Ben Jones is a lot of things, but he is not a poet. Listen in as Todd and Ben (a professional singer and performer) cover all kinds of creative topics: from AI to constructive feedback to sucking to “just starting.”
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During this episode Todd challenges Ben to write a poem. Ben declines. But Ben does one better — he performs Todd’s poem.
Thanks to You by Todd Beeby
Just start?
Easier to say than do
But easy for who?
Not me
Maybe you
I’m scared shirtless
Embarrassing on any day
But to be metaphorically
so exposed?
Open to ridicule?
It’s up to me
to open the door
and let a poem in
The first I’ve ever written
to be read aloud
Outside this very loud head
where inner critics dance
and play
Keeping my creativity
always at bay
Who am I to just start?
Who am I to not?
No matter what I think
it’s better to underthink
and overdo
But where to start?
Right here
With this word
This deed
And look at me
I’ve done it
Thanks to you.
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