Poems for this episode:“To My Mother” by Edgar Allan Poe “The Winter Moon” by James Robert Kibby “You Can’t Beat the Beech Tree” by Tiffany Clark “”Hope” is the thing with feathers” by Emily DickinsonCheck out Tiffany’s Book <a href='https://www.amazon.com/Memories-Guiding-Us-Through-Life/dp/B089M615L9/ref=sr_1_9?dchild=1&amp;keywords=Memories+guiding+us+through+life&amp;qid=1620796722&amp;sr=8-9'>Memories: Guiding Us Through Life</a>For more about the American Beech Tree <a href='https://northernwoodlands.org/articles/article/why-do-some-leaves-persist-on-beech-and-oak-trees-well-into-winter#:~:text=Their%20leaves%20die%2C%20but%20many,losses%20associated%20with%20dropped%20leaves.'>click here</a>For more information about Mental Health go to: <a href='http://www.nami.org/'>www.nami.org</a>If you have a creative work that you would like to hear on a future episode or see on our blog site, email them to james@deertrackspodcast.blog

Recapturing Humanity

The Deer Tracks podcast is a place where creativity lives. Where our longings, our delights, our disappointments, and our passions are breathed out: marking the trail of our journey. These are the tracks we make and the ones we follow to find the deepest parts of ourselves: our true selves. During each episode, you will hear echoes of the past as well as current voices through discussions about and performances of creative works. Our goal is to build community and inspire others in their creative pursuits which is why we invite our listeners to submit their work for the opportunity of hearing it on a future episode or seeing it on our blog site by sending them james@deertrackspodcast.blog. All submissions must be appropriate for a general audience and should be original work. You can submit a recording of yourself performing your work, or you can submit the words to have James perform it; all we ask is that recordings run no longer than four minutes and thirty seconds or submissions to be read are no longer than one thousand words. Exceptions can be made based on literary form but as a general rule, we ask that submissions abide by the above criteria. For further questions, you can email those to the above email address.