Alex's Poetry Podcast

By Alex DefroandArts Books

Alex's Poetry Podcast episodes

April 05, 2021 Dad Jokes Are Dead - Hera Lindsay Bird
Hera Lindsay Bird (1987-)
"Dad Jokes Are Dead" from Hera Lindsay Bird (2017)
16 min
April 04, 2021 Twat - John Cooper Clarke
John Cooper Clarke, "Twat", johncooperclarke.com
3 min
March 24, 2021 Zoom! - Simon Armitage [for oio.studio]
Simon Armitage
"Zoom!", Zoom! (1989)
John Cooper Clarke
"Twat"
Podcast episode for oio studio's one-year anniversary.
28 min
October 13, 2020 Love Songs In Age - Philip Larkin
Philip Larkin (1922-1985)
"Love Songs In Age", from The Whitsun Weddings (1964)
34 min
October 12, 2020 Shy Boy - Greg Sellers
Greg Sellers
"Shy Boy" in Poetry Magazine (2001)
11 min
October 12, 2020 Thank You For Waiting - Simon Armitage
Simon Armitage (1963- )
"Thank You For Waiting", from Paper Aeroplanes (2017)
15 min
October 05, 2020 2 Flies - Charles Bukowski
Charles Bukowski (1920-1994)
"2 Flies" from, Play the Piano Drunk Like a Percussion Instrument Until the Fingers Begin to Bleed a Bit (1979)
15 min
October 02, 2020 The Heat Of Autumn - Jane Hirshfield
Jane Hirshfield (1953- )
"The Heat Of Autumn" from Ten Poems For Autumn (2020)
9 min
September 25, 2020 The Moose - Elizabeth Bishop
Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979)
“The Moose” from The Complete Poems, 1927-1979 (1980)
15 min
September 25, 2020 Happiness - Raymond Carver
Raymond Carver (1938-1988)
"Happiness", Poetry Magazine (February 1985)
11 min

From the publisher's feed

In each episode, I'll read a poem I like and talk about it for a bit.