“March Madness”

4 poems to help you find a way through fear, restlessness, or the blues. Don’t ever give up.Enjoy the companion song,Your Hands by JJ Hellerhttps://bit.ly/3PGrkq3PrayerPoems Restlessness © 2023, 2026,Slowing Down Time © 2026,Take Time to Be Here © 2023, 2026,Don’t Give Up © 2026 by Brian CrouthPodcast Intro MusicArches by Hara NodaEpidemic Soundhttps://bit.ly/4x1PH2jPhotograph by Austin Kehmeirand Unsplashhttps://bit.ly/4dB9tdl

​Reflecting on difficult times that were filled with Sadness, Poet Brian explores how embracing Sorrow - both past and present - can be a worthwhile path.​Glad to be Sad © 2020, 2024 by Brian Crouth​Opening Image Artist credit: Caitlin Sweet https://bit.ly/42O5283 Instagram @Cait.Sweet​Photo credits: Brian Crouth © 2020, 2024 / All other photos in the public domain.

•Poetry, Performance, Podcast Production © 2019, 2024 Brian Crouth / Photo: Mara Ket / Music: “Poets” Ciaran Delaney “Little Things” Valerie Gomes www.valeriegomes.com/ http://bit.ly/3vXcS2y • Send your thoughts & comments to: [email protected] • Support Poet Brian’s Creative and Podcast Production Time and Efforts: https://paypal.me/2PoetBrian?locale.x=en_US No amount is too small. Thanks!

•Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production © 2018, 2020, 2023 by Brian Crouth •Photo credit: Brian Crouth / Song credit: “The First Noel” (instrumental background) W.G. Snuffy Walden ©2002 BMG / “The First Noel”(Jazz version) The Evergreen Trio feat. Ellinor ©2016 Epidemic Sound •Send your thoughts, comments, inspirations to: [email protected] December sunlight pushed its way through an oak tree’s branches, trailing off before it could reach the picture window in a kitchen where they sat. It was one more day to Christmas, and the anniversary. (from “The Anniversary”)

•Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production © 2019, 2020, 2023 by BrianCrouth / Photo Credit: Mitchell McCleary / Music: “Svalbard” by Julyan Brynn •Oasis podcast email notifications: https://subscribebyemail.com/anchor.fm/s/130995e4/podcast/rss •Send your thoughts, comments, inspirations to: [email protected] There were leaves of gold, damp and sidewalk strewn, for the wind and rain had stopped by then. It happened to be Halloween... (from “Why He Would Walk”)

•Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production ©2023 by Brian Crouth / Photo Credit: Robert Woeger © 2020 https://bit.ly/46QrAFD Music: “Say Something” Blood Red Sun https://bit.ly/3QlHxyv “Tale of Two” Rebecca Mardal https://bit.ly/46ZrbRs •Send your thoughts & comments to [email protected] •Children in war torn regions need our help: UNICEF https://bit.ly/3Mugmh1 / Save the Children https://bit.ly/3seOQhN / UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) https://bit.ly/3tsawnx /

•Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production ©1974, 2020, 2023 by Brian Crouth / Illustration Credit: Faye Tucker © 2023 https://bit.ly/3DZtYgW Music: “By the Creek” Magnus Ludvigsson https://spoti.fi/3KH0TL6 •The children of Ukraine need our help: UNICEF https://bit.ly/3Mugmh1 / Save the Children https://bit.ly/3pwxOHA / UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) https://bit.ly/3tsawnx / •Send your thoughts & comments to [email protected]

•Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production ©2022, 2023 by Brian Crouth / Photo: © AlCH2023 Music: “In the Midst” Lalo Brickman https://spoti.fi/3OMVi91 / •The children of Ukraine need our help: UNICEF https://bit.ly/3Mugmh1 / Save the Children https://bit.ly/3pwxOHA / UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) https://bit.ly/3tsawnx / •Send your thoughts & comments to [email protected]

•Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production ©2022, 2023 by Brian Crouth / Photo: Daniele Franchise (Portugal) https://bit.ly/3mOJQ13 Music: “A Gentle Reminder” Hanna Lindgren https://spoti.fi/3oDOxLp / •The children of Ukraine need our help: UNICEF https://bit.ly/3Mugmh1 / Save the Children https://bit.ly/3pwxOHA / UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) https://bit.ly/3tsawnx / •Send your thoughts & comments to [email protected]

•Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production © 2020, 2023 Brian Crouth / Photo Credit: Adrien King (Oregon) https://www.kadrien.com / •The children of Ukraine need our help: UNICEF https://bit.ly/3Mugmh1 / Save the Children https://bit.ly/3pwxOHA / UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) https://bit.ly/3tsawnx / •Send your thoughts & comments to [email protected]