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Frank Skinner loves poetry. And he thinks you might like it too. Join Frank each week as he takes you through some of his choice picks of poems. There may be laughter. There may be tears. There will certainly be poetry. Frank Skinner's Poetry Podcast is produced by Sarah Bishop. It is an Avalon production for Bauer Media.
Frank heads North with the amazing Jen Hadfield. The collection referenced is The Stone Age by Jen Hadfield. The individual poems referenced are Hardanger Fiddle & Nyckelharpa, (Lighthouse) and (Erratic) by Jen Hadfield.
Batman, Captain America and Milton’s Paradise Lost.
Frank celebrates Caroline Bird and wonders if he should have saved this one for Valentine’s Day. The collection referenced is The Air Year by Caroline Bird. The individual poems discussed are Temporary Vows and I Am Not a Falconer, both by Caroline Bird.
Series 4 of Frank Skinner's Poetry Podcast coming soon...
Frank meets WH Auden in an art gallery and falls in love all over again. Poems referenced: Musée des Beaux Arts - WH Auden Funeral Blues - WH Auden
Frank finds out when the Illegal Age began, with Ellen Hinsey. Please note this podcast has some disturbing content. Poem referenced: The Illegal Age - Ellen Hinsey
Frank spends a dark night on Dover Beach with Matthew Arnold and, hold on, isn’t that Sophocles over there? Poems referenced: Dover Beach - Matthew Arnold Stanzas from the Grande Chartreuse - Matthew Arnold
Frank reads Tracy K Smith and finally gets his priorities right.Collections referenced:Wade in the Water - Tracy K SmithLeaves of Grass – Walt WhitmanPoems referenced:Political Poem – Tracy K Smith
Frank hits the high notes with Peter Riley and accidentally arrives at his favourite-ever definition of poetry.Collection referenced:Passing Measures – Peter RileyPoems referenced:The Little Watercolour at Sligo – Peter RileyDo It Again – Peter Riley
Frank explores the wonders and horrors of city-life, with Denise Levertov and two dogs of disproportionate size.Poems referenced:The Rainwalkers by Denise Levertov The Mutes by Denise Levertov
Frank celebrates one of his all-time favourite poems: The Star-Splitter by Robert Frost.
Frank discovers Ella Frears at a motorway services and shares some intimate notes.Collection referenced:Shine, Darling by Ella FrearsPoems referenced:Midpoint by Ella FrearsThe Film by Ella Frears
Couplets, cruelty and the occasional caning. Frank enters the poetical world of Alexander Pope. Poems ReferencedEpistle to Dr. Arbuthnot - Alexander Pope
Rita Dove teaches Frank the art of poetry and how to pull.Poems Referenced:Ars Poetica - Rita DoveFlirtation - Rita Dove
Frank walks the untrodden ways with William Wordsworth.Poems Referenced:She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways - William WordsworthSpring – Alexander PopeThe Tables Turned – William WordsworthStrange Fits of Passion Have I Known – William WordsworthA Slumber Did My Spirit Seal – William WordsworthThree Years She Grew in Sun and Shower – William Wordswo…
Never mind the poetry, here’s the white bits. Frank has a wild night out with the Polish poet, Tadeusz Dabrowski.Poems Referenced:I Believe All Round the Clock - Tadeusz Dabrowski (translated from Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones)Soiree - Tadeusz Dabrowski (translated from Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones)Bunny Slope - Tadeusz Dabrowski (translated from …
Frank has always had a fascination with the Wild West. In this episode he explores the macabre Western ballads of Cathy Park Hong. This podcast contains some disturbing images.Poems Referenced:Abecedarian Western - Cathy Park HongBallad in I – Cathy Park HongThe Song of Katydids – Cathy Park HongFrom ‘Fort Ballads’Ballad of the Range – Cathy Park H…
Frank begins series 2 with a poem that made him cry in a hotel room. Poems Referenced:Bird – Liz BerryBirmingham Roller – Liz BerryThe Sea of Talk – Liz Berry
Series 2 of Frank Skinner's Poetry Podcast coming soon...
In the last of the series, Frank showers in the word-waterfall that is the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins.
Frank is often attracted to a poem by its title. This week he discusses 'Famous Bigshots' by Caroline Knox.
Frank tells how Philip Larkin’s ‘The Whitsun Weddings’ gave him a massive panic attack.Poems referenced:Philip Larkin – Wild OatsPhilip Larkin - Dockery and SonPhilip Larkin - An Arundel Tomb
Frank Skinner takes us on a guided tour of Donna Stonecipher’s ‘Model City’.Poems Referenced:Richard Harris Barham (Thomas Ingoldsby) - The Lay of Saint CuthbertFrom Donna Stonecipher’s ‘Model City’:Number 8Number 47Number 19Number 14Number 69Number 51
Frank Skinner celebrates the Beat Poets – a generation of poets in the 1940s and 50s who rebelled against American conventions, championed ‘spontaneous writing’, and won over Frank in a school assembly.Poems referenced include:Lawrence Ferlinghetti - Sometime During EternityGregory Corso - Man About to Enter SeaAllen Ginsberg - Sunflower SutraWilli…
Frank Skinner delves into Stevie Smith's 'Not Waving But Drowning', and William Carlos Williams' 'Dance Russe'. There will be no guests, just Frank exploring different poems every week.
Absolute Radio presenter and comedian Frank Skinner talks about poems “like I talk about football” in his new podcast.
