a poem a week

a poem a week

By David TurnerArts
Download on the App Store

a poem a week episodes

  • Ep.74 - 'Triptych' by Khairani Barokka
    Khairani Barokka reads her poem 'Triptych', taken from her collection 'Rope' (Nine Arches Press, 2017).
    Photo Credit: Christa Holka.
    For more from Okka:
    http://www.khairanibarokka.com/
    http://ninearchespress.com/publications/poetry-collections/rope.html
    https://twitter.com/mailbykite
    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.73 - 'Retro' by Melanie Freshness
    Melanie Freshness reads her poem 'Retro'.
    For more from Melanie:
    https://twitter.com/MeLadyFreshness
    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.72 - 'A Message from No Name' by Pauline Brehony (Read by Fiona Brehony)
    Fiona Brehony reads an excerpt from 'A Message from No Name', a self-published long poem pamphlet by her grandmother Pauline Brehony.
    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.71 - 'Ilex' by Seán Hewitt (Read by Kostya Tsolákis)
    Kostya Tsolákis reads 'Ilex' by Seán Hewitt, taken from Seán's pamphlet 'Lantern' (Offord Road Books, 2018).
    For more from Seán:
    https://www.seanehewitt.com
    https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/1085348/sean-hewitt.html
    https://www.offordroadbooks.co.uk/lantern
    https://twitter.com/seanehewitt
    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.70 - 'A Guide to Reading Trans Literature' by Joshua Jennifer Espinoza (Read by Harry J. Giles)
    Harry Josephine Giles reads 'A Guide to Reading Trans Literature' by Joshua Jennifer Espinoza.
    For more from Joshua Jennifer:
    https://joshuajenniferespinoza.com/
    https://www.biglucks.com/store/im-alive-it-hurts-i-love-it
    https://twitter.com/sadqueer4life
    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/
    6 min
  • Ep.69 - 'Moreover, the Moon' by Mina Loy (Read by Astra Papachristodoulou)
    Astra Papachristodoulou reads 'Moreover, the Moon' by Mina Loy.
    For more from Mina Loy:
    https://poets.org/poem/moreover-moon
    https://oncomouse.github.io/loy/feminist.html
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mina_Loy
    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.68 - 'In the Capital' by Fiona Brehony
    Fiona Brehony reads her poem 'In the Capital'.
    For more from Fiona:
    https://twitter.com/FionaSineadBre
    https://twitter.com/PoetsVersus
    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.67 - 'Faro Rosso / Lighthouse Red' by Cédric Rischitelli
    Cédric Rischitelli reads his poem 'Faro Rosso / Lighthouse Red' across two languages - in the original Italian and then his English translation.
    For more from Cédric:
    https://www.instagram.com/vie_de_pirate/
    https://twitter.com/CedFRischitelli
    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.66 - '23 Confrontations' by Rishi Dastidar
    Rishi Dastidar reads his poem '23 Confrontations'.
    For more from Rishi:
    http://ninearchespress.com/publications/poetry-collections/ticker-tape.html
    http://www.hesterglock.net/original-plus-dub-anthology.html
    https://twitter.com/BetaRish
    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/
    7 min
  • Ep.65 - 'The twat in the (beanie) hat' by David Turner
    David Turner reads 'The twat in the (beanie) hat', taken from the pamphlet '10 cups of coffee' (Hesterglock 2019).
    See the poem and its accompanying illustration here:
    https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.com/2019/07/05/episode-65-of-a-poem-a-week/
    Buy 'ten cups of coffee' here:
    http://www.hesterglock.net/p-016-david-turner--lizzy-turner.html
    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

About a poem a week

From the publisher's feed

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