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The Two Boots Word Vault
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Words from Minnesota's Timothy Young, poet, essayist, and social thinker.
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Walton Stanley Reads Poems for the Fifth Direction Elder Circle 2026
2d ago00:10:32Tap to summarizeSince October 2020 Walton Stanley and I have met monthly on zoom with men from the Australian based Fifth Direction. We always begin and end our sessions with poetry. Here's Walton reading some interesting poems from June 2026, April 2026, and October 2025.
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Dalyce Elliott, Gary Waryan and Friends play On Namah Shivaya with Rumi Poems
1w ago00:12:16Tap to summarizeIn 1999 my wife Dalyce was playing her violin with a group of friends. They specialized in kirtan chants. I was working on new versions of Rumi poems at that time. When I found this recording I knew it had to be revived.
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The Haughty Princess, a Grimm's Tale
2w ago00:17:03Tap to summarizeSo often we identify with a character in a story or a tale. But what if those characters are not people, but parts of our individual psyches? In the Haughty Princess tale what if we think of the princess as a representation of the ego, privileged and unwilling to commit to anyone or anything? One of the greatest tasks of a human being is to have the ego at the appropriate level of consciousness and work with the soul. This short tale addresses the process for finding that balance.
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The Special Love Live Presentation Mother's Day May 8, 2008
3w ago00:39:56Tap to summarizeOn May 8, 2008 I was invited to speak to the United Christ Community in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. With the musical accompaniment of Yata Peinovich and Dalyce Elliott, I addressed the community about a special love for the divine feminine. The original recording, provided by the community had been overloaded with volume and inaudible. Thankfully, Greg Schuette of Bathtub Studios in Minneapolis was able to work digital magic and retrieve the complete presentation, with audible if flawed sound.
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Perfect Harmony and Overhanging Boughs at The American School of Storytelling 5-15-26
Jun 2900:23:31Tap to summarizeOn May 15, 2026 Dalyce Elliott Young and I performed music and poetry from our 2011 CD Perfect Harmony. This episode is the recording of two of the evening's pieces, Ibn Hazm's Overhanging Boughs, and Ibn El-Arabi's Perfect Harmony. Brothers Jesse and Ryan Dermody provided percussion for these two pieces.
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The Backside of Sorrow with Brothers Burn Mountain
Jun 2200:11:24Tap to summarizeOn May 15, 2026 The Brothers Burn Mountain, Jesse and Ryan Dermody, joined my wife Dalyce and I for a music and poetry presentation at the American School of Storytelling in Minneapolis. Jesse played percussion and Ryan played guitar. Dalyce provide her uniquely beautiful violin improvisations. on Alone With Her.
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Timothy Young and Glen Helgeson at Como Cottage 5-16-26
Jun 1500:41:51Tap to summarizeNo description available
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Saints, Sinners, Scalawags and Sidewinders Poetry Scrum Round 3
Jun 800:13:22Tap to summarizeOn April 26, 2026 Dougie Padilla, Thomas R. Smith and I read poems for a Como Cottage Poetry Scrum. This is the third round of this non-competitive scrum. We had a great time, and heard each other read great poems, too.
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A Frogtown Editorial December 4, 1986 United Way Cuts Funds
Jun 100:07:32Tap to summarizeAfter five years working in Frogtown, and helping establish the Frogtown Community Association, I had to find other projects to work on. The United Way cut the FCA's share of funding for this impoverished neighborhood. Other funders followed the United Way's lead. Frogtown was the poorest and most heterogenous community in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. Hundreds of neighbors had volunteered at the center. One year 4,000 of the 13,000 residents put in 40,000 volunteer hours at the center. The moneyed interests abandoned the area much too soon.
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Saints, Sinners, Scalawags and Sidewinders Poetry Scrum Round 2
May 2500:19:23Tap to summarizeOn April 26, 2026 Dougie Padilla, Thomas R. Smith and myself were featured for a Como Cottage Poetry Scrum. This is the second round of this non-competitive scrum. We had a great time, ribbing one another, too.
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