As fall flirts with the onset of winter, and Halloween calls out spirits and mischief, what could be more timely than for John and Lynn to address Unruly Thoughts? ...those careening, colliding, mental gyrations that disturb our focus and disrupt our dreams? In this episode, unruliness calls out the lack of control we have over our speeding minds, images and past, present, and future tumbling over one another. Living inside our heads and hearts is always an adventure, and we hope you will savor your own wild wanderings as you listen to this month’s poems, songs, fiction, and patter. Leap into your unconscious mind and enjoy the ride!
Song 1: “Clever Brilliant Mind” (by David R. Merrill with John Modaff)
Poem 1: “I’m” by Jack Cooper, author of Silly Lily’s Rhyming Adventures In Nature (2023) and Across My Silence (2007) World Audience, Inc. https://sillylilysadventures.com/
Fiction: three short excerpts from her third novel The Day After Death by Lynn C. Miller, published by the University of New Mexico Press, 2016. www. lynncmiller.com
Feed the Cat Break: “One November Evening” by Chris Geyerman with John V. Modaff
Poem 2: “Sunday Afternoon with Seurat” by David Meischen, author of the linked story collection Nopalito, University of New Mexico Press, 2024 and the poetry collection Anyone’s Son (3, A Taos Press, 2020).
Song 2: “Counting Down the Raindrops” by Andrew Preston and A. P. Harbor.
Episode artwork by Lynda Miller
Show theme and incidental music by John V. Modaff
The Unruly Muse is Recorded in Albuquerque, NM and Morehead, KY
Produced at The Creek Studio
NEXT UP: Episode 43, “Breaking Up”