A Mouthful of Air: Poetry with Mark McGuinness

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A Mouthful of Air: Poetry with Mark McGuinness episodes

November 21, 2025 Recalling Brigid by Orna Ross
Orna Ross reads and discusses 'Recalling Brigid' from Poet Town.
35 min
October 31, 2025 From The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
45 min
September 27, 2025 Alchemy by Gregory Leadbetter
Gregory Leadbetter reads ‘Alchemy’ and discusses the poem with Mark McGuinness.
For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/alchemy-gregory-leadbetter/
41 min
August 30, 2025 Sir Walter Raleigh to His Son
Mark McGuinness reads and ‘Sir Walter Raleigh to His Son’ by Sir Walter Raleigh.
For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/sir-walter-raleigh-to-his-son
32 min
July 25, 2025 Findspot Unknown by Peter Gizzi
Peter Gizzi reads ‘Findspot Unknown’ and discusses the poem with Mark McGuinness.
For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/findspot-unknown-peter-gizzi/
41 min
June 28, 2025 From The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Robert Browning
Mark McGuinness reads and discusses a passage from ‘The Pied Piper of Hamelin’ by Robert Browning.
For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/from-the-pied-piper-of-hamelin-robert-browning/
44 min
May 30, 2025 Stephanie Burt reads Poly Beach House by Tonee Mae Moll
Stephanie Burt reads ‘Poly Beach House’ by Tonee Mae Moll and discusses the poem with Mark McGuinness.
For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/stephanie-burt-tonee-mae-moll/
35 min
May 16, 2025 Daedalus and Icarus from Ovid’s Metamorphoses translated by Arthur Golding
Mark McGuinness reads and discusses a passage from Arthur Golding’s translation of Ovid’s Metamorphoses.
For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/ovid-metamorphoses-arthur-golding
46 min
March 31, 2025 Desire Path by Jude Rosen
Jude Rosen reads ‘Desire Path’ and discusses the poem with Mark McGuinness.
For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/desire-path-jude-rosen
33 min
February 27, 2025 Self Portrait 1981 Self Portrait of the poet as Cassius Clay 1982 by Nick Makoha
Nick Makoha reads ‘Self Portrait 1981 Self Portrait of the poet as Cassius Clay 1982’ and discusses the poem with Mark McGuinness.
For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/nick-makoha
45 min

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Poems to take your breath away. Listen to contemporary poets reading their poems and talking about what went into them. You will also hear Mark McGuinness reading classic poems and sharing his…