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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.
Peter Riley
Frank hits the high notes with Peter Riley and accidentally arrives at his favourite-ever definition of poetry.
Collection referenced:
Passing Measures – Peter Riley
Poems referenced:
The Little Watercolour at Sligo – Peter Riley
Do It Again – Peter Riley
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29:1809/06/2021
Denise Levertov
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
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35:1402/06/2021
Robert Frost
Frank celebrates one of his all-time favourite poems: The Star-Splitter by Robert Frost.
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39:4626/05/2021
Ella Frears
Frank discovers Ella Frears at a motorway services and shares some intimate notes.
Collection referenced:
Shine, Darling by Ella Frears
Poems referenced:
Midpoint by Ella Frears
The Film by Ella Frears
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35:3819/05/2021
Alexander Pope
Couplets, cruelty and the occasional caning. Frank enters the poetical world of Alexander Pope.
Poems Referenced
Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot - Alexander Pope
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01:01:5502/11/2020
Rita Dove
Rita Dove teaches Frank the art of poetry and how to pull.
Poems Referenced:
Ars Poetica - Rita Dove
Flirtation - Rita Dove
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36:0026/10/2020
William Wordsworth
Frank walks the untrodden ways with William Wordsworth.
Poems Referenced:
She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways - William Wordsworth
Spring – Alexander Pope
The Tables Turned – William Wordsworth
Strange Fits of Passion Have I Known – William Wordsworth
A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal – William Wordsworth
Three Years She Grew in Sun and Shower – William Wordsworth
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33:2319/10/2020
Tadeusz Dabrowski
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 Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones)
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34:0012/10/2020
Cathy Park Hong
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 Hong
Ballad in I – Cathy Park Hong
The Song of Katydids – Cathy Park Hong
From ‘Fort Ballads’
Ballad of the Range – Cathy Park Hong
Ballad of Fort Mann – Cathy Park Hong
Ballad of Grace – Cathy Park Hong
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35:4105/10/2020
Liz Berry
Frank begins series 2 with a poem that made him cry in a hotel room.
Poems Referenced:
Bird – Liz Berry
Birmingham Roller – Liz Berry
The Sea of Talk – Liz Berry
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29:4828/09/2020
Gerard Manley Hopkins
In the last of the series, Frank showers in the word-waterfall that is the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins.
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32:1725/05/2020
Caroline Knox
Frank is often attracted to a poem by its title. This week he discusses 'Famous Bigshots' by Caroline Knox.
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31:2418/05/2020
Philip Larkin
Frank tells how Philip Larkin’s ‘The Whitsun Weddings’ gave him a massive panic attack.
Poems referenced:
Philip Larkin – Wild Oats
Philip Larkin - Dockery and Son
Philip Larkin - An Arundel Tomb
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39:1611/05/2020
Donna Stonecipher
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 Cuthbert
From Donna Stonecipher’s ‘Model City’:
Number 8
Number 47
Number 19
Number 14
Number 69
Number 51
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30:5904/05/2020
The Beat Poets
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 Eternity
Gregory Corso - Man About to Enter Sea
Allen Ginsberg - Sunflower Sutra
William Wordsworth - I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud
Lawrence Ferlinghetti – He
Plus Frank argues that Jack Kerouac’s On the Road is a poem too.
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34:5627/04/2020
Stevie Smith and William Carlos Williams
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.
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31:4320/04/2020