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Send us Fan Mail Are you, like me, unfamiliar with some of the most hallowed poetry names in the English-speaking world? Fear not, for my trusty co-host Paco and I are here with a poem by William Wordsworth.  Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through. Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Additional music by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry. Today’s poem, Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood (excerpt), is by William Wordsworth and is in the public domain.

Send us Fan Mail Is there a fast food place, or a road trip place, that you think of with love and fondness and maybe a little nostalgia?  Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through. Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Additional music by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry. Rebecca Bornstein's beautiful poem Love Poem to Taco Bell is read with her kind permission. I encourage you all to look up more of her work.

Send us Fan Mail These six love songs, in the form of little poems, enchant me with their freedom and flights of fancy.  Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through. Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Additional music by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry. Today’s poems, Six Love Songs, are by Edward Powys Mathers and are in the public domain.

Send us Fan Mail Do you ever look up on a dark night and wonder what's beyond? Beyond the even lines of Starlink satellites marching their way across the sky, beyond the planes arcing from coast to coast, beyond the stars and the moons?  Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through. Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Additional music by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry. Ada Limón's beautiful poem In Praise of Mystery: a poem for Europa is read with permission. I encourage you all to look up Ada Limón's work, as she is one of my and our country’s most beloved poets.

Send us Fan Mail When I read this poem I thought of the military vets I know, and the invisible/visible scars they carry with them through life.  Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through. Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Additional music by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry. Today’s poem, 1915, is by Robert Graves and is in the public domain.

Send us Fan Mail It's my birthday today, my first without my mother, and even though it's ridiculous to feel like an orphan at my advanced age, that's how I feel. This poem feels like just the right one for today.   Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through. Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Additional music by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry. Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer’s beautiful poem When Bert Sends Me an Mp4 is read with her kind permission. I encourage you all to look up more of her work at wordwoman.com.

Send us Fan Mail Remember a ritual you did, daily even, in the wake of a loss? A ritual you might not have realized was a way to get you through to the other side?  Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through. Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Additional music by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry. Katrina Vandenberg’s beautiful poem Tomatoes is read with her kind permission. I encourage you all to look up more of her work. Tomatoes was first published in 2026 on Poem-a-Day by the Academy of American Poets.

Send us Fan Mail I've loved ee cummings my entire life, and never once saw his formal name-Edward Estlin Cummings--spelled out in his byline.  Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through. Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Additional music by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry.  Today's poem, "love is more thicker than forget," by ee cummings, is in the public domain.  Words by Winter can be reached at [email protected].

Send us Fan Mail Do you ever picture the faces of the people you most love, and feel a kind of ease and comfort wash through you?  Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through. Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Additional music by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry.  Today's poem, Poem, by Langston Hughes, is in the public domain.  Words by Winter can be reached at [email protected].

Send us Fan Mail What would you most like to be known for? If a single word could be engraved on your headstone that would describe you, what would that word be? Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through. Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Additional music by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry. Naomi Shihab Nye’s beautiful poem Famous is read with her kind permission. I encourage you all to look up her work, as she is one of my and our country’s most beloved poets.

Send us Fan Mail In which I contemplate, with H.D.'s help, how the incredibly long-lasting vase of flowerish plants on my table makes me think of hands, reaching up out of the sea.  Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through. Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Additional music by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry.  Today's poem, Oread, by H.D., is in the public domain. Words by Winter can be reached at [email protected].

Send us Fan Mail Have any of you ever done something or said something that just...flew out of your mouth, or out of your hand, and changed your or someone else's life forever? I've been haunted by this poem for many years now.  Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through. Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Additional music by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry. Today’s poem, Our Other Sister, is by Jeffrey Harrison and is featured here with kind permission of the poet. If you enjoyed it, I encourage you to check out his website.

Send us Fan Mail The Twin Cities are currently under assault by our federal government. The strength and resolve and steadfast by Twin Citians is an astonishing thing to witness.  Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through. Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Additional music by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry. Today's poem, Questionnaire, is by me. For more information about my writing, online workshops, and Poem of the Week, check out my website: alisonmcghee.com.

Send us Fan Mail Have any of you ever been pulled back from the brink by a person or animal who loved you? I have.  Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through. Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Additional music by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry. Today’s poem, Claim, is by Casey Jueds and is featured here with kind permission of the poet. If you enjoyed it, I encourage you to check out more of her work.

Send us Fan Mail Anyone else find themselves, despite all the goodness and wonder in their life, wanting more? This is when I have to stop, and return to the breath of gratitude.  Words by Winter: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through. Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Additional music by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry. Today’s poem, Spring Night, is by Sara Teasdale and is in the public domain.