Words by Winter

Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it's rough out there, and we have to help each other through.

Words by Winter is a society podcast hosted by Alison McGhee, with 156 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Alison McGhee hosts Words by Winter, a society show with 156 episodes published.

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  Words by Winter

  Poetry in the public domain, by Robert Graves

  Aug 4, 20267 min

  Send us Fan Mail When I read this poem I thought of the military vets I know, and the invisible/visible scars they carry with them through life. Words by Winter : Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through. Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Additional music by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry. Today’s poem, 1915, is by Robert Graves and is in the public domain.

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  When Bert Sends Me an Mp4, by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer

  Jul 21, 20269 min

  Send us Fan Mail It's my birthday today, my first without my mother, and even though it's ridiculous to feel like an orphan at my advanced age, that's how I feel. This poem feels like just the right one for today. Words by Winter : Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through. Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Additional music by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry. Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer’s beautiful poem When Bert Sends Me an Mp4 is read with her kind permission. I encourage you all to look up more of her work at wordwoman.com.

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  Tomatoes, with Katrina Vandenberg

  Jul 6, 20269 min

  Send us Fan Mail Remember a ritual you did, daily even, in the wake of a loss? A ritual you might not have realized was a way to get you through to the other side? Words by Winter : Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through. Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Additional music by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry. Katrina Vandenberg’s beautiful poem Tomatoes is read with her kind permission. I encourage you all to look up more of her work. Tomatoes was first published in 2026 on Poem-a-Day by the Academy of American Poets.

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  Words by Winter

  Poetry in the public domain, with ee cummings

  Mar 31, 20266 minS0

  <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>I've loved ee cummings my entire life, and never once saw his formal name-Edward Estlin Cummings--spelled out in his byline. </p><p><br/><b>Words by Winter</b>: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through.<br/><br/>Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Additional music by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry.  Today's poem, "love is more thicker than forget," by ee cummings, is in the public domain.  Words by Winter can be reach...

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  Words by Winter

  Poem, with Langston Hughes

  Mar 17, 20268 minS0

  <p>Send a text</p><p>Do you ever picture the faces of the people you most love, and feel a kind of ease and comfort wash through you? </p><p><b>Words by Winter</b>: Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it’s rough out there, and we have to help each other through.<br/><br/>Original theme music for our show is by Dylan Perese. Additional music by Kelly Krebs. Artwork by Mark Garry.  Today's poem, <b>Poem, </b>by Langston Hughes, is in the public domain.  Words by Winter can be reached at wordsb...

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