Papworth_The%20Woman%20Whose%20Husband%20Finds%20Heart-Shaped%20Stones.mp3 (Direct link to audio file.)

#MormonPoetrySlam, Day 14 (2014): Elizabeth Pinborough reads
“A Usually Dazzling World” by Emma Lou Thayne

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“A Usually Dazzling World” by Emma Lou Thayne
"Dazzling Canopy" from liquidnight on Flickr

Read more about the Mormon Poetry Slam here and see the posting schedule here. Vote for your favorite performance here (the link will go live once all the entries have been posted). Use #MormonPoetrySlam if you post about this in your social media circles.

Alex Caldiero’s “Seeing a Body”: The Shape Sound Makes

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Anthology Poet Highlight 20/82: Alex Caldiero, “Seeing a Body” This poem, which I’ve taken to calling “Seeing a Body” for ease of reference, melds performance and content in order to compel an awareness of the body’s connection to the earth and to language and sound—even to compel an awareness of the body’s connection to the earth and to tradition through… Read more »