5: Poetry in times of turmoil (with Mazarine Treyz)

I’m going to be honest, we go a lot of places in this episode. The throughline? Poetry. Poetry and how we organize our values, poetry and rituals, poetry and manifestation, poetry at the end of a crumbling empire…

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why we (i.e., humans) choose “words of the year” — and another ritual you might want to try.

• A few poems! And how poetry defies timelines.

• Why poetry and art matter (on both a global AND personal scale) in times like these.

In a world of uncertainty, poetry brings clarity. Explore why they matter on today’s episode!

Connect with Mazarine:

• Learn more about today’s guest at ⁠https://mazarinetreyz.com⁠

  The poem she reads at the end is “From the French” from her chapbook, The Faberge Wrecking Ball

  Mazarine also read:

  • Boundless Awareness by Michael A Rodriguez, pg 160, 176

  • Calligraphy, Midnight on Your Left by John Godfrey

  • A Ringing Bell, Pierre Reverdy, Selected Poems Translated by Kenneth Rexroth

  • Who Am I VIII, The Tame Magpie by Paul Violi

  Mentioned:

  A Cultural History of the Modern Age by Egon Friedell

  Oxen Should Have Very Small Foreheads, The Pillow Book of Shei Shonagon The List Poem by Larry Fagin

  Quotes:

  "The Role of the Artist is to Make the Revolution Irresistible" - Toni Cade Bambara

And I leave you with this…

Poetry, noun

late 14c., poetrie, "poetry, composition in verse; a poem; ancient literature; poetical works, fables, or tales," from Old French poetrie (13c.), and perhaps directly from Medieval Latin poetria (c. 650), from Latin poeta (see poet). In classical Latin, poetria meant "poetess;" "poetry" was poetica or poetice.