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Accept my humble thanks via a poem, more specifically my reading of  "When Giving is All We Have” by Alberto Ríos.  *** Thank you for listening to my reading of “When Giving is All We Have” by Alberto Ríos. To quote Poets.org, “Born in 1952, Alberto Ríos is the inaugural state poet laureate of Arizona and the author of many poetry collections, including  A Small Story about the Sky (Copper Canyon Press, 2015). In 1981, he received the Walt Whitman Award for his collection Whispering to Fool the Wind (Sheep Meadow Press, 1982). He currently serves as a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets.” *** Subscribe via iTunes. Subscribe via Google Play. Subscribe via Stitcher. Subscribe via RSS Feed. Follow on Instagram. Follow on Twitter. Like and Follow on Facebook. Visit the Official Prose Website.  

Endure the unknown on a trail with young Telo in Ants of the Fire: The Legend of Telo – Parts XI and XII: "Alone" and "The Trail." *** Subscribe via iTunes. Subscribe via Google Play. Subscribe via Stitcher. Subscribe via RSS Feed. Follow on Instagram. Follow on Twitter. Like and Follow on Facebook. Visit the Official Prose Website.

Traverse the pitfalls of life with two would-be, can’t-be, won’t be lovers in "To Protect the Innocent." *** Elizabeth Peterson is an educator, mathematician, and playwright who can be found between New England, Scotland, and Canada. She likes logic and words, and her favorite words are syzygy, eleemosynary, and logodaedaly. You can read her theatre reviews and thoughts on the world at her website, https://mathematicalmedievalist.wordpress.com/. It was a real treat for us all to hear her dulcet voice in place of my usual droning.  Hopefully, we’ll hear even more from her soon, both as a voice actor and as an author.  *** Subscribe via iTunes. Subscribe via Google Play. Subscribe via Stitcher. Subscribe via RSS Feed. Follow on Instagram. Follow on Twitter. Like and Follow on Facebook. Visit the Official Prose Website.

Well, friends, we made it.  I can finally say it… Hello and welcome to episode fifty of Prose. This week, traverse the pitfalls of life with two would-be, can’t-be, won’t be lovers. Then, endure the unknown on a trail with young Telo. Lastly, accept my humble thanks via a poem. Just, wow, people.  Thank you all SO much for sticking with me for this long.  Some loose math on what, precisely, we’ve encountered thus far on our journey together is in order.  Again, loosely, we have wandered through around 70 hours of tales, philosophical meanderings, poems, and histories over the course of a little over 150 original episodes. Those numbers include two Christmas specials, two Easter specials, a New Year’s Eve special, some random thank-you specials, and, most recently, a Valentine’s Day special.  As per my normal pleas, I hope that you’ll all go follow the show on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, as this can help the podcast get noticed; but, I truly beg you even more to head over  to iTunes and leave a rating an

Happy Valentine's Day to those who celebrate!  To those who don't, stick around. We'll have some fun today, too. For the holiday, Prose is proud nine poems of sensuous, sumptuous loooooooove, plus plus some fun musical interpretation at the end. Today we have: "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" by Christopher Marlowe, Sonnets 18 and 130 by William Shakespeare, "The Definition of Love" by Andrew Marvell, "Love's Philosophy" by Percy Bysshe Shelley, "Meeting at Night" by Robert Browning, and three original poems be me, Jared I. Magee - "Because You've Cut Our Lives Together Short," "Asclepius," and "The Lion and the Raven." Enjoy! *** All noises and musical tracks in the background of the story are from Freesound.org.  The sounds and musical tracks are all being used under CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication Licenses.  *** Subscribe via iTunes. Subscribe via Google Play. Subscribe via Stitcher. Subscribe via RSS Feed. Follow on Instagram. Follow on Twitter. Like and Follow on Facebook. Visit the Offi

Find out what happened to the wayward male drone that escaped Nurse’s hive and what that means to Telo in Parts IX and X of Jack Lee's Ants of the Fire: The Legend of Telo titled "Fleeing" and "Betrayal." *** Subscribe via iTunes. Subscribe via Google Play. Subscribe via Stitcher. Subscribe via RSS Feed. Follow on Instagram. Follow on Twitter. Like and Follow on Facebook. Visit the Official Prose Website.

Lose yourself and who you are destined to be only to find yourself again in "Friday's Child." ***   Subscribe via iTunes. Subscribe via Google Play. Subscribe via Stitcher. Subscribe via RSS Feed. Follow on Instagram. Follow on Twitter. Like and Follow on Facebook. Visit the Official Prose Website.

Hello and welcome to episode forty-nine of Prose. This week, lose yourself and who you are destined to be only to find yourself again and find out what happened to the wayward male drone that escaped Nurse’s hive and what that means to Telo. As always, thanks for listening.  Let’s get to the tales, shall we? This week we have “Friday’s Child” and Ants of the Fire: The Legend of Telo – Parts IX and X: “Fleeing” and “Betrayal.”

Become enamored of the inner workings of another in this poem from first time guest author Hannah Cook. *** Hannah Cook is a native of the beautiful state of Arkansas. Her true loves in life include the art of writing, the great outdoors, and dancing at unexpected moments with her nieces and nephew. Her days are spent laughing with her family, stealing moments to scribble her stories, and enjoying the twists and turns that life throws her way. *** Subscribe via iTunes. Subscribe via Google Play. Subscribe via Stitcher. Subscribe via RSS Feed. Follow on Instagram. Follow on Twitter. Like and Follow on Facebook. Visit the Official Prose Website.

Rejoin Nurse and Telo as they run for their lives from vicious winged foes in Ants of the Fire: The Legend of Telo, a novella by Jack Lee, Parts VII and VIII: "The Flies" and "Stung." *** Subscribe via iTunes. Subscribe via Google Play. Subscribe via Stitcher. Subscribe via RSS Feed. Follow on Instagram. Follow on Twitter. Like and Follow on Facebook. Visit the Official Prose Website.

Jolt at some unintended consequences of a rather callous breakup in "Take a Break." *** Subscribe via iTunes. Subscribe via Google Play. Subscribe via Stitcher. Subscribe via RSS Feed. Follow on Instagram. Follow on Twitter. Like and Follow on Facebook. Visit the Official Prose Website.

Hello and welcome to the long-awaited Episode 48 of Prose.  This week, rejoin Nurse and Telo as they run for their lives from vicious winged foes and jolt at some unintended consequences of a breakup.  For Episode 48, we have Ants of the Fire:Legend of Telo, Parts VII and VIII entitled “The Flies” and “Stung” and “Take a Break.”  Also, as a way of apologizing, I have a special poem for you today from a new guest author, Hannah Cook.  Do stick around for that after the second story.  Enjoy!

A quick announcement about Episode 48. *** Subscribe via iTunes. Subscribe via Google Play. Subscribe via Stitcher. Subscribe via RSS Feed. Follow on Instagram. Follow on Twitter. Like and Follow on Facebook. Visit the Official Prose Website.

And there’s a hand, my trusty fiere! and gie's a hand o’ thine! And we’ll tak' a right gude-willie waught, for auld lang syne.   ...Happy New Year from Prose.

See what happens to our intrepid explorers, Nurse and Telo, after the adrenaline of taking down some big game from last week’s adventure in Parts V and VI of Ants of the Fire: The Legend of Telo titled "Arguments" and "The Sound." *** Subscribe via iTunes. Subscribe via Google Play. Subscribe via Stitcher. Subscribe via RSS Feed. Follow on Instagram. Follow on Twitter. Like and Follow on Facebook. Visit the Official Prose Website.

Get a second chance at youth and vitality...if you’ll swallow a space worm. *** Subscribe via iTunes. Subscribe via Google Play. Subscribe via Stitcher. Subscribe via RSS Feed. Follow on Instagram. Follow on Twitter. Like and Follow on Facebook. Visit the Official Prose Website.

Hello and welcome to episode forty-seven of Prose. This week, get a second chance at youth and vitality if you’ll swallow a space worm and see what happens to our intrepid explorers, Nurse and Telo, after the adrenaline of taking down some big game from last week’s adventure. I’m sure everyone is fully aware that we’re tackling a New Years Eve episode, though this is coming out quite early to be labeled as such.  Still, keep your eyes open for other potential surprises beyond our general episodes, and do ring in 2018 safely and surrounded by those you love and that love you in return.  As per my normal pleas, I hope that you’ll all go follow the show on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, as this can help the podcast get noticed; but, I truly beg you even more to head over  to iTunes and leave a rating and/or review for Prose.  Ratings and reviews set this show up for continuing into the future.  For easiest access to the show, subscribe using iTunes, Google Play, or whatever podcast catcher is your favorite.  

Experience a reading of the Christmas Story as it is related in the Gospel of Luke, sharing in one of my family's oldest traditions. Merry Christmas and the happiest of holidays to those that observe other wonderful traditions!

Enjoy a second take on the Magi and the gifts they bring from a very famous poet.  This is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "The Three Kings." Merry Christmas and the happiest of holidays to those that observe other wonderful traditions!

Check back in on Nurse and Telo, seeing if Telo can embrace who she must be in the fourth installment of Ants of the Fire: The Legend of Telo titled "Big Game." *** Subscribe via iTunes. Subscribe via Google Play. Subscribe via Stitcher. Subscribe via RSS Feed. Follow on Instagram. Follow on Twitter. Like and Follow on Facebook. Visit the Official Prose Website.