Podcast Episode 35: After encountering the grey whales in El Burbujon, Laguna Ojo de Liebre

Hi folks, this is the Reckoning Press podcast, and it’s me again, Michael J. DeLuca, publisher. This month we have for you Naila Francis’s poem “After encountering the grey whales in El Burbujon, Laguna Ojo de Liebre”, read by the author. This piece originally appeared in Reckoning 7, our “oceans” issue. I’m of the feeling any preamble to this would be gilding the lily, so instead just let me say that if this poem speaks to you, you should absolutely go learn more about Naila Francis and her work on grief. There also exists a lovely piece of ambient soundscape by artist Paulito Muse featuring this poem among others, which for the right project would make amazing background music to write to.

“After encountering the grey whales in El Burbujon, Laguna Ojo de Liebre” by Naila Francis

Photo of a smiling Black woman with a short, round Afro and thick-framed glasses.

Author: Naila Francis

Naila Francis is a writer, grief doula and wedding officiant based in Philadelphia. She is also a founding member of Salt Trails, an interdisciplinary collective honoring grief through community rituals. Her poetry has previously been published in North of Oxford, Scribbler, Voicemail Poems and the Healing Verse Poetry Line.

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