<![CDATA[The Spoken Whole: Cook & Crank: The Cosmic Poetry Podcast]]>https://www.thespokenwhole.com/s/cook-and-crank-the-cosmic-poetryhttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!O095!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F48f4c18f-2b5d-46c5-b5f5-5e7f0132e0c9_750x750.pngThe Spoken Whole: Cook & Crank: The Cosmic Poetry Podcasthttps://www.thespokenwhole.com/s/cook-and-crank-the-cosmic-poetrySubstackWed, 28 Oct 2026 17:34:22 GMT<![CDATA[God and Baseball]]>https://www.thespokenwhole.com/p/god-and-baseball-665https://www.thespokenwhole.com/p/god-and-baseball-665Wed, 09 Sep 2026 16:00:00 GMTGod and Baseball, time and identity:  consider them all in Cosmic Poet Simon Pole’s classic poem on the international pastime. Read by the poet from the Poems For Ocean collection.

Website: https://simonpole.ca/ 

Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits

]]><![CDATA[The Giant in the Marsh]]>https://www.thespokenwhole.com/p/the-giant-in-the-marsh-0d5https://www.thespokenwhole.com/p/the-giant-in-the-marsh-0d5Wed, 02 Sep 2026 16:00:00 GMTVisit a magical and strangely populated world apart from ours, with guide Simon Pole, the Cosmic Poet, reading his latest poem.  From the Poems For Ocean collection.

Website: https://simonpole.ca/ 

Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits

]]><![CDATA[The Fireless Flame]]>https://www.thespokenwhole.com/p/the-fireless-flame-8cdhttps://www.thespokenwhole.com/p/the-fireless-flame-8cdWed, 26 Aug 2026 15:00:00 GMTA poet’s inspiration burns like the sun.  A unique type of jet fuel Cosmic Poet Simon Pole will address in today’s poem.  From the Poems For Ocean collection.

Website: https://simonpole.ca/ 

Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits

]]><![CDATA[This Day of Snow]]>https://www.thespokenwhole.com/p/this-day-of-snow-052https://www.thespokenwhole.com/p/this-day-of-snow-052Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:00:00 GMTWhat makes a snow day special?  Cosmic Poet Simon Pole explores its peculiar quality in his latest sonnet.  From the Poems For Ocean collection.

Website: https://simonpole.ca/ 

Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits

]]><![CDATA[Here Be Destiny]]>https://www.thespokenwhole.com/p/here-be-destiny-615https://www.thespokenwhole.com/p/here-be-destiny-615Wed, 12 Aug 2026 15:00:00 GMTA wizard looks back on his rustic exile.  What exactly has his life amounted too? A poem read by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole.  From the Poems For Ocean collection.

Website: https://simonpole.ca/ 

Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits

]]><![CDATA[Zeks Feed the Ukrainians]]>https://www.thespokenwhole.com/p/zeks-feed-the-ukrainians-5ddhttps://www.thespokenwhole.com/p/zeks-feed-the-ukrainians-5ddWed, 05 Aug 2026 16:00:00 GMTThe Soviet Gulag consumed them all.  Yet, the human spirit lives, and we remember.  A poem read by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole.  From the Poems For Ocean collection.

Website: https://simonpole.ca/ 

Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits

]]><![CDATA[The Nuisance Garden]]>https://www.thespokenwhole.com/p/the-nuisance-garden-dc2https://www.thespokenwhole.com/p/the-nuisance-garden-dc2Wed, 29 Jul 2026 16:00:00 GMTLike a nuisance garden is the condition of the poet...and his garret.  A poem read by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole.  From the Poems For Ocean collection.

Website: https://simonpole.ca/ 

Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits

]]><![CDATA[Beyond Me]]>https://www.thespokenwhole.com/p/beyond-me-486https://www.thespokenwhole.com/p/beyond-me-486Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:00:00 GMTAlways the young go beyond their parents, but what goes with them?  A poem read by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole.  From the Poems For Ocean collection.

Website: https://simonpole.ca/ 

Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits

]]><![CDATA[Angel Free]]>https://www.thespokenwhole.com/p/angel-free-007https://www.thespokenwhole.com/p/angel-free-007Wed, 15 Jul 2026 16:00:00 GMTGreat distances both physical and spiritual test our lives.  A poem read by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole.  From the Poems For Ocean collection.

Website: https://simonpole.ca/ 

Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits

]]><![CDATA[A Rover I]]>https://www.thespokenwhole.com/p/a-rover-i-427https://www.thespokenwhole.com/p/a-rover-i-427Wed, 08 Jul 2026 16:00:00 GMTExplore the ancient spirit of the rambler and the rover in a poem read by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole.  From the Poems For Ocean collection.

Website: https://simonpole.ca/ 

Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits

]]><![CDATA[The Touchdown]]>https://www.thespokenwhole.com/p/the-touchdown-431https://www.thespokenwhole.com/p/the-touchdown-431Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:00:00 GMTThe rules and runners of football tell us much about ourselves, wrapped in glory and heartache.  A poem read by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole.  From the Poems For Ocean collection.

Website: https://simonpole.ca/ 

Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits

]]><![CDATA[The Wonderness of Other]]>https://www.thespokenwhole.com/p/the-wonderness-of-other-fffhttps://www.thespokenwhole.com/p/the-wonderness-of-other-fffWed, 24 Jun 2026 16:00:00 GMTThe encounter with others outside ourselves is magical…and mysterious.  A feeling captured in a poem from Cosmic Poet Simon Pole.  From the Poems For Ocean collection.

Website: https://simonpole.ca/ 

Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits

]]><![CDATA[Chaos Delivered]]>https://www.thespokenwhole.com/p/chaos-delivered-035https://www.thespokenwhole.com/p/chaos-delivered-035Wed, 17 Jun 2026 16:00:00 GMTAre cities simply delivering machines for chaos?  Perhaps they are.  Then again, perhaps they’re not. A poem read by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole.  From the Poems For Ocean collection.

Website: https://simonpole.ca/ 

Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits

]]><![CDATA[Cossacks]]>https://www.thespokenwhole.com/p/cossacks-a71https://www.thespokenwhole.com/p/cossacks-a71Wed, 10 Jun 2026 16:00:00 GMTCossacks, Cossacks, Cossacks?  Is anything cooler?  Maybe just a poem about them. Read by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole. From the Poems For Ocean collection.

Website: https://simonpole.ca/ 

Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits

]]><![CDATA[The Last Binge of Youth]]>https://www.thespokenwhole.com/p/the-last-binge-of-youth-0cbhttps://www.thespokenwhole.com/p/the-last-binge-of-youth-0cbWed, 03 Jun 2026 16:00:00 GMTGoing out with a bang is everyone’s ideal isn’t it? At least when you’re young. A poem read by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole. From the Poems For Ocean collection.

Website: https://simonpole.ca/ 

Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits

]]><![CDATA[The Mist Remembers]]>https://www.thespokenwhole.com/p/the-mist-remembers-5d5https://www.thespokenwhole.com/p/the-mist-remembers-5d5Wed, 27 May 2026 16:00:00 GMTThe present relentlessly gentrifies the past, but on a misty night we can recapture the essence of what is gone.  A poem read by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole. From the Poems For Ocean collection.

Website: https://simonpole.ca/ 

Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits

]]><![CDATA[Dolphin's Lair]]>https://www.thespokenwhole.com/p/dolphins-lair-3fdhttps://www.thespokenwhole.com/p/dolphins-lair-3fdWed, 20 May 2026 16:00:00 GMTCome down with me, said the mermaid in the sea…A poem about mermaids and sailors, read by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole. From the Poems For Ocean collection.

Website: https://simonpole.ca/ 

Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits

]]><![CDATA[The Moth and the Ladybug]]>https://www.thespokenwhole.com/p/the-moth-and-the-ladybug-e1chttps://www.thespokenwhole.com/p/the-moth-and-the-ladybug-e1cWed, 13 May 2026 16:00:00 GMTThe Moth, the Ladybug and the ground-dwelling Shrew, are much like us, aren’t they?  Learn the lessons they teach in a Walter de la Mare-ish poem read by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole, from the Poems For Ocean collection.

Website: https://simonpole.ca/ 

Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits

]]><![CDATA[Fly Little Bird]]>https://www.thespokenwhole.com/p/fly-little-bird-77fhttps://www.thespokenwhole.com/p/fly-little-bird-77fWed, 06 May 2026 16:00:00 GMTEventually our children have to leave home, and if we’re lucky they’ll remember us as the ones who loved them.  A sonnet read by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole. From the Poems For Ocean collection. 

Website: https://simonpole.ca/ 

Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits

]]><![CDATA[O Cat]]>https://www.thespokenwhole.com/p/o-cat-2achttps://www.thespokenwhole.com/p/o-cat-2acWed, 29 Apr 2026 16:00:00 GMTO Cat on my lap on the couch, what are you thinking? Explore the cat’s imagination in a poem read by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole. From the Poems For Ocean collection.

Website: https://simonpole.ca/ 

Audio Credits: https://simonpole.ca/pages/audio-credits

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