a poem a week

a poem a week

By David TurnerArts
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a poem a week episodes

  • Ep.84 - 'On the Rock' by Ed Luker
    Ed Luker reads his poem 'On the Rock', taken from his collection 'Heavy Waters' (the87press, 2019).
    For more from Ed:
    https://twitter.com/lvkerlvker
    https://www.the87press.com/product-page/ed-luker-heavy-waters
    https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/about-us/events/runnymede-literary-festival-1/
    For more from us:
    lunarpoetrypodcasts.com/
    twitter.com/apoemaweek
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    Order 'Why Poetry?: The Lunar Poetry Podcasts Anthology' here: vervepoetrypress.com/product/why-poetry/
    Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here:
    snazzyrat.bandcamp.com/
    www.facebook.com/snazzyrat/
    6 min
  • Ep.83 - 'The Abortionist's Granddaughter Gives Blood' by Shivanee Ramlochan (Read by K. Barokka)
    Khairani Barokka reads 'The Abortionist's Granddaughter Gives Blood' by Shivanee Ramlochan, taken from Shivanee's poetry collection 'Everyone Knows I Am a Haunting' (Peepal Tree Press, 2017).
    For more from Shivanee:
    https://twitter.com/novelniche
    https://www.peepaltreepress.com/books/everyone-knows-i-am-haunting
    https://novelniche.net/
    https://myriadeditions.com/books/brave-new-words/
    https://paperbased.org/
    For more from us:
    lunarpoetrypodcasts.com/
    twitter.com/apoemaweek
    www.facebook.com/apoemaweekpodcast/
    Order 'Why Poetry?: The Lunar Poetry Podcasts Anthology' here: vervepoetrypress.com/product/why-poetry/
    Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here:
    snazzyrat.bandcamp.com/
    www.facebook.com/snazzyrat/
    5 min
  • Ep.82 - 'Repentance' by Natasha Trethewey (read by Bayan Goudarzpour)
    Bayan Goudarzpour reads 'Repentance' by Natasha Trethewey.
    Photo of Natasha: Nancy Crampton / Blue Flower Arts
    For more from Natasha:
    https://twitter.com/NTrethewey
    https://blueflowerarts.com/artist/natasha-trethewey/
    https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/natasha-trethewey
    For more from us:
    lunarpoetrypodcasts.com/
    twitter.com/apoemaweek
    www.facebook.com/apoemaweekpodcast/
    Order 'Why Poetry?: The Lunar Poetry Podcasts Anthology' here: vervepoetrypress.com/product/why-poetry/
    Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here:
    snazzyrat.bandcamp.com/
    www.facebook.com/snazzyrat/
    5 min
  • Ep.81 - 'Words To Say It' by Astrid Alben
    Astrid Alben reads her poem 'Words To Say It'.
    For more from Astrid:
    https://www.astridalben.com/
    https://prototypepublishing.co.uk/product/plainspeak/
    https://twitter.com/AstridAlben
    For more from us:
    lunarpoetrypodcasts.com/
    twitter.com/apoemaweek
    www.facebook.com/apoemaweekpodcast/
    Order 'Why Poetry?: The Lunar Poetry Podcasts Anthology' here: vervepoetrypress.com/product/why-poetry/
    Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here:
    snazzyrat.bandcamp.com/
    www.facebook.com/snazzyrat/
    4 min
  • Ep.80 - 'I Am My Own Lapidary' by Nadia de Vries
    Nadia de Vries reads her poem 'I Am My Own Lapidary', from her upcoming poetry collection 'I Failed to Swoon'.
    For more from Nadia:
    http://www.nadiadevries.com/
    https://twitter.com/nadiadvv
    https://dostoyevskywannabe.com/originals/dark_hour
    For more from us:
    lunarpoetrypodcasts.com/
    twitter.com/apoemaweek
    www.facebook.com/apoemaweekpodcast/
    Order 'Why Poetry?: The Lunar Poetry Podcasts Anthology' here: vervepoetrypress.com/product/why-poetry/
    Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here:
    snazzyrat.bandcamp.com/
    www.facebook.com/snazzyrat/
    4 min
  • Ep.79 - 'X' by Calliope Michail
    Calliope Michail reads her poem 'X', taken from her chapbook 'Along Mosaic Roads' (the87press, 2018).
    For more from Callie:
    https://www.the87press.com/product-page/along-mosaic-roads-by-calliope-michail
    https://penteractpress.com/store/the-nature-of-the-physical-word-calliope-michail
    https://twitter.com/catonacanto
    For more from us:
    lunarpoetrypodcasts.com/
    twitter.com/apoemaweek
    www.facebook.com/apoemaweekpodcast/
    Order 'Why Poetry?: The Lunar Poetry Podcasts Anthology' here: vervepoetrypress.com/product/why-poetry/
    Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here:
    snazzyrat.bandcamp.com/
    www.facebook.com/snazzyrat/
    4 min
  • Ep.78 - 'Roses Grow Better in Horse Shit' by George Reiner
    George Reiner reads his poem 'Roses Grow Better in Horse Shit'.
    For more from us:
    lunarpoetrypodcasts.com/
    twitter.com/apoemaweek
    www.facebook.com/apoemaweekpodcast/
    Order 'Why Poetry?: The Lunar Poetry Podcasts Anthology' here: vervepoetrypress.com/product/why-poetry/
    Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here:
    snazzyrat.bandcamp.com/
    www.facebook.com/snazzyrat/
    4 min
  • Ep.77 - 'Scene 1' by Bayan Goudarzpour
    Bayan Goudarzpour reads her poem 'Scene 1'.
    For more from Bayan:
    https://twitter.com/bayan_bdg
    https://twitter.com/heauxnoire
    For more from us:
    lunarpoetrypodcasts.com/
    twitter.com/apoemaweek
    www.facebook.com/apoemaweekpodcast/
    Order 'Why Poetry?: The Lunar Poetry Podcasts Anthology' here: vervepoetrypress.com/product/why-poetry/
    Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here:
    snazzyrat.bandcamp.com/
    www.facebook.com/snazzyrat/
    4 min
  • Ep.76 - 'Do You Even Lift Bro?' by Matthew Haigh
    Matthew Haigh reads his poem 'Do you even lift bro?', taken from his collection 'Death Magazine' (Salt, 2019).
    For more from Matthew:
    https://www.matthewhaigh.net/
    https://www.saltpublishing.com/products/death-magazine-9781784632069
    https://twitter.com/MattHaighPoetry
    https://twitter.com/CRASHcardiff
    For more from us:
    lunarpoetrypodcasts.com/
    twitter.com/apoemaweek
    www.facebook.com/apoemaweekpodcast/
    Order 'Why Poetry?: The Lunar Poetry Podcasts Anthology' here: vervepoetrypress.com/product/why-poetry/
    Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here:
    snazzyrat.bandcamp.com/
    www.facebook.com/snazzyrat/
    4 min
  • Ep.75 - 'caught in a loophole' by Vilde Valerie Bjerke Torset
    Vilde Valerie Bjerke Torset reads her poem 'caught in a loophole'.
    For more from Vilde Valerie:
    http://www.vildevalerie.com/
    https://www.europeanpoetryfestival.com/nordic
    https://sampsonlow.co/2019/03/25/swallowing-feathers-vilde-valerie-bjerke-torset/
    https://penteractpress.com/store/no-title-vilde-valerie-bjerke-torset
    For more from us:
    lunarpoetrypodcasts.com/
    twitter.com/apoemaweek
    www.facebook.com/apoemaweekpodcast/
    Order 'Why Poetry?: The Lunar Poetry Podcasts Anthology' here: vervepoetrypress.com/product/why-poetry/
    Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here:
    snazzyrat.bandcamp.com/
    www.facebook.com/snazzyrat/
    4 min

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This series has now ended and won't be producing any new episodes. Thank you to everyone for listening!!