Backward Mutters Podcast
Randall Edwards
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Where Are You?
Well, friends, spring arrived in my neck of North Carolina while my wife and I were in Lancaster, PA at this year’s Square Halo Conference. Square Halo’s a wonderful two-day conference for those…
A Poem for Your Pocket
I learned several years ago from a member of my congregation that April 29th was Poem In Your Pocket Day. Though it’s a part of National Poetry Month, I’ve just discovered that it isn’t a fixed day…
You Who Thirsts
Today’s poem is a sonnet which is part character poem and part dialogue. It is based after the character Jill Pole who is found in C.S. Lewis’, The Silver Chair, which is fourth in the The…
S1E19 Endings
Good morning! Today is February 26, 2025 and today’s poem is inspired by the ending of the book of Job.I began writing poems inspired by the book of Job in the fall of 2020 when I preached a series…
Last Wish
When I studied to be a pastor, one of my practical theology professors was Dr. Steve Brown. Steve is a native North Carolinian and went to college down the road from where I pastor now. From a North…
Surprised as Betjeman
During the pandemic, poet, priest, and academic Dr. Malcolm Guite began his YouTube channel, Spells in the Library. These 10 minute videos were a way he could continue to offer “office hours” so to…
They Have Not Prevailed
Today’s poem is inspired by a song found in a collection of songs which were sung by pilgrims as they traveled from their homes to worship at the Temple in Jerusalem. The collector and organizer of…
Foggy
Farmington Mine Disaster occurred on this date on November 20, 1968. This elegy is written in memory of the miners, their co-workers, the families, and communities impacted. I was first made aware of…
I Am Third
Today’s poem is fresh off the November Poem a Day Challenge for 2024. The prompt was “third place,” and for the poem and its inspiration, I reached back into my childhood to the title of a book and a…
Jesus Wept
Today’s poem was written in response to a charcoal drawing that artist Hannah Pabón created as a part of a community art project curated by the Almond Tree Artist Collective’s exhibit “Another Way…
The Two Women's Bet
This week’s poem is a reworking of an Appalachian folktale which I first heard as a youth from my pastor, a Methodist minister named Joe Ervin.Preacher Joe introduced me and dozens of others to…
Solstice
This sonnet is a tribute to all the Poetry Pub Poets who have been such an encouragement and blessing over many years. As this is the weekend of Rabbit Room’s Hutchmooth Conference in Nashville, TN,…
How I Got Caught
Today’s poem is inspired by an Appalachian mountain story collected by Richard Chase, and included in his book of folktales, titled The Grandfather Tales. Before the advent of the television and the…
Sunday Evenin Coming Down
Today’s poem was inspired by a prompt for a November Poem a Day Challenge last fall. The prompt was "harmattan" which is the dusty NE wind that blows through West Africa in the winter. The dryness…
Love Is Not Strength
Today’s poem is a poem inspired by 1 Corinthians 13. It was written during a season when after attempts to love and minister to others, the love was not enough to change the course of the…
Behold, the Chickadee
A poem for the smallest and yet largest of beasts.My friend Michael Kuehn and his wife Hazel Kuehn will be presenting their multimedia presentation, "Bird Songs" on Monday, September 23 at the…
When Reveille Sounds
The poem for today is a sestina written for Armistice Day several years ago. I am sharing it today in honor of the unveiling and first lighting of the World War I Memorial “A Soldier’s Journey” in…
Only Questions
I don’t know if it’s my vocation as a pastor or because I’m older or if things have changed, but the brokenness of the world and the grief attendant in it more often than not leaves me speechless. I…
Your Word Unlocks
Several years ago, as I was preaching through Psalm 119, I wrote a series of poems inspired by their verses. This sonnet derives its inspiration from Psalm 119:129-144 and especially verse 130 which…
Tobiah and Sanballat?
Now when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry and greatly enraged, and he ridiculed the Jews. - Nehemiah 4:1He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that…
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Backward Mutters Podcast has published 18 episodes since August 2024, covering topics in Arts, Christianity.
Backward Mutters Podcast is currently moderate with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 4m.
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