ESL instructor Laura Redden balances teaching, poetry, pottery,  painting and mood disorders.

Resources

• cltcbd.com
• lauraerturk@gmail.com

Teresa Y. Roberson is a writer, visual artist, producer and Zilis Independent Ambassador (#7161976). Zilis does not endorse the CBD & Poetry podcast nor any material presented as a result. Statements made in CBD & Poetry podcast have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Non-prescription CBD is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease or medical conditions. The CBD & Poetry discussion is not intended as medical advice and should not substitute advice from a healthcare professional.

Music

• Intro Music: "Green Magic" Cabrini Green, Green Magic Album. 
• Outro Music: "Bumpin That Real Shit" Cabrini Green, This Is Ghettostep Album
• cabrinigreenenterprises.com

Meditative Mermaid

Can barely sleep

Dreaming of boobs

Dreading the plague

The highs and the lows

Singing for courage

Embedding fingers into clay

Connecting to the Earth

Digging within the depths

Emerging sensual mermaids

Birthing a fantastical world

Talking drum without 

Anyone to talk to

Poetry seeps into 

The fabric of life

Screenwriter and yogi Alicia Eastes retrains her neurological pathways.

Resources

• liminalspacefilm.com
• medium.com/@LookingGlass
• wiftaustin.com

Teresa Y. Roberson is a writer, visual artist, producer and Zilis Independent Ambassador (#7161976). Zilis does not endorse the CBD & Poetry podcast nor any material presented as a result. Statements made in CBD & Poetry podcast have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Non-prescription CBD is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease or medical conditions. The CBD & Poetry discussion is not intended as medical advice and should not substitute advice from a healthcare professional.

Music

• Intro Music: "Green Magic" Cabrini Green, Green Magic Album. 
• Outro Music: "Bumpin That Real Shit" Cabrini Green, This Is Ghettostep Album
• cabrinigreenenterprises.com

Back to Life

Breathe in, breathe out

Meditate for inner balance

Left right left right

CLICK

Break the trauma bond

Back to life

Back to film

Organically-sourced screenwriting

Creative processing

Responds to creative healing

Organize the chaos

Clean the space

Move forward 

To new endeavors

Expatriate software designer Elizabeth Rodriguez contrasts hemp culture between the US and Mexico.

Resources

• elyrodriguezzz@gmail.com

Teresa Y. Roberson is a writer, visual artist, producer and Zilis Independent Ambassador (#7161976). Zilis does not endorse the CBD & Poetry podcast nor any material presented as a result. Statements made in CBD & Poetry podcast have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Non-prescription CBD is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease or medical conditions. The CBD & Poetry discussion is not intended as medical advice and should not substitute advice from a healthcare professional.

Music

• Intro Music: "Green Magic" Cabrini Green, Green Magic Album. 
• Outro Music: "Bumpin That Real Shit" Cabrini Green, This Is Ghettostep Album
• cabrinigreenenterprises.com

What a Headache

Extremes trigger the mind

Too much capoeira or sleep or emotion

Even part of a nightmare

Waking up with a migraine

It’s bananas

Creative masks

While forging through grocery stores

Not quite a day at the beach

Especially with the military

On the data front lines

Marking the path of the pandemic

Thank God for work

It helps sanity

Sociologist Gracie Fleming talks about the indigenous healing of her cultural heritage.

Resources
Teresa Y. Roberson is a writer, visual artist, producer and Zilis Independent Ambassador (#7161976). Zilis does not endorse the CBD & Poetry podcast nor any material presented as a result. Statements made in CBD & Poetry podcast have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Non-prescription CBD is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease or medical conditions. The CBD & Poetry discussion is not intended as medical advice and should not substitute advice from a healthcare professional.

Music

• Intro Music: "Green Magic" Cabrini Green, Green Magic Album. 
• Outro Music: "Bumpin That Real Shit"Cabrini Green, This Is Ghettostep Album
• cabrinigreenenterprises.com

Unearthing the Trends

The latest, hottest trend

Has been known to indigenous healers for centuries

Now prepackaged home remedies

For general consumption

Traditional knowledge lost

When we embraced the computer

Looking for the “American shaman”

What the hell does that even mean

True understanding lies in unplugging

Grounding into the earth

Into the long line of curanderas

Lifelong athlete and capoeira instructor, Felipe "Negro" Roberson talks about embracing the cultural aspects of fitness.

Resources

• freedomartathletics.com
• @negro_evolucao

Teresa Y. Roberson is a writer, visual artist, producer and Zilis Independent Ambassador (#7161976). Zilis does not endorse the CBD & Poetry podcast nor any material presented as a result. Statements made in CBD & Poetry podcast have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Non-prescription CBD is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease or medical conditions. The CBD & Poetry discussion is not intended as medical advice and should not substitute advice from a healthcare professional.

Music

• Intro Music: "Green Magic" Cabrini Green, Green Magic Album. 
• Outro Music: "Sao Bento Grande De Bimba" Felipe "Negro" Roberson live recording
• cabrinigreenenterprises.com

Renaissance Athlete

AKA Negro

Lifelong athlete

From baseball to capoeira

Ultimate way of self-expression

Every injury has a story

In three different languages

Flowing musically, physically

Passionate personal trainer

Bringing practical mobility

To all students

Cindy Beringer shares how her fur baby, Smidgen, has undergone changes in the past 13 years.

Resources
Teresa Y. Roberson is a writer, visual artist, producer and Zilis Independent Ambassador (#7161976). Zilis does not endorse the CBD & Poetry podcast nor any material presented as a result. Statements made in CBD & Poetry podcast have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Non-prescription CBD is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease or medical conditions. The CBD & Poetry discussion is not intended as medical advice and should not substitute advice from a healthcare professional.

Music

• Intro Music: "Green Magic" Cabrini Green, Green Magic Album. 
• Outro Music: "Bumpin That Real Shit"Cabrini Green, This Is Ghettostep Album
• cabrinigreenenterprises.com

A Good Smidgen 

Old sweet and quirky

Smidgen’s such a good boy

Barking like he’ll kill the mail carrier if given a chance

Honestly, he’s the coward of the county

Joints a little rusty

Allergies occasionally flare up

But at least he still has an appetite

T-R-E-A-T-S’s are his favorite

Retired mailman Larry Mayfield shares how walking his 14-mi postal route for 26 years contributed to foot pain.

Resources

• tributariesbook@gmail.com 

Teresa Y. Roberson is a writer, visual artist, producer and Zilis Independent Ambassador (#7161976). Zilis does not endorse the CBD & Poetry podcast nor any material presented as a result. Statements made in CBD & Poetry podcast have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Non-prescription CBD is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease or medical conditions. The CBD & Poetry discussion is not intended as medical advice and should not substitute advice from a healthcare professional.

Music

• Intro Music: "Green Magic" Cabrini Green, Green Magic Album. 
• Outro Music: "Bumpin That Real Shit"Cabrini Green, This Is Ghettostep Album
• cabrinigreenenterprises.com

The Mailman Cometh 

Curiosity doesn’t always kill the cat

It’s usually where the adventure begins

One step at a time

14 miles a day

For several years in a row

So, batter’s up!

Knock it out of the ballpark

Anything can be a playing field

When you’re a child

Especially playing with kid rules

Just don’t get distracted by the blackberries

The barefooted boy playing outside every summer

Grew into the man paid to be outside all year long

Activist Stephanie Webb shares how inauthentic conversations, which omit race as a factor in shaping the built environment, cause anxiety.

Resources

• Decipher City
• Separated by Design
• There's Always Something

Teresa Y. Roberson is a writer, visual artist, producer and Zilis Independent Ambassador (#7161976). Zilis does not endorse the CBD & Poetry podcast nor any material presented as a result. Statements made in CBD & Poetry podcast have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Non-prescription CBD is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease or medical conditions. The CBD & Poetry discussion is not intended as medical advice and should not substitute advice from a healthcare professional.

Music

• Intro Music: "Green Magic" Cabrini Green, Green Magic Album. 
• Outro Music: "Bumpin That Real Shit"Cabrini Green, This Is Ghettostep Album
• cabrinigreenenterprises.com

Racism & the Built Environment 

Racism causing insomnia

Surrounded by fake people

Networking with the alleged like-minded 

Yet divided by money

New vision turned a blind eye

To indigenous cultures and history

Gushing about beautifying the environment

Because no one supposedly lives there

Without seeing the existing community

Seeing a people isn’t the same

As engaging with a people

Apologies just won’t do

Restorative justice will

Both the so-called good neighborhoods

And the so-called bad neighborhoods

Were built on a foundation of racism

The 1920s roared with planned segregation

Nowadays it’s no longer segregation

It’s urban renewal

The only thing that’s new

Is the branding