What About the Art Does What

In this conversation, Cathy and Ronna explore what's actually going on when poetry works relationally. The felt thing — what gets engaged, what gets lit up, what shifts in a room when a poem lands. They talk about writing poems for people, holding space, and giving attention.
Find Ronna's work at www.ronnabloom.comYour host, Cathy Paton: www.delveinsocialarts.comMy Own Hand (Poem from the episode):
See how my face is the face of doubt,and inside my face are the questions. Arethe questions inside my face or behind
or below or in my eyes? Wherever they arethe questions pepper me with doubt, salt me,
badger me, trouble me but do not love me.What I need is this hand, my handon my chest, this kind hand which is my own,
this memory that my own hand is partof the body of doubt and can be kind.
For Cathy,
written on the spot via Ronna
while recording the podcast
"What About the Art Does What?"
November 15, 2025