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The Hummingbird Podcast

Written by: Catherine Graham and Jessica Outram
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  • Two friends use poetry to chat about creativity, process, and the mysteries of life. Catherine Graham is an award-winning writer and creative writing teacher living in Toronto. Jessica Outram is a Métis writer and educator living in Peterborough. Visit https://thehummingbirdpodcast.com/ New episode every two weeks!
    Catherine Graham and Jessica Outram
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Episodes
  • Craft

    Craft
    Apr 14 2024

    We explore what this word means to us as creators, from the silly to the serious. Plus the role of intuition, practice and inner knowing. Jessica shares her poem “On Deciding on Learning to Write” and talks about her experience with writing workshops. Catherine shares two poems that bookend her writing journey: “Pupa” the title poem from her first book and “Part of the Song Where the Dead Come From” from her latest book, Put Flowers Around Us and Pretend We’re Dead: New and Selected Poems.
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    37 mins
  • Ideas

    Ideas
    Mar 31 2024

    Beginning ideas, sustaining ideas, consuming ideas—how as creators do we relate to this word? Jessica shares her poem “The Crossing of Candle Eyes” and Catherine shares three short poems inspired by her mother: “The Red Element” “It’s Only Her Piano Face” and “ My Suburban Forest.”
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    31 mins
  • Holding On & Letting Go

    Holding On & Letting Go
    Mar 17 2024

    While staying in to rest and heal what occupies our mind and imagination? What does it mean to “clean house”? How do we know what to hold on to and when to let go? We explore these things in dialogue and in poetry. Jessica shares two poems: “Leaving Home” and “Shine Firefly” and Catherine shares her poems “Freckle” and “Father’s Tattoo.”
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    30 mins
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