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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 SparkCome Forth
The Daily Spark. Episode 578. Come Forth. "Come forth this day in wild aliveness..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Colin…
The Daily SparkSmoke Signals
The Daily Spark. Episode 577. Smoke Signals. "Smoke signals from the southwest rise..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell…
The Daily SparkHow Are You at Home?
The Daily Spark.Episode 576. How Are You at Home? "Feeling at home. Being at home..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell…
The Daily SparkYou Look Like a Prophet
The Daily Spark. Episode 575. You Look Like a Prophet. "To me, now. Like an old Celtic mystic. A Cathbad or Pelagius. A shade of the Druidic..." Composed…
The Daily SparkOrgan Crawling
The Daily Spark. Episode 574. Organ Crawling. "Nothing to do with livers or kidneys or the like..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by…
The Daily SparkGoing Bananas
The Daily Spark. Episode 573. Going Bananas. "That cultural staple. Phallic symbol. Slippery character..." Composed & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Image: vintage…
The Daily SparkCaught Napping
The Daily Spark. Episode 572. Caught Napping. "Even though so naturally human. Resting from the mid-day heat. Easing back after a big feast..." Composed…
The Daily SparkThe Solitude of the Shower
The Daily Spark. Episode 571. The Solitude of the Shower. "In this white-tiled temple, all is pure, all is quiet..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin…
The Daily SparkThe Shoreline is My Lifeline
The Daily Spark. Episode 570. The Shoreline is My Lifeline. "The line that connects me wildly and viitally to Nature..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin…
The Daily SparkA Filament
The Daily Spark. Episode 569. A Filament. "Of the Universe..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a public episode…
The Daily SparkThe House That Wim & Stiene Built
The Daily Spark. Episode 568. The House That Wim & Stiene Built. "A slow tug on the old shopkeeper’s bell and a hearty, Dutch doorknob takes your hand and…
The Daily SparkLet the Soda Jerks Speak
The Daily Spark. Episode 567. Let the Soda Jerks Speak. "In the 1930s and 40s, they were everywhere. Local and vocal icons..." Composed, imaged & voiced by…
The Daily SparkLet the Soda Jerks Speak
The Daily Spark. Episode 567. Let the Soda Jerks Speak. "In the 1930s and 40s, they were everywhere. Local and vocal icons..." Composed, imaged & voiced by…
The Daily SparkWe Travel from Darkness into Light
The Daily Spark. Episode 566. We Travel from Darkness into Light. "Sharing the journey. Traveling from the womb into..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin…
The Daily SparkMen & Women Who Matter
The Daily Spark. Episode 565. Men & Women Who Matter. "Those of honor. In all things. Those of candor. With all people..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin…
The Daily SparkThe Best Job in the World
The Daily Spark.Episode 564. The Best Job in the World. "Universally employed. And deployed. How lucky I am to be so..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin…
The Daily SparkHow Are Your Gaskets?
The Daily Spark. Episode 563. How Are Your Gaskets? Holding or blowing? In the manmade fire and brimstone, hell and high-water...that we're witnessing..."…
The Daily SparkLife on Foot
The Daily Spark. Episode 562. Life on Foot. "Give me a life on foot. Without cars, trains, planes, buses, trams..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin…
The Daily SparkThe Most Beautiful
The Daily Spark. Episode 561. The Most Beautiful. "What’s the most beautiful sight you’ve ever seen in your life? Maybe a face. A painting..." Composed &…
The Daily SparkFog Pours In
The Daily Spark. Episode 560. Fog Pours In. "Fog pours in through the half-open windows..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn…
The Daily SparkThe Living Wisdom of Old Trees
The Daily Spark. Episode 559. The Living Wisdom of Old Trees. "Their deep rootedness. Meditative stillness..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke…
The Daily SparkLooking Out the Windows
The Daily Spark. Episode 558. Looking Out the Windows. "Of my life. As a poet. Windows on storied cities and soft-spoken towns,salt-aired coasts and..."…
The Daily SparkBachelors
The Daily Spark. Episode 557. Bachelors. "Yes, they're out there. And yes, they're outnumbered..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by…
The Daily SparkFor the Poemophobes Out There
The Daily Spark. Episode 556. For the Poemophobes Out There. "Are you intensely, overwhelmingly, or irrationally anxious or fearful about poems?..." Composed…
The Daily SparkDo You Look Up?
The Daily Spark. Episode 555. Do You Look Up? "At the sky. What do you see there? Or do you tend to look at it only slightly..." Composed, imaged & voiced by…
The Daily SparkSilence to Silence
The Daily Spark. Episode 554. Silence to Silence. "All poems flow in from silence..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell…
The Daily SparkChapel Pond
The Daily Spark. Episode 553. Chapel Pond. "There is a kind of holiness here: an enveloping stillness..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello…
The Daily SparkConsumer or Contributor?
The Daily Spark. Episode 552. Consumer or Contributor? "Taker or giver? Subtractive, extractive or additive?..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke…
The Daily SparkResting on the Chest
The Daily Spark. Episode 551. Resting on the Chest. "Resting on the chest. Nestling in the breast. Of the infinitely secure..." Composed, imaged & voiced by…
The Daily SparkFar Too Fast
The Daily Spark. Episode 550. Far Too Fast. "Our food. Our eating. Our moving. Our listening..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by…
The Daily SparkA Timpanic Drum of Thunder
The Daily Spark. Episode 549. A Timpanic Drum of Thunder. "A swelling rumbling of timpanic Summer thunder..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke…
The Daily SparkThings That Take Your Breath Away
The Daily Spark. Episode 548. Things That Take Your Breath Away. "What are breathtaking ones you've experienced...." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin…
The Daily SparkWhen You're Ready
The Daily Spark. Episode 547. When You're Ready. "For wisdom. Really ready. When your eyes are open..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello…
The Daily SparkCooking Your Experiences
The Daily Spark. Episode 546. Cooking Your Experiences. "Personally, I prefer mine raw. Uncooked. Sashimi. Tartare. Crudo. But many people seem compelled…
The Daily SparkA Full~Throttle Life
The Daily Spark. Episode 545. A Full~Throttle Life. "Maybe you’re having one now. In your 30s, 40s or 50s and going full tilt, full on, flat out, full…
The Daily SparkLifting the Skirts
The Daily Spark. Episode 544. Lifting the Skirts. "In the 1955 film, The Seven Year Itch, a rush of underground air from a city subway grate blows the dress of…
The Daily Spark"The face is the icon of the soul..."
The Daily Spark. Episode 543. The Face is the Icon of the Soul. "Wrote the Irish philosopher-poet John O'Donohue in Anam Cara, his lyrical book of Celtic…
The Daily SparkThe Young Man with the Guitar in the Woods
The Daily Spark. Episode 542. The Young Man with the Guitar in the Woods. "An uncased guitar, gilded with sun, he holds facing up in his cradling arms..."…
The Daily SparkOn the Other Side of Tragedy
The Daily Spark. Episode 541. On the Other Side of Tragedy. "Our depth of feeling in the face of it, in the teeth of it..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin…
The Daily SparkIn Barbault's Basket
The Daily Spark. Episode 540. In Barbault's Basket. "A stellar wickered one. That a Frenchman like André, Monsieur Barbault, might shop the Marchés..."…
The Daily SparkWhat is the World's Gravity Asking of You?
The Daily Spark. Episode 539. What is the World's Gravity Asking of You? "What gravitational pull is calling you, tugging at you? What gravitas..." Composed…
The Daily SparkWhat is Your Seed Truth?
The Daily Spark. Episode 538. What is Your Seed Truth? "The one your life has grown from..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn…
The Daily SparkFeet in the Grass
The Daily Spark. Episode 537. Feet in the Grass. "In the shade-cool Summer grass..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell…
The Daily SparkOnce in a Lifetime
The Daily Spark. Episode 536. Once in a Lifetime. "Will you pass this way..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn Bell. This is a…
The Daily SparkMemory of a Sea~Shaped Youth
The Daily Spark. Episode 535. Memory of a Sea~Shaped Youth. "The ocean dazzles the eye today..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by…
The Daily SparkHawks & Butterflies
The Daily Spark. Episode 534. Hawks & Butterflies. "High and low, circling and fluttering..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello music by Fawn…
The Daily SparkLiving in Bubbles, Silos, Castles or Cubicles
The Daily Spark. Episode 533. Living in Bubbles, Silos, Castles or Cubicles. "Lend me your ears and awareness a little…Because as I move about these days, I…
The Daily SparkLoincloth Weather
The Daily Spark. Episode 532. Loincloth Weather. "Heavy, hot, thick and hazy high-Summer weather. Sumatran. Amazonian ..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin…
The Daily SparkAmong the Bones
The Daily Spark. Episode 531. Among the Bones. "The storm arose suddenly, ominously. At nightfall. First in a wild blow..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin…
The Daily Spark"But You Need a Horse"
The Daily Spark. Episode 530. But You Need a Horse. "That's quite a hat you've got on. Quite a hat, the unknown Irishman exclaimed..." Composed, imaged &…
The Daily SparkMangiare il Mare | Eating the Sea
The Daily Spark. Episode 529. Mangiare il Mare ~ Eating the Sea. "Suddenly I'm eating the sea. From a simple dish of ..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin…
The Daily SparkSupplementare di Napoli
The Daily Spark. Episode 528. Supplementare di Napoli. "For each bag, more lira. For lifting each bag, more lira..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin…
The Daily SparkThe Gifts of Silence
The Daily Spark. Episode 527. The Gifts of Silence. "The presence it allows. The fullness it offers..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Cello…
The Daily SparkHow to Multiply Your Joy
The Daily Spark. Episode 526. How to Multiply Your Joy. "After being here a good while, and paying attention across all my Earth-schooling, I've learned ways…
The Daily SparkYou Have Wings
The Daily Spark. Episode 525. You Have Wings. "Your hands are wings. Your hands. And your feet..." Composed & voiced by Colin Goedecke. Image: 1967 sculpture…
The Daily SparkOn the Way to Belonging
The Daily Spark. Episode 524. On the Way to Belonging. “To feel as if you belong is one of the great triumphs of human existence..." Composed, imaged & voiced…
The Daily SparkSee a Penny
The Daily Spark. Episode 523. See a Penny. "See a penny, pick it up and all day long you'll have good luck, so the folk saying goes..." Composed, imaged &…
The Daily SparkThey Took the Umlaut Out
The Daily Spark. Episode 522. They Took the Umlaut Out. "Of my family name. One day. 150 years ago. In a Castle Garden..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin…
The Daily SparkThey Took the Umlaut Out
The Daily Spark. Episode 522. They Took the Umlaut Out. "Of my family name. One day. 150 years ago. In a Castle Garden..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin…
The Daily SparkLet's Put All the ~isms Aside
The Daily Spark. Episode 521. Let's Put All the ~isms Aside. "The big ones. That the world is so focused on..." Composed, imaged & voiced by Colin Goedecke…