Batman, Captain America and Milton’s Paradise Lost.

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Frank celebrates Caroline Bird and wonders if he should have saved this one for Valentine’s Day. The collection referenced is The Air Year by Caroline Bird. The individual poems discussed are Temporary Vows and I Am Not a Falconer, both by Caroline Bird.

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Series 4 of Frank Skinner's Poetry Podcast coming soon...

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Frank meets WH Auden in an art gallery and falls in love all over again.

Poems referenced:

Musée des Beaux Arts - WH Auden

Funeral Blues - WH Auden

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Frank finds out when the Illegal Age began, with Ellen Hinsey.

Please note this podcast has some disturbing content.

Poem referenced:

The Illegal Age - Ellen Hinsey

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Frank spends a dark night on Dover Beach with Matthew Arnold and, hold on, isn’t that Sophocles over there?

Poems referenced:

Dover Beach - Matthew Arnold

Stanzas from the Grande Chartreuse - Matthew Arnold

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Frank reads Tracy K Smith and finally gets his priorities right.

Collections referenced:

Wade in the Water - Tracy K Smith

Leaves of Grass – Walt Whitman

Poems referenced:

Political Poem – Tracy K Smith

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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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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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Frank celebrates one of his all-time favourite poems: The Star-Splitter by Robert Frost.

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