My name is Podrig Otuma and over the summer I was having a pressured week and an idea came to me that rather than let the pressure get to me, I should go and read and memorize a poem. So I did. On a complicated Thursday, I took lunch and memorized a poem over 40 minutes and it changed me and I still return back to that poem. Poems are a vehicle that

can carry us, carry our feelings, carry our experiences and might help focus us a little. So we are

delighted that Poetry in Bounce Season 9 starts back on Monday, December the 2nd and we have lots of

poems about strong feelings in this season, 14 episodes,

feelings of regret or confusion or connection, or fights, or rage, or love, all these vehicles

for containing what it is we experience and helping us put some shape to the languages that are in us.

So tune in wherever you get your podcasts

and we'll be back on December 2nd

with season 9 of Poetry Unbound.

See you next week. You know,