Naked on Cashmere
150 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 523 ratings"You feel right to me," she said. "Like naked on cashmere."
Atticus presents a daily poetry reading of all his poems you know and love, and some you have yet to discover.
This is a moment to pause. A space for self-reflection. A chance for you to rediscover the poetry in life. We hope it’s going to feel really good — like naked on cashmere.
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I Would Rather Have a Body Full of Scars
December 29, 2019 01:00 - 3 minutes - 9.96 MBI would rather have a body full of scars and a head full of memories than a life of regrets and perfect skin. xx Atticus @atticuspoetry www.atticuspoetry.com
"Let Me Kiss The Cracks” by Kayil York
December 28, 2019 01:00 - 3 minutes - 10.5 MB"Let Me Kiss The Cracks” by Kayil York Let me kiss the cracks in your soul. I can’t promise I can make them go away, but I can at least try to ease the pain. Follow Kayil York @rose_thorns1921 xx Atticus @atticuspoetry www.atticuspoetry.com
Let’s Stop Pretending
December 27, 2019 01:00 - 3 minutes - 9.93 MBLet’s stop pretending to be so perfect for the world and get on with finding out if we can be perfect for each other. xx Atticus @atticuspoetry www.atticuspoetry.com
“Imperfection” by Dejan Stojanovic
December 26, 2019 01:00 - 3 minutes - 10.6 MB“Imperfection” by Dejan Stojanovic Trying too hard to be too good, Even when trying to be bad, Is too good for the bad Too bad for the good. Perfection seems sterile; It is final, no mystery in it; It's a product of an assembly line. To accomplish the perfect perfection, A little imperfection helps. xx Atticus @atticuspoetry www.atticuspoetry.com
You Are Worth Your Imperfections
December 25, 2019 01:00 - 3 minutes - 10.6 MBYou are worth your imperfections you are worth your bad days you are worth your good you are worth your confusion you are worth your insecurities you are worth fighting for and you are worth loving. And that’s a fck’ing fact. xx Atticus @atticuspoetry www.atticuspoetry.com
"Underneath” by JmStorm
December 24, 2019 01:00 - 3 minutes - 10.4 MB"Underneath” by JmStorm she wasn’t afraid of my demons and i did not fear her madness. we saw beyond those things that life does to a person. and underneath it all there's a beautiful soul that just wants to be loved. Follow JmStorm @jmstormquotes xx Atticus @atticuspoetry www.atticuspoetry.com
When They Met
December 23, 2019 01:00 - 15 minutes - 21.7 MBHello, and welcome to another week of Naked on Cashmere. This week, Atticus explores the theme IMPERFECT and invites you to take a moment each day to reflect on what this means to you. xx For those leaving reviews and ratings, please screenshot and DM us on Instagram at @AtticusPoetry so we can find winners! And to submit your poems, visit AtticusPoetry.com/podcast. Today, we’re starting off with “When They Met.” When they met they were old already, and so could skip all the awkward...
To Me She Is
December 22, 2019 01:00 - 3 minutes - 10.2 MBTo me she is those final steps the turn around the last bend and a little house with a light on and a fire lit with a faint laugh floating on the warm wind— she is my always, coming home. xx Atticus @atticuspoetry www.atticuspoetry.com
"To All of the Lights” by Najwa Zebian
December 21, 2019 01:00 - 3 minutes - 10.3 MB"To All of the Lights” by Najwa Zebian To all of the lights who chose to dim when I was in the darkness, thank you for teaching me that my own light is all I need. Follow Najwa Zebian @najwazebian xx Atticus @atticuspoetry www.atticuspoetry.com
All Of The Light
December 20, 2019 01:00 - 2 minutes - 9.77 MBAll of the light all of the trees all of time all spinning throughout the darkened sky as if the whole world was created just to hold her— asleep on the couch in the morning sun. xx Atticus @atticuspoetry www.atticuspoetry.com
“The Rain” by Kayil York
December 19, 2019 01:00 - 3 minutes - 10.1 MB“The Rain” by Kayil York On days like this I feel as heavy as the rain. I feel like I'm falling from the sky and crashing hard on the ground. Sometimes it takes the heavy days to cleanse us so we can feel what it’s like to release and be light again. Follow Kayil York @rose_thorns1921 xx Atticus @atticuspoetry www.atticuspoetry.com
The Sunset Seeped Off the Seine
December 18, 2019 01:00 - 3 minutes - 10.5 MBThe sunset seeped off the Seine dripping down our shoulders and fingers in the oranges of the Musée d’Orsay cigarette smoke danced in the scattering light as if in symphony with the orchestra of some far-off conductor to fall and rise and fall at once— the light lilting to our laughs splitting into a thousand pieces and we were caught in the center of it hung among the stars suspended in the disco ball of space. xx Atticus @atticuspoetry www.atticuspoetry.com
“New Life" by Prince Neptune
December 17, 2019 01:00 - 3 minutes - 10.3 MB“New Life" by Prince Neptune let me tell you about freedom it cowers and shivers as young women dance for you suddenly amidst a kaleidoscope of salutations your eyes see the angel with nothing but the senses to guide you new life becomes as inevitable as the milky coming of dawn the stone tower arises erect in her soft summer sky warm and wet with rain and as your thousand spirits soar life explodes like roman candles across the night and she welcomes you into the ir...
If I’d Met Her In A Cave
December 16, 2019 01:00 - 12 minutes - 18.5 MBHello, and welcome to another week of Naked on Cashmere. This week, Atticus explores the theme of LIGHT and invites you to take a moment each day to reflect on what this means to you. xx For those leaving reviews and ratings, please screenshot and DM us on Instagram at @AtticusPoetry so we can find winners! And to submit your poems, visit AtticusPoetry.com/podcast. Today, we’re starting off with “If I’d Met Her In A Cave.” If I'd met her in a cave in the dark where no light ever l...
She Stood There
December 15, 2019 01:00 - 3 minutes - 10.1 MBShe stood there bathing in the grand forests of his love with only the quiet rustle of the treetops against the sky to remind her she was real at all. xx Atticus @atticuspoetry www.atticuspoetry.com
"He Asks Me” by Najwa Zebian
December 14, 2019 01:00 - 3 minutes - 10.7 MB"He Asks Me” by Najwa Zebian He asks me: “What do you want from me?” I stare at him in silence With tears fighting to stay buried inside my eyes, with thoughts swirling in my mind like a hurricane. “What do you want from me?” he asks over and over. I am confused because I know and I don’t know. You were the one who knocked on my door. You were the one who wouldn’t allow me to close my door. Follow Najwa Zebian @najwazebian xx Atticus @atticuspoetry www.att...
I Like You
December 13, 2019 01:00 - 3 minutes - 10.1 MBI like you just the way you are— in my baggy shirts in my tangled sheets eating popcorn in my bed quietly so I don’t hear you. xx Atticus @atticuspoetry www.atticuspoetry.com
“In My Solitude” by Christopher Poindexter
December 12, 2019 01:00 - 3 minutes - 10.1 MB“In My Solitude” by Christopher Poindexter in my solitude i hear secrets about me god only tells to the flowers. his voice whimpering from stars to dust, from gates of gold to soil. he says; “you are a collection of all the people you have ever loved.” Follow Christopher Poindexter @christopherpoindexter xx Atticus @atticuspoetry www.atticuspoetry.com
I Feel In Every Girl
December 11, 2019 01:00 - 3 minutes - 10.2 MBI feel in every girl there lives a wild pixie, that if let go, would run and dance in grassy fields until the end of the world— and when that girl grows up, that pixie hides, but she’s always there, peeking out behind old eyes and reading glasses, waiting to one day dance again. xx Atticus @atticuspoetry www.atticuspoetry.com
“The Cleansing” by JmStorm
December 10, 2019 01:00 - 4 minutes - 10.9 MB“The Cleansing” by JmStorm she gets quiet sometimes and i can feel that a certain weight has got her by the heart. and it is in those times that i want her to speak the most. but i know she can’t. because sometimes things get grisly inside. they get messy and she has to cleanse all that. and the last thing she wants to do is dirty me with it. i know all that. In my mind, i know it. but it doesn’t make it any easier to watch. Follow JmStorm @jmstormquotes xx Atticus ...
I Longed For Real Silence
December 09, 2019 01:00 - 13 minutes - 19.1 MBHello, and welcome to another week of Naked on Cashmere. This week, Atticus explores the theme of SILENCE and invites you to take a moment each day to reflect on what this means to you. xx For those leaving reviews and ratings, please screenshot and DM us on Instagram at @AtticusPoetry so we can find winners! And to submit your poems, visit AtticusPoetry.com/podcast. Today, we’re starting off with “I Longed For Real Silence.” Xx I longed for real silence the kind you can’t find but...
In This World
December 08, 2019 01:00 - 2 minutes - 9.86 MBIn this world of bits and pieces she was whole so entirely in front of me the one honest gift of my life dripping there in the rain. xx Atticus @atticuspoetry www.atticuspoetry.com
"My Darling, Don’t Forget” by Kayil York
December 07, 2019 01:00 - 3 minutes - 10 MB"My Darling, Don’t Forget” by Kayil York My darling, don’t forget your resilience. You are so strong and so capable. The only person who needs to understand that, is you. Bask in your strength. Bask in your will power to be better. Because you are a warrior. You were built to win. Follow Kayil York @rose_thorns1921 xx Atticus @atticuspoetry www.atticuspoetry.com
And, Out Of Her Great Sorrow
December 06, 2019 01:00 - 3 minutes - 9.94 MBAnd, out of her great sorrow and fear, came one exhilarating seed of thought that consumed her in a calming wave of love and hope— she was free. xx Atticus @atticuspoetry www.atticuspoetry.com
“Won't You Celebrate With Me” by Lucille Clifton
December 05, 2019 01:00 - 3 minutes - 10.5 MB“Won't You Celebrate With Me” by Lucille Clifton won't you celebrate with me what i have shaped into a kind of life? i had no model. born in babylon both nonwhite and woman what did i see to be except myself? i made it up here on this bridge between starshine and clay, my one hand holding tight my other hand; come celebrate with me that everyday something has tried to kill me and has failed. xx Atticus @atticuspoetry www.atticuspoetry.com
When Given A Choice
December 04, 2019 14:16 - 3 minutes - 10.1 MBWhen given a choice between you and them choose you. It’s better to be whole and alone than broken at their feet. xx Atticus @atticuspoetry www.atticuspoetry.com
“How We Change” by JmStorm
December 03, 2019 01:00 - 3 minutes - 10.2 MB“How We Change” by JmStorm you're not the same person you were 10 years ago and probably not the person you thought you'd be. but that is the natural order of life. it will take you to places you don’t want to go and kill off parts that aren’t meant to stay. Follow JmStorm @jmstormquotes xx Atticus @atticuspoetry www.atticuspoetry.com
Obsession Is Not Love
December 02, 2019 01:00 - 15 minutes - 21.7 MBHello, and welcome to another week of Naked on Cashmere. This week, Atticus explores the theme WHOLE and invites you to take a moment each day to reflect on what this means to you. For those leaving reviews and ratings, please screenshot and DM us on Instagram at @AtticusPoetry so we can find winners! And to submit your poems, visit AtticusPoetry.com/podcast. Today's reading: Obsession is not love, infatuation is not love, when someone ignores you or treats you poorly, carelessly...
Keep Your Bustling Cities
December 01, 2019 01:00 - 3 minutes - 10.1 MBKeep your bustling cities, give me only the moon, some wine, and old friends laughing in the desert, and I will show you what the pagans called god. xx Atticus @atticuspoetry www.atticuspoetry.com
“Here’s To The Ones” by Christopher Poindexter
November 30, 2019 01:00 - 3 minutes - 10.3 MB“Here’s To The Ones” by Christopher Poindexter here's to the ones who give their love, energy, and essence away for the pleasure of others. to the ones who are so purely selfless they would rather suffer so that others do not have to. here's to the empaths. here's to the lost. Follow Christopher Poindexter @christopherpoindexter xx Atticus @atticuspoetry www.atticuspoetry.com
You Will Find
November 29, 2019 01:00 - 3 minutes - 10.2 MBYou will find that most of life’s toughest and more existential questions can be solved or indefinitely postponed by spending more time around the people you love. xx Atticus @atticuspoetry www.atticuspoetry.com
“Without this – there is nought –” by Emily Dickinson
November 28, 2019 01:00 - 3 minutes - 10.8 MB“Without this – there is nought –” by Emily Dickinson Without this — there is nought — All other Riches be As is the Twitter of a Bird — Heard opposite the Sea — I could not care — to gain A lesser than the Whole — For did not this include themself — As Seams — include the Ball? I wished a way might be My Heart to subdivide — 'Twould magnify — the Gratitude — And not reduce — the Gold — xx Atticus @atticuspoetry www.atticuspoetry.com
“Mumbling Down The Streets of New York” by Prince Neptune
November 26, 2019 01:00 - 3 minutes - 10.3 MB“Mumbling Down The Streets of New York” by Prince Neptune mumbling down the streets of new york I hear jazz echoing up from manholes in the ground subway musicians hoofing their daily brass ecstasies and all is cool and calm and fine like always Follow Prince Neptune @princeneptunepoet xx Atticus @atticuspoetry www.atticuspoetry.com
I Think Sometimes of the Great Stories Lost
November 25, 2019 01:00 - 17 minutes - 22.8 MBI think sometimes of the great stories lost to old basements, floods, and fires, it makes me sad until I think also of all the stories not yet made, in young minds, in full pens, and on paper not yet printed. Other Poems Read Today: "When You Are Old" by William Butler Yeats “Love Story” by Marisa J "I am Endless for it all” by Kayil York Thank you to Native for sponsoring this week's episode. For 20% off your first purchase, visit nativedeodorant.com and use promo code ...
Learn To Linger
November 24, 2019 01:00 - 3 minutes - 10.1 MBLearn to linger in the beauty of life, every moment, every sunset, every smile— soak in the magnificence of everything that is already— and you will find what you’ve been searching for. xx Atticus @atticuspoetry www.atticuspoetry.com
Don't Give Up Now
November 22, 2019 01:00 - 3 minutes - 10 MBDon’t give up now, chances are your best kiss your hardest laugh and your greatest day are still yet to come. xx Atticus @atticuspoetry www.atticuspoetry.com
“Never Go By The Book” by Christopher Poindexter
November 21, 2019 01:00 - 3 minutes - 10.5 MB"Never Go By The Book" By Christopher Poindexter never go by the book. they will want you to, but you mustn't. if the lust is too strong, tear one page from a hundred books and make you own way. there is no formula for life, no equation on how to be a human being. find your freedom and breathe there. drink there. love there. Follow Christopher Poindexter @christopherpoindexter xx Atticus @atticuspoetry www.atticuspoetry.com
You Stole Pieces Of Me
November 20, 2019 01:00 - 3 minutes - 9.96 MBYou stole pieces of me in all the love I gave you and never got back. Keep it now it is my gift to you for you will not get more— and that, my love, is my gift to me. xx Atticus @atticuspoetry www.atticuspoetry.com
“You Are Good Enough” by JmStorm
November 19, 2019 01:00 - 3 minutes - 10.3 MB“You Are Good Enough” by JmStorm you are good enough. only you can set that standard. but realize that you may have to walk alone for a bit. because not everyone will recognize it. we all see the night sky, but only a few of us actually see the stars. Follow JmStorm @jmstormquotes xx Atticus @atticuspoetry www.atticuspoetry.com
The Power Inside
November 18, 2019 01:00 - 13 minutes - 19.6 MBPut your hand on your heart The old man said in you there is power there are ideas no one has ever thought of there is the strength to love purely and intensely and to be loved back there is the power to make people happy and to make people laugh the power to change lives and futures don’t ever forget that power and don’t ever give up on it. Other Poems Read Today: "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou “I Taught Myself To Live Simply” by Anna Akhmatova xx Atticus @atticusp...
She Wasn’t Happy Or Sad
November 17, 2019 01:00 - 3 minutes - 10.3 MBShe wasn’t happy or sad, in love or out of love, she was just there existing in the ebb and flow of life— and that was a dangerous place to be but her worst mistake was forgetting to remember there was more. xx Atticus @atticuspoetry www.atticuspoetry.com
“The Death of Nature” by Prince Neptune
November 16, 2019 01:00 - 3 minutes - 10.3 MB“The Death of Nature” by Prince Neptune A gentleman crouches beside a young boy drawing waves on the pavement, 100 years from now ‘Son, if you can possibly begin to imagine, I’ll share with you my photographs of the earth’ Follow Prince Neptune @princeneptunepoet xx Atticus @atticuspoetry www.atticuspoetry.com
Don’t Move An Inch
November 15, 2019 01:00 - 3 minutes - 10.2 MBDon’t move an inch in this morning light should you smudge the beautiful I see I want to paint you every curve with words and place you on the mantle of my soul as the forever memory of dawn. xx Atticus @atticuspoetry www.atticuspoetry.com
“To Memory” by Mary Elizabeth Coleridge
November 14, 2019 01:00 - 4 minutes - 11.2 MB"To Memory" by Mary Elizabeth Coleridge Strange Power, I know not what thou art, Murderer or mistress of my heart. I know I'd rather meet the blow Of my most unrelenting foe Than live---as now I live---to be Slain twenty times a day by thee. Yet, when I would command thee hence, Thou mockest at the vain pretence, Murmuring in mine ear a song Once loved, alas! forgotten long; And on my brow I feel a kiss That I would rather die than miss. xx Atticus @atticuspoetry www...
Mon Cœur
November 13, 2019 01:00 - 3 minutes - 10.4 MBMon cœur my heart you are missing from me as noticeably as if I woke without a leg so far away you beat that I must hobble through my day missing you with missing pieces. xx Atticus @atticuspoetry www.atticuspoetry.com
“In Flanders Fields” by John McCrae
November 12, 2019 01:00 - 4 minutes - 11.2 MB“In Flanders Fields” by John McCrae In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie, In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. ...
Today I Found An Old Book
November 11, 2019 01:00 - 14 minutes - 20.1 MBToday I found an old book on my shelves I opened the pages and smelled the smells and for a moment my mind forgot its place and time as I walked into a cabin so many miles and years away— there was a fire on and the kettle played its tune. The sun was shining and my family was there waving me down to the beach— I can’t tell you how incredible it is to be there now writing to you from the cabin of my youth. Other Poems Read Today: "I Remember, I Remember" by Thomas Hood...
“If I Am Not Worth Your Apology” by Najwa Zebian
November 10, 2019 01:00 - 3 minutes - 10.7 MB“If I Am Not Worth Your Apology” by Najwa Zebian If I am not worth your apology, you are not worth me carrying the pain that you caused me. So I will forgive you, not for you but for me. I deserve to let go. I deserve to be free of your pain. and if you can’t admit your own mistakes, I will not allow the ashes that your pain turned me into to hold me hostage. Follow Najwa @najwazebian xx Atticus @atticuspoetry www.atticuspoetry.com
“To Jeanie” by Mark Twain
November 09, 2019 01:00 - 3 minutes - 10.8 MB“To Jeanie” by Mark Twain Good-bye! a kind good-bye, I bid you now, my friend, And though 'tis sad to speak the word, To destiny I bend And though it be decreed by Fate That we ne'er meet again, Your image, graven on my heart, Forever shall remain. Aye, in my heart thoult have a place, Among the friends held dear,- Nor shall the hand of Time efface The memories written there. Goodbye, S. L. C. xx Atticus @atticuspoetry www.atticuspoetry.com
“Maps” by Christopher Poindexter
November 07, 2019 01:00 - 3 minutes - 10.4 MB“Maps” by Christopher Poindexter I am yours. I am yours as the stars belong to the sky and I am yours as the rivers belong to the sea. I am yours as your tears belong to your eyes and I am yours as your lungs belong to the pattern in which you breathe. Follow Christopher @christopherpoindexter xx Atticus @atticuspoetry www.atticuspoetry.com