I recorded this while sitting on the shady bank of the Provo River, shoes off and feet in the water. It was over 90º outside, and my spot was one of the best places I can imagine along the entire Wasatch Front today.Text of poemThis is the second sonnet in Edna St. Vincent Millay’s Renascence and Other Poems, published in 1917.Time does not bring relief; you all have lied Who told me time would ease me of my pain! I miss him in the weeping of the rain; I want him at the shrinking of the tide; The

O Autores e Livros – Dose Extra desta semana conversa com o escritor, cientista político e curador Sérgio Abranches, um dos nomes à frente do 5º Flitabira – Festival Literário Internacional de Itabira, que acontece de 29 de outubro a 2 de novembro na Fundação Cultural Carlos Drummond de Andrade, em Itabira (MG). Com o tema “Literatura, Encruzilhada e a Rosa do Povo”, o festival celebra os 80 anos da obra “A Rosa do Povo”, de Carlos Drummond de Andrade, e os 120 anos de nascimento de Érico

Anna Brenner, filmmaker, and theater director

Sundial contributor Chris Ferguson wonders why we humans feel the need to measure all kinds of things.

Recorded on a lovely afternoon in early June 2025, up on Cascade mountain, a couple thousand feet above my house. In the recording, I promised a photo. Here it is:The recording might be a bit quiet, and I apologize about that. If it’s annoying to you, just send me a note so that I’ll be motivated to find a better solution next time.Text of poemsSonnet 4 Unthrifty loveliness, why dost thou spend Upon thyself thy beauty's legacy? Nature's bequest gives nothing but doth lend, And being frank she lends

Madeleine Nakamura, editor and gamer

10月5日下午，人文河北网在石家庄市桥西区举办书法公益交流会。书法家张继冬、李海平受邀参加，石家庄和协口腔医院多位工作人员以及活动联办人刘海涛、曲樑等十人出席。虽然室外冷雨霏霏，但室内雅兴浓浓，大家一起度过了一个雅趣盎然的下午。 活动伊始，和协口腔副院长赵青燕发表热情洋溢的讲话，她说：各位书法家挥毫泼墨，不仅为医院注入雅韵墨香，更以艺术之力抚慰患者心灵，诠释医者仁心与书者匠心的深度交融……书法家深入医疗一线，以作品传递祝福，让患者感受到“病有所医”之外的“情有所寄”，而医护人员在忙碌中暂得片刻宁静于，横竖撇捺间汲取文化力量。 随后，赵院长带领大家一起参观了医院，为大家介绍了先进的医疗设备、专业的医师团队、细致周到的医疗服务。 本会的重头戏是书法家现场创作并讲解书法知识。人文河北网带来了多幅空白卷轴，请两位书法家在轴上题词。张继冬老师应赵院长之邀，在卷轴上题词：医者仁心，其金文（西周时期的字体）厚重古朴；李海平老师应赵院长之邀，在卷轴上题词：龙马精神，其行书流畅洒脱。他们一挥而就，引得现场赞不绝口，掌声不断！这两幅墨宝被院方收藏。

他探索出来了！

（编辑：曲樑）

Recorded on site and in one take on the banks of the Provo River, May 2025.Today’s poem is by Susan Marsh who is in her own words a “writer, poet, artist” based in Wyoming. That career description is one I aspire to, though, of course I’d choose Utah. The poem was published in 2022.Text of poem“One Patch of Quilt” by Susan MarshWe know about the way they treat the chickens But on a budget, buy the cheaper eggs. One man says wolves are meant for shooting, Another lives with a wolf named Cucumber. At

Rose Battle returns to center stage with a story of her "Uncle Lobe", who experienced his first "moving picture" with her family at the drive in movie!

In this mini episode, Mark Meynell returns to explain just what that whole High Church/Low Church concept discussed in A Murder of Quality is about. Mark explains the historical and social distinctions between the two, detailing how Anglicanism and its relationship with non-conformist denominations shaped British society and class systems over time. He also touches […]

O Autores e Livros Dose Extra, o podcast literário da Rádio Senado, apresenta nesta edição uma conversa especial sobre memória, afeto e identidade cultural com a jornalista Martha Baptista, autora do livro “Cantos de Amor e Saudade”, que ganha nova edição duas décadas após sua primeira publicação. A obra nasceu de longas conversas com Estella Rodrigues Ambrósio, a inesquecível vó Estella, que compartilhou suas memórias de quase 90 anos de vida. O que começou como uma biografia transformou-se em um

人生确实是时时刻刻的不知如何是好，世界亦充满了悬而未决，但或许也无关紧要，相信一切总有结局。事情最后往往并不会坏到你幻想的程度，即使到了，一切也总有尽头，总会结束。况且，你还有时间，还有自己。

Cigar Box Guitar Store owners Tara and Jeff Mello share their personal journey through an unlikely path

（文字稿整理+音频发布：曲樑）

In the spirit of getting more prescriptive, this is the first of an intermittent and irregular series about how and why of poetry. Today: the portability of poetry, illustrated with a classic by Carl Sandburg, “Why Did the Children Put Beans in Their Ears?”## Text of poem“Why Did the Children Put Beans in Their Ears?” by Carl Sandburg"Why did the children put beans in their ears when the one thing we told the children they must not do was put beans in their ears? "Why did the children pour molasses