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05/22/20 • 50 min

I know that Mr. B has lately been encouraging listeners to really dig in and engage actively in the living out of personal growth, so it only seems right that now Mr. B would take some risks himself ... like embracing the mysteries of the most beautiful of the literary arts, poetry! Here, Mr. B shares five of the poems that have mystified and challenged him, provides just enough commentary (he hopes) to inspire us to embrace our inner poet, and does his best to help listeners see poetry as a fountain of light --of truth and guidance --in the sea of darkness that is the world today.

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