Monday is a mix of poetry and storytelling at the highest level, with people who know how to say volumes in few words. From poetry to the places, creators make their magic, more desktop setups, and wish list add-ons. Finish up with more magic, this time with a band you've heard before but might need to learn the history of. Today is filled with heart and soul, all in under 5.

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From the archives comes a beautiful poem from David Whyte called The Truelove. The poem and the story about the poem come from the Marginalian, a website by writer and essayist Maria Popova, and this highlight is for both the poem and Popova's website. Her reflection on Whyte’s poem is as beautiful as the poem. One of the things writers admire and aspire to be are poets; it's a curious affection, we like to write, and the mechanics for us is usually to write more. Then we read a poem like The Truelove and think, how can it say so much in so few words. Great poetry is like a song that doesn't need music. 

The poem's end is so powerful; it's about a life lived and exhaustion only someone who has gone through stuff can feel. It's for all of us who've had frightening thoughts that flash like lightning after being pounded down to nothing over and over. But then it does end, you hit the bottom, and you know it's the bottom, and when you land, you know it's time to take a couple breaths, look up, and start climbing. If you are lucky, the first hand you see when you look up is your Truelove.

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In true addictive nature, like people who watch power washing videos on YouTube, some of us here at With a Shout are addicted to desk setups. Here's another desk setup website; this one is focused on creators, and all the tech setups include lighting, audio, and information about the setup. This site is more e-commerce than a few of the others we've seen; there are links to shop for the setups. Admiration for creator desk setups is like musicians checking out instruments and gear. Next, we are going to look for music production setups!

Steely Dan, the legendary rock band from the 70s and 80s, consists of Walter Becker, Donald Fagen, and many of the best studio musicians assembled to make music. Much has been written on the unique makeup of Steely Dan, and this latest Atlantic article revisits some of it and adds to the newfound attention the band is having fifty years later. A mix of jazz, rock, and pop is easy to pull off if you have the vision of Becker and Fagen, and they have the patience to get what they want from the hired gun studio musicians. If you find that, then you found Steely Dan.

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Monday is new old Tunes!

Click on the Apple Music image to listen to the song on Apple Music or on the Spotify Image to listen to Spotify.

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Thank you for spending a few minutes with us. Here’s one for the road!

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