# Between the Heaves of Storm Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/dharmabytes-from-free-buddhist-audio-313051/between-the-heaves-of-storm Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/dharmabytes-from-free-buddhist-audio-313051/between-the-heaves-of-storm.md Podcast: [Dharmabytes from free buddhist audio](https://stenobird.com/podcast/dharmabytes-from-free-buddhist-audio-313051) Published: 2026-07-22T13:11:00+00:00 Episode link: https://dharmabytes.libsyn.com/between-the-heaves-of-storm Audio file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/dharmabytes/Dharmabytes_-_Between_the_Heaves_of_Storm_1462.mp3?dest-id=1271147 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dharmabytes-from-free-buddhist-audio-313051/episodes/between-the-heaves-of-storm Duration seconds: 226 ## Resource Maitreyabandhu draws out the deeper meaning and finer detail of five different poems, each around the theme of death with the final poem focusing on spiritual rebirth. By discussing the background of the poems and poets, the intricacies of their structure, and bringing in a Buddhist interpretation of the themes raised in the poems, Maitreyabandhu shows us the importance and profundity of poetry and how it can help us to explore Dharmic themes more deeply. Here he discusses the poem "I heard a Fly buzz – when I died - by Emily Dickinson. Excerpted from the talk entitled A New Knowledge of Reality-Buddhism and Poetry given at Padmaloka Retreat Centre , 2018. *** Help us keep FBA Podcasts free for everyone! Donate now Subscribe to the FBA podcast: A full, curated, quality Dharma talk, every week. Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dharmabytes-from-free-buddhist-audio-313051/episodes/between-the-heaves-of-storm/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/dharmabytes-from-free-buddhist-audio-313051/between-the-heaves-of-storm.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.