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The Daily Spark
Daily poetic sparkings, inspiring you to live, experience and embody each day more deeply, more vividly, more vibrantly. Composed, imaged & voiced by illuminator & inspiriter Colin Goedecke, guide of The Poetisphere.
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Episodes
The Daily SparkThe California King
The Daily Spark. Episode 637. The California King. "A bed so large it begs a map to navigate. I slept in one once, with my wife, back in time..." Composed…
The Daily SparkAround the Hunter’s Moon
The Daily Spark. Episode 636. Around the Hunter's Moon. "The full one blueing into our rooms, our dreams. As it luminesced in for the Algonquins, the…
The Daily SparkGoing Below
The Daily Spark. Episode 635. Going Below. "It’s another world, under glass. With enchanted characters. Who etch themselves into your imagination..." Composed…
The Daily SparkJapp Smit’s Nieuw Haring, the Best On the Earth and On the Moon
The Daily Spark. Episode 634. Japp Smit's Nieuw Haring, the Best on the Earth and on The Moon. "The taste of butter, silk and sea, borne on your tongue..."…
The Daily SparkThe Older Man & The Sea
The Daily Spark. Episode 633. The Older Man & The Sea. "I began musing on 84. Which led me to the sea. And an old fisherman. And his epic story..." Composed…
The Daily SparkG. van Beek
The Daily Spark. Episode 632. G. van Beek. "Has a sleek old nose, the length of a garden hose..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by…
The Daily SparkThe Four Corners of the World
The Daily Spark. Episode 631. The Four Corners of the World. "Yes, there are the Four Corners of the World, its farthest reaches, of North, South, East and…
The Daily SparkAmong All Your Backyard Birds
The Daily Spark. Episode 630. Among All Your Backyard Birds. Among the wealth of ones winging and singing through your garden oasis..." Composed & voiced by…
The Daily SparkThe Last Centurion ~ L’Ultimo Centurione
The Daily Spark. Episode 629. The Last Centurion ~ L'Ultimo Centurione. "From the once vast legions, only one Centurion remains..." Composed, imaged & voiced…
The Daily SparkSunday on the Ku’Damm
The Daily Spark. Episode 628. Sunday on the Ku'Damm. "As you spaziergang, promenade, passagiata..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by…
The Daily SparkThe Chiseled Men
The Daily Spark. Episode 627. The Chiseled Men. "Their features chiseled by generations of Puritan ways, white, Anglo-Saxon ways..." Composed & voiced by Colin…
The Daily SparkThe Oompah Man
The Daily Spark. Episode 626. The Oompah Man. "He oompah-pahs into the dining room, his voice like a tuba..." Composed & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music…
The Daily SparkDos Flamencos ~ Two Flamingos
The Daily Spark. Episode 625. Dos Flamencos ~ Two Flamingos. "They don't dance together as much as slide..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello…
The Daily SparkGood Souls
The Daily Spark. Episode 624. Good Souls. "If you're lucky, you get to meet some..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell…
The Daily SparkThe Mis-en-Scene at Seville Court
The Daily Spark. Episode 623. The Mis-en-Scene at Seville Court. "Hydrangeas blue below the back bay window, alongside fragrant wands of rosemary, basil, mint…
The Daily SparkStill a’Roving
The Daily Spark. Episode 622. Still a'Roving. "There are many ways to go a’roving. Ones and then some you’ve long gone..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin…
The Daily SparkThe Walking Songbook
The Daily Spark. Episode 621. The Walking Songbook. "You never know when that fellow might begin warbling..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke…
The Daily SparkThe Boy, the Rake & the Seaweed
The Daily Spark. Episode 620. The Boy, the Rake & the Seaweed. "A very brown boy with a very red rake gathers black alga marina..." Composed, imaged & voiced…
The Daily SparkGet on with Your Life
The Daily Spark. Episode 619. Get on with Your Life. "Get on with your life. Get on with your living..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello…
The Daily SparkGet on with Your Life
The Daily Spark. Episode 619. Get on with Your Life. "Get on with your life. Get on with your living..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello…
The Daily SparkRafting on Your River of Pleasure
The Daily Spark. Episode 618. Rafting on Your River of Pleasure. "A river of deeper pleasure. Awaiting your body. Awaiting your spirit..." Composed, imaged &…
The Daily SparkFrom Alpha to Apollo
The Daily Spark. Episode 617. From Alpha to Apollo. "Cold sips of Alpha. Old songs of Fellini, Caruso..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello…
The Daily SparkLet This Be Your Harvest Time
The Daily Spark. Episode 616. Let This Be Your Harvest Time. "Time for reaping what you have sown. The seeds of possibility you planted..." Composed, imaged &…
The Daily SparkThe Songlines of Your Soul
The Daily Spark. Episode 615. The Songlines of Your Soul. "What are the songlines of your soul, that track into the vast and mysterious outback we call The…
The Daily SparkSerenade in the Night
The Daily Spark Episode 614. Serenade in the Night. "A slender pair of star-sheathed palms move to the rhythms of Mexican guitars..." Composed, imaged & voiced…
The Daily SparkBwana Bob
The Daily Spark. Episode 613. Bwana Bob. "A scoop of Bob Hope in the bullseye of his face; blended with a John Wayne frame..." Composed, imaged & voiced by…
The Daily SparkUnder the Arbor
The Daily Spark. Episode 612. Under the Arbor. "Under the arbor heavy with fruit..." Composed, imaged & voiced y Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This…
The Daily SparkGlyptis ~ Sculptor
The Daily Spark. Episode 611. Glyptis ~ Sculptor. "You, o glyptis, remover of matter, revealer..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by…
The Daily SparkWhat Do I See
The Daily Spark. Episode 610. What Do I See? "In this face. In the mirror. In the canvas of the looking-glass..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke…
The Daily SparkWhile You Sleep
The Daily Spark. Episode 609. While You Sleep. "I walk while you sleep. Swim while you dream..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by…
The Daily SparkThe Weightlifter ~ O Arsivarístas
The Daily Spark. Episode 608. The Weightlifter ~ O Arsivarístas. "He stands forth in the furnace of the day..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke…
The Daily SparkTerra Tua ~ Your Earth
The Daily Spark. Episode 607. Terra Tua ~ Your Earth. "Your earthly body. The life-giving one you arrived in..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke…
The Daily SparkOn a Gray Day Bay
The Daily Spark. Episode 606. On a Gray Day Bay. "Under gray cloudbanks. A distant boat, sail starched white from a single ray of inbeaming sun..." Composed…
The Daily SparkColores Primarios ~ Primary Colors
The Daily Spark. Episode 605. Colores Primarios ~ Primary Colors. "Burnt-orange on pine on plaster on azure..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke…
The Daily SparkThe Belle~Époque Aeronaut
The Daily Spark. Episode 604. The Belle~Époque Aeronaut. "Dandy Santos-Dumont, flying his yellow silk Demoiselle over the summer gold treetops..." Composed &…
The Daily SparkSalute, Italia ~ A Toast to Italy
The Daily Spark. Episode 603. Salute, Italia ~ A Toast to Italy. "Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Galileo, Dante..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin…
The Daily SparkThe Soirée
The Daily Spark. Episode 602. The Soirée. "The succulent flavors of old world France lick our lips as we dance from the lift to the floor..." Composed & voiced…
The Daily SparkFeel All the Light Falling
The Daily Spark. Episode 601. Feel All the Light Falling. "Let all the light fall today. In a rare, receiving way..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin…
The Daily SparkLeave the Calendar Behind
The Daily Spark. Episode 600. Leave the Calendar Behind. "Let the pages loose to fly off in the first Autumn breeze..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin…
The Daily SparkThe Water~Bearers
The Daily Spark. Episode 599. The Water~Bearers. "Aquarius, the constellation, with urn and stream of stars now fading toward day. The cisterns of the…
The Daily SparkRubbing Your Lamp
The Daily Spark. Episode 598. Rubbing Your Lamp. "Across your own thousand-and-one and many more nights, and days, to come, remember the priceless Aladdin’s…
The Daily SparkFeast with Grace
The Daily Spark. Episode 597. Feast with Grace. "On the fruits of life. From the foods of the sea and fresh waters to the foods of the land and the air..."…
The Daily SparkSinging Summer’s Swan Song
The Daily Spark. Episode 596. Singing Summer's Swan Song. "It’s a lilting song. It’s a gilded song. It’s a song that’s sung in many tongues..." Composed…
The Daily SparkThe Loss of the World
The Daily Spark. Episode 595. The Loss of the World. "That happens when someone dies. Will happen when our time comes to die..." Composed, imaged & voiced by…
The Daily SparkThe Gulf of Tigullio
The Daily Spark. Episode 594. The Gulf of Tigullio ~ Il Golfo di Tigullio. "Coasting on the Golfo, the Gulf of Tigullio. Travelling from Santa Margherita..."…
The Daily SparkThe Electric Udder
The Daily Spark. Episode 593. The Electric Udder. "Rivers of rich Dutch milk froth forth..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn…
The Daily SparkDe Taarten Kamer ~ The Tart Room
The Daily Spark. Episode 592. De Taarten Kamer ~ The Tart Room. "Filled, floor-to-ceiling, with fresh-baked tarts..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin…
The Daily SparkHalf or Whole
The Daily Spark. Episode 591. Half or Whole. "Why ever choose half. Whether half-truths, things half-said..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke…
The Daily SparkThere’s More to Poetry
The Daily Spark. Episode 590. There's More to Poetry. "More than meets the eye. Than meets the words on a page..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke…
The Daily SparkWhat Separates the Men from the Monkeys? *
The Daily Spark. Episode 589. What Separates the Men from the Monkeys? "What separates the businessmen from the monkey-business men? The champs from..."…
The Daily SparkNeblina ~ Mist
The Daily Spark. Episode 588. Neblina ~ Mist. "Every morning before, a picture of perfection. Except this one..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke…
The Daily SparkAre the Pages Flying Off Your Calendar?
The Daily Spark.Episode 587. Are the Pages Flying Off Your Calendar? "Are you watching life rush by, and you daily with it?You’re not alone..." Composed…
The Daily SparkThey Often Come in Threes
The Daily Spark. Episode 586. They Often Come in Threes. "Sidewalk oracles, as Conscious Dreaming guide from Oz, from Down Under, Robert Moss calls them…
The Daily SparkSomething Larger, Something Greater
The Daily Spark. Episode 585. Something Larger, Something Greater. "If or when you hear someone or something seek to lower or lessen or diminish you. Or you to…
The Daily SparkThe Speaking World
The Daily Spark. Episode 584. The Speaking World. "The recitations of the ocean's breaking waves. The hymns rising from the green hearts of forests..."…
The Daily SparkBlessings for Your Yearnings
The Daily Spark. Episode 583. Blessings for Your Yearnings. "May the deep yearnings you have for your life, for your self, in this time, find their way to…
The Daily SparkAll the Conditioning
The Daily Spark. Episode 582. All the Conditioning. "We condition the air. The soil. The water. Engineer the weather. Habituate our ways of living..."…
The Daily SparkSanta Fe
The Daily Spark. Episode 581. Santa Fe. "The rainbows come in assorted colors here..." Composed & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Image: "Engelmann's Prickly Pear…
The Daily SparkPrelude to a Requiem
The Daily Spark. Episode 580. Prelude to a Requiem. "A prelude, in Command Sergeant Major. For piano and oboe..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke…
The Daily SparkIn the Hole
The Daily Spark. Episode 579. In the Hole. "How many times a day do we hear, need to hear, endure, the now used-to-death expression..." Composed, imaged &…