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Poetry and Prose

Each entry is powerful and moving. Listen to the beautifully narrated passages below.

The Courage That My Mother Had by Edna St. Vincent Millay .

The courage that my mother had
Went with her, and is with her still:
Rock from New England quarried;
Now granite in a granite hill.

The golden brooch my mother wore
She left behind for me to wear;
I have no thing I treasure more:
Yet, it is something I could spare.

Oh, if instead she'd left to me

The thing she took into the grave!—
That courage like a rock, which she
Has no more need of, and I have.

About the Narrators

Susan Stone has been producing and directing radio drama and storytelling features for Pacifica Radio since 1980, and has created audio documentaries for the Modern Language Association, Australian Broadcast Corporation, the Soros Foundation, and WDR-Germany. She works inside juvenile halls in northern California as a mediator in restorative justice programs, bringing youth offenders together with their victims to talk about the crime, its impact, and how to repair the harm.

Muriel Murch RN.BSN. Published "Journey in the Middle of the Road," in 1995 with Sybil Press. Her short stories and poetry are included in nursing and womens anthologies. Murch trained as a nurse in England. It is as a nurse that she walks through every aspect of her life; her family, her farm and even the radio.

In 1989 Murch began in the Drama and Literature department of KPFA, Pacifica in Berkeley California. as a reader and a literary host. In 1996 she helped found kwmr.org in Point Reyes, California.

Currently Muriel produces biweekly "Letter From A. Broad." (archived on Bolinas2miles) and monthly "Living with Literature," for KWMR.org.

Erik Bauersfeld is one of the most influential of American radio producers and dramatists.

From 1962 to 1991 he was Director of Drama and Literature for KPFA, producing a wide range of daily readings from world literature, interviews with leading figures in Film, Drama, and the other arts. His voice talents have been used on many IMAX films can also be heard in Stars Wars: Episode VI — Return of the Jedi 1983 and Artificial Intelligence AI 2001.

Shared Story Readers: Erik Bakersfield, Muriel Murch, Susan Stone. Prose and poetry read by hosts of Bay
Area radio literature.

NARRATOR	TITLE
Susan Stone	When Death Comes by Mary Oliver


Muriel Murch	The Waves (from the final chapter) by Virginia Woolf


Susan Stone	The Courage That My Mother Had by Edna St. Vincent Millay


Muriel Murch	The Nurse's Pocket by Courtney Davis


Susan Stone	Ten Items or Less by Amy Haddad


Muriel Murch	The First Rains of April by Jeffrey Bough


Susan Stone	My Father Gets Up in the Middle of the Night to Watch an Old Movie by Denis Treadle


Muriel Murch	About Nursing by Michael Kelly


Susan Stone	Goodbye by Alice Capshaw


Muriel Murch	I Don't Know by Muriel Murch


Muriel Murch	Mr. Craig and His Wife by Dawn Ram


Erik Bauersfeld	Dr Patel by Muriel Murch Part I


Erik Bauersfeld	Dr Patel by Muriel Murch Part II


Erik Bauersfeld	Dr Patel by Muriel Murch Part III

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