•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:brianspoetryoasis@gmail.com• Support Poet Brian’s Creative and Podcast Production Time and Efforts: https://paypal.me/2PoetB…

•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:brianspoetryoasis@gmail.co…

•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:brianspoetryoasis@gmail.comThere were leaves of gold,damp and…

•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 tobrianspoetryoasis@gmail.com•Children in war torn regions need our help:UNICEF htt…

•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) http…

•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 tob…

•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://bi…

•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 tobrianspoetryoasis@gmai…

•Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production © 2023 Brian Crouth / Photo Credit: “Say goodbye” Максим Степаненко Russia https://bit.ly/3ZSWCJC Music: “The Wait Is Finally Over” Wanderer’s Trove https://spoti.fi/3ytfzHi /•The children of Ukraine need our help:UNICEF https://bit.ly/3Mugmh1 / Save the Children https://bit.ly/3pwxOHA / UN Refugee Agency (…

•Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production © 1984, 2023 Brian Crouth / Photo Credit: Andriyko Podilnyk Lviv Ukraine https://bit.ly/3xTW5eG Music: “I Fall In Love Too Easily” Chet Baker Quartet https://spoti.fi/3IE9MDs /•The children of Ukraine need our help:UNICEF https://bit.ly/3Mugmh1 / Save the Children https://bit.ly/3pwxOHA / UN Refugee Agency …

•Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production © 2017, 2022 Brian Crouth / Photo Credit: Julius Drost Berlin, Germany https://bit.ly/3vD1EwA Music: “Little Wonders” Ranner Sillard https://spoti.fi/3ZNXkbZ •The children of Ukraine need our help:UNICEF https://bit.ly/3Mugmh1 / Save the Children https://bit.ly/3pwxOHA / UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) https://bi…

Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production © 2018, 2020 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 /Oasis podcast email notifications:https://subscribebyemail.com/anchor.fm/s/130995e4/podcast/rs…

•Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production © 2022 Brian Crouth / Photo Credit: Liane Metzler https://bit.ly/3D6f8FY Music: “Patchwork” Ever So Blue https://spoti.fi/3ESjNfJ /•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 t…

•Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production, Soft pastel “Memory of a Sunset in Truro” © 2022 Brian Crouth Music: “Sunsets Somewhere” Guustavv https://spoti.fi/3R2bTE0 •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…

•Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production © 2022 Brian Crouth / Photo Credit: Jen Theodore https://bit.ly/3QHGh6m Music: “The Road to Odessa” Lama House https://spoti.fi/3TaksOj •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 y…

•Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production ©2019, 2020, 2022 Brian Crouth / Image Credit: “Learning to Love Our Curves” Cate White © 2019 https://catewhite.com/ Music: “Tranquillity” Dawn, Dawn, Dawn https://spoti.fi/3zyAtVD •The children of Ukraine need our help:UNICEF https://bit.ly/3Mugmh1 / Save the Children https://bit.ly/3pwxOHA / UN Refugee A…

•Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production ©2022 by Brian Crouth / Photo: Bob Brewer https://bit.ly/3NMaizW Music: “Song for Mauve” American Legion https://spoti.fi/3amehoK /•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 th…

•Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production ©2022 by Brian Crouth / Music: “A Gentle Reminder” Hanna Lindgren https://bit.ly/3LHz7wB •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 tobrianspoetryoasis@gmai…

•Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production © 2018, 2022 by Brian Crouth / Photo: Khadeeja Yasser https://bit.ly/3wPTDXb Music: “Midnight in Carmel” Wendy Marcini https://bit.ly/36LKGDB •Send your thoughts & comments to brianspoetryoasis@gmail.com

*The children of Ukraine need our help:UNICEF https://bit.ly/3Mugmh1 / Save the Children https://bit.ly/3pwxOHA / UN Refugee Agency https://bit.ly/3tsawnx •Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production © 1990, 2022 by Brian Crouth / Photo: Patty Brito / Music: “Meadow” Sebastian Winskog •Paul Simon sings “The Obvious Child”https://bit.ly/3vCd0lI•Send yo…

•Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production © 2019, 2022 Brian Crouth / Photo: Karl JK Hedin / Music: “Poets” Ciaran Delaney / “Little Things” © 2014 Valerie Gomes More @ valeriegomes.com• Receive Oasis podcast email notifications: https://bit.ly/3j0gR4q• Send your thoughts & comments to:brianspoetryoasis@gmail.com• Support Poet Brian’s Creative and …

•Spotify link for podcast w/ Bonus Music:https://spoti.fi/3ybIRZM•Music video #9 Dream: https://bit.ly/3DBYB9RSong from “Walls and Bridges ©1974 by John Lennon / Video edited in 2003 using footage from John & Yoko’s films “Smile” and “Two Virgins” (1968) and outtakes from “Imagine” (1971)•”Sky Piece III, IV, V, VIII” ©2013 by Yoko Ono from her book…

•Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production © 2001, 2021 Brian Crouth / Photo: Wolf Zimmerman / Music: “Southern” Daniel Kaede• Receive Oasis podcast email notifications: https://bit.ly/3j0gR4q• Send your thoughts & comments to:brianspoetryoasis@gmail.com• Support Poet Brian’s Creative and Podcast Production Time and Efforts: https://paypal.me/2PoetB…

“I am leaving you with a gift - peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is the peace the world cannot give.” -Jesus from the Gospel of John• Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production © 2021 Brian Crouth / Photo: Aaron Burden / Music: “When I Realized” John Barzetti• Yellin, Deena. “Millions giving up organized religion: America’s fast-growing …

•Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production © 2019, 2021 Brian Crouth with the exception of “Nurse’s Song” by William Blake from his Songs of Innocence / Photo credit: Annie Spratt / Song: “Today is a Gift” Yi Natiro•Enjoy Joni Mitchell singing “The Circle Game” w/ lyrics for this poignant song:https://bit.ly/3z4HPOd•Receive Oasis podcast email notif…

Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production © 2018, 2021 Brian Crouth / Photo credit: Matthew Fassnacht / Song credit: “Frontiers Are Where You Find Them” Trevor KowalskiEnjoy Mama Cass Elliott singing “Make Your Own Kind of Music”: https://bit.ly/2XSS4s4• Receive Oasis podcast email notifications: https://bit.ly/3j0gR4q• Send your thoughts & comments…

Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production © 2019, 2021 Brian Crouth / Photo credit: Charisse Kenion/ Song credit:“In the Stillness” Megan Wofford Watch the video recording of W.S. Merwin reading his Poem, “Yesterday”: https://bit.ly/3rHtfKi• Oasis email notifications: https://bit.ly/3j0gR4q• Send your thoughts, comments, inspirations to:brianspoetry…

Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Photo, Production © 2018, 2020, 2021 Brian Crouth• Oasis podcast email notifications:https://subscribebyemail.com/anchor.fm/s/130995e4/podcast/rss• Send your thoughts, comments, inspirations to:brianspoetryoasis@gmail.com• Support Poet Brian’s Creative and Podcast Production Time and Efforts: https://www.paypal.com/pay…

Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production © 2020, 2021 Brian Crouth / Photo credit: Johan Van Wambeke (Unsplash)• Oasis podcast email notifications:https://subscribebyemail.com/anchor.fm/s/130995e4/podcast/rss• Send your thoughts, comments, inspirations to:brianspoetryoasis@gmail.com• Support Poet Brian’s Creative and Podcast Production Time and Eff…

Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production © 2021 Brian Crouth / Photo credit: Megan te Boekhorst (Unsplash) / Song credit: “Fountain of Belief” by Hampus Naeselius • Oasis podcast email notifications:https://subscribebyemail.com/anchor.fm/s/130995e4/podcast/rss• Send your thoughts, comments, inspirations to:brianspoetryoasis@gmail.com• Support Poet …

Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production © 2021 Brian Crouth / Photo credit: Umesh Raj (Unsplash) / Song credit: “Sweet Despair” by Dream Cave, Anya Gold• Oasis podcast email notifications:https://subscribebyemail.com/anchor.fm/s/130995e4/podcast/rss• Send your thoughts, comments, inspirations to:brianspoetryoasis@gmail.com• Support Poet Brian’s Cr…

Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production © 2021, Run to Me © 2019, 2020 Brian Crouth, Most nights I think of you© 2018,2020 Brian Crouth, If Hell Is A Choice © 2017, 2020 Brian Crouth Image credit: “Finding Dan” Dan Grinwis (Unsplash)Poet Brian always loves to hear from you: brianspoetryoasis@gmail.comWhat holds us back, keeps us from trying, and “…

Poetry,Podcast,Performance,Production: ©2017, 2020, 2021 Brian Crouth All rights reservedSong credit:“OnThou” by Ever So Blue (Epidemic Sound) Photo credit: Edmilson Junior (Unsplash)Send an email to brianspoetryoasis@gmail.com and share your take on a “full moon wrapped in a riddle” and I’ll send you an audio of an never-before-heard Oasis Experie…

Podcast description templatePoetry,Podcast,Performance,Production: ©2018, 2020, 2021 Brian CrouthPhoto credit: Kyle Head (Unsplash)Send an email to brianspoetryoasis@gmail.com and share where you go to find “a safe space” and I’ll send you an audio of an never-before-heard Oasis Experience just for youI look forward to journeying together and getti…

Poetry, Podcast, Performance, and Production: ©1997, 2001, 2021 Brian Crouth All rights reservedSong credit:“There’s a New Day” Staffan CarlénPhoto credit: Marcos Paulo Prado (Unsplash)Send an email to brianspoetryoasis@gmail.com and share what your 2021 New Year’s resolution is and I’ll send you an audio of an never-before-heard Oasis Experience j…

Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production © 2019, 2020 BrianCrouth / Photo credit: Getty Images / Song credit: “Svalbard” by Julyan Brynn / Oasis podcast email notifications:https://subscribebyemail.com/anchor.fm/s/130995e4/podcast/rssSend your thoughts, comments, inspirations to:brianspoetryoasis@gmail.comThere were leaves of gold,damp and sidewalk…

Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production © 2019, 2020 Photo credit: Gemma Evans / Background music: “I Remember Well”’by Cody Francis / Song credit: “Floating Hearts” by Julyan Brynn / Oasis podcast email notifications:https://subscribebyemail.com/anchor.fm/s/130995e4/podcast/rssSend your thoughts, comments, inspirations to:brianspoetryoasis@gmail.…

Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production ©2020 Photo credit: David Nieto Watch Ray Charles sing, “American the Beautiful” on the Dick Cavett Show Sept 18, 1972 https://youtu.be/TRUjr8EVgBgOasis podcast email notifications:https://subscribebyemail.com/anchor.fm/s/130995e4/podcast/rssSend your thoughts, comments, inspirations to:brianspoetryoasis@gma…

Poetry, Podcast, Performance, Production ©2020 Sign up for the Oasis podcast email notifications:https://subscribebyemail.com/anchor.fm/s/130995e4/podcast/rssSend your thoughts, comments, inspirations to:brianspoetryoasis@gmail.comI had something to get done today:something I’ve been avoiding, putting offfor “another day” that inevitably willsteal …

Fine Snow © 2018, 2020 Brian Crouth / Photo credit: Sadie Staigar

Poetry,Podcast,Performance,Production ©2019,2020BrianCrouthAllrightsreservdNew Oasis episode email notifications:https://subscribebyemail.com/anchor.fm/s/130995e4/podcast/rssThoughts,Comments,Inspirations:brianspoetryoasis@gmail.com“O how I love sonnets! What’s not to love?Says it all in just 14 lines: fits like a glove!”…

once upon a timethe man I amwho was back thenplayed a certain songand took her hand...(from The Other Side of a Broken Heart)Listen to Tony Bennett sing “The Way You Look Tonight” https://youtu.be/Mx3SPsH9AMQTheOriginal piano background music for The Other Side by Megan Wofford with sound engineering by Cary JacobsAll Poetry&content © 2020 Brian Cr…

once upon a timethe man I amwho was back thenplayed a certain songand took her hand...(from The Other Side of a Broken Heart)Listen to Tony Bennett sing “The Way You Look Tonight” https://youtu.be/Mx3SPsH9AMQTheOriginal piano background music for The Other Side by Megan Wofford with sound engineering by Cary JacobsAll Poetry&content © 2020 Brian Cr…

a Poem by Oscar Wilde leads Poet Brian to new and familiar places, and an Oasis from anxiety. Poems: Symphony in Yellow by Oscar Wilde; Ovid’s Covid, the right amount (“Do not Worry”) & if I were to give you a yellow bouquet ©2019, 2020 Brian Crouth/ Poet Brian loves to hear from you: share what the Oasis awakens in you w/ an Anchor message or emai…

if I were to give you a bouquet of yellow:I’d gather the splendor of a daffodil’s petalsthe taste of squash blossoms fried,goat cheese melting insidethe perfume of green grass mixed with fresh dandelionI’d give you standing on tiptoes “the little daisy that could” -never giving up to be noticed and lost in the crowddaylillies that line country road…

a Poem by Oscar Wilde leads Poet Brian to new and familiar places, and an Oasis from anxiety. Poems: Symphony in Yellow by Oscar Wilde; Ovid’s Covid & the right amount (“Do not Worry) ©2019, 2020 Brian Crouth/ Image: Chad Leonard “The Revival” (Watercolor) (FB/Instagram @i_am_the_chad) Share what the Oasis awakens in you w/ an Anchor message or ema…

back in the day when work would take me far from hometraveling where they needed meperfecting sprints through major hubswith briefcase, laptop, carry onan airplane gave me stillness, calma time out from the paceof a career, expectations for a family lifeII there is nothing like the calm I find in flight,suspended in midairthe soothing backdrop of f…

Whether it’s waking up w/ the doldrums or a Creative dry spell, Poet Brian discovers there’s a gift by trusting the struggle and the waiting. Poems: Wellspring of my Inspiration; waiting on a friend; how about you? © 2020 Brian Crouth/ Photo: Chris Barbalis / Send your thoughts, reflections, ideas &requests w/ an Anchor message, or brianspoetryoasi…

In a time marked by so much death, destruction, and sadness, Poet Brian shares a Spring and Life Giving Poem. ©2018, 2020 Brian Crouth All rights reserved. Poet Brian loves to hear from you! brianspoetryoasis@gmail.com Image credit: Mount Auburn Cemetery (The History Bandits)

With Poems & Music of difficult times that were filled with Sadness, Poet Brian ponders: Can embracing Sorrow be a worthwhile path rather than avoiding the pain, or running away. All that he remembers ©2019,2020 Brian Crouth. Winterwood © 1991, 2019, 2020 Brian Crouth. Glad to be Sad © 2020 Brian Crouth / Send your thoughts, reflections, ideas &req…