Finding Meaning Through Poetry: 'The Facts of Life' by Pádraig Ó Tuama

Pádraig Ó Tuama is an Irish poet, theologian, and conflict mediator behind Poetry Unbound, the podcast from the On Being project that has introduced millions of listeners to the power of poetry. He’s the author of Kitchen Hymns, Love Between Men, and Feed the Beast, and serves on the faculty of Yale Divinity School.

In the video below, hear Pádraig recite "The Facts of Life", a glimpse of how a poem can give voice to what is difficult to say aloud.

This December, join him at Kripalu for Poetry Is (Not) Prayer at the Kripalu campus or online. Through poems, conversation, and wonder, discover how poetry can make space for the questions we carry and can meet us wherever we are: in grief or joy, in uncertainty, or in search of meaning within us.

No poetry degree required, just a little curiosity.