By James Kibby 19th Century America is one of my favorite periods in American history to study because it was in this century that the U.S. established itself as a superpower and faced it's greatest challenge as a nation: civil war. It's crazy to think about how bloody this war was, how bitter the sentiments…Read more When the Morning Comes (A Civil War Ballad)
poetry
Inner Workings
Poems for this episode:"The Snow-Storm" by RALPH WALDO EMERSON"A Noiseless Patient Spider" by WALT WHITMAN"Difference" by STEPHEN VINCENT BENÉT"The Pearl" by GEORGE HERBERTTo submit your work to be heard on a future episode send it to: james@deertrackspodcast.blog
Back and Back and Back
The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.from The Giver by Lois Lowry Poems for this episode: "Sonnet 60: Like as the waves make towards the pebbl'd shore" by William Shakespeare"The House on the Hill" by Edwin Arlington Robinson"Song: Memory, hither come"…Read more Back and Back and Back
Quote the Raven
Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most prolific figures in American literature. We enjoy some of his poems on this episode: -The Conqueror Worm-The Haunted Palace-"Alone"-The Raven To submit your work to be heard on a future episode just email it to james@deertrackspodcast.blog
Land Ho!
Welcome to another season of the Deer Tracks podcast! We've got some great things in store as we voyage through new waters. Poems for this episode:"Over the Sea our Galleys Went" by Robert Browning"The Forsaken Merman" by Matthew Arnold"The Chambered Nautilus" by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr."Eternal Father, Strong to Save" by William Whiting Submit a…Read more Land Ho!