Noel Paul Stookey

We have had eight conversations, wonderful conversations, with poets we love exploring together what living your poetry may mean and how it shows up in the way we live our lives and what a beautiful experience it has been.

So today I'm absolutely delighted to welcome two very special people, lifelong activist and folk legend Noel Paul Stookey, That's Paul of Peter, Paul and Mary and his poet daughter, A.S. Aubrey, Anna.

I have to tell you, getting to know Noel and Anna has been a true gift to me.

They are two of the kindest human beings that I've met.

Our conversation today is being recorded for YouTube and podcast.

So now let's enjoy being together in community once again.

And please help me give a warm heartfelt welcome to Noel Paul Stookey and A.S. Aubrey.

Thank you both for being

That was, that was first.

Wein, Collins, uh, we interviewed Noel Paul Stookey from Peter, Paul and Mary.

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And Peter

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Well, speaking of the Night Owl, I also interviewed, uh, Noel Paul Stookey, who was the original MC-

Mm

... at the Night Owl.

Mm-hmm.

That is a lyric in The Wedding Song by, uh, Paul Stookey, who we interviewed, uh, which is one of the most beautiful s- uh, songs ever written.

We interviewed Paul Stookey, uh, from Peter, Paul and Mary, and that, it's about marriage, and that l- that very direct line is, is a set of the lyrics.

Hmm.

Just, uh, [tsks]

I think it comes back to, um, it isn't just novelty, but it's...

Like, one of the classes I was in, um, Noel Stookey from, he's the Peter, Paul and Mary, he's the Noel Paul Stookey.

He was running this songwriting workshop.

He's a neighbor up here in Blue Hill.

In this month of October, as the Living Your Poetry series continues, we're bringing it all together by having a come-as-you-are community conversation about it, a writing workshop formed around it, an open mic to share what comes from it, and submissions are now open for the Living Your Poetry anthology.

After today, there's only one final conversation in this series, and that's with folk legend and lifelong activist Noel Paul Stookey, which is Paul of Peter, Paul and Mary, and poet A.S. Aubry.

They're bringing the heart of their show, Listening for the Notes, which has been shared on the stages of historic opera houses, right here live via Zoom to this community to be in conversation with you.

So be sure to sign up for all of these free events and find ways to support at zenfulconversations.com. Our conversation today is being recorded for YouTube and podcast, so let's enjoy being in community together once again, and help me welcome our guests.

This coming Tuesday, two poets who have shared so much beauty, wisdom, and heart with all of us, James Cruz and Rosemary Wahtola Trommer, will be here together with us for what I know will be s- a very special conversation.

And then a folk legend and lifelong activist, Noel Paul Stookey, which is Paul of Peter, Paul and Mary, and poet A.S. Aubry.

They will bring the heart of their show, Listening For The Notes, which has been shared on stages of historic opera houses, right here to this community, to be in conversation with you live via Zoom.

So please be sure to sign up for all of these free events at zenfulconversations.com. Our conversation today is being recorded for YouTube and podcast, so let's enjoy being together in community.

And I suppose that that's what a lot of people do with the creative process, is they're sitting, they're listening, they're waiting.

The show, Listening for the Notes, then evolved because I wanted to share the book with the world, which is coming out, uh, in November, and I realized that my inspiration for listening, if I went back to some of the earliest places in my life, probably came from witnessing my father's journey of listening, and I'll tell you what I mean by that.

But it, it really speaks to the creative process and how, what we're all listening for when we do it, which is his writing of The Wedding Song.

Yeah.

... introduce that.

Yeah.

So, so my father is Paul of Peter, Paul and Mary, born Noel Carroll.

[laughs] His mother actually named him Noel Carroll, uh, [laughs] but he became Noel Paul, or Paul, for the sake of the group.

We will be opening up poem submissions for the Living Your Poetry anthology this Sunday.

And there are three final conversations with this series, uh, and, uh, we will have Karen Hoffman and Annette Grunseth, which will have no challenge carrying on a conversation to share with us, the dynamic duo poet powerhouses Jame Cruz-- James Cruz and Rosemary Waldola Trommer, and then we'll have folk legend Noel Paul Stookey and poet A.S. Aubrey bringing their show, Listening For The Notes, that has been performed at opera houses, here to Zoom with you.

Sign up for these free events at zenfulconversations.com. Our conversation today is recorded for YouTube and podcast, so let's enjoy being together with community.

Please help me welcome our guests today, the beautiful poets, two of my favorite poets, and beautiful people, Lisa Breger and Moody Speight.

The Living Your Poetry series continues next week with, uh, two conversations next week, and then into October, and towards the end of October, we will have a group conversation wrapped around it, a writing workshop formed around it, and an open mic to share it.

And our final conversation will be with folk legend Noel Paul Stookey, that's Paul of Peter, Paul and Mary, and poet A.S. Aubry.

They've been performing their show, Listening for the Notes, at opera houses, and they are bringing that here to Zoom for us.

Be sure to sign up for all of these free events at zenfulconversations.com. Our conversation today is recorded for YouTube and podcast, so let's enjoy being together in community, and help me welcome our guests today, wonderful poet friends Ellen Rowland and Sam Orelli.