Frank explores the poetic treasure-trove that is Michael Symmons Roberts’ collection, Drysalter. The poems referenced are Face to Face, Through a Glass Darkly and Discoverers by Michael Symmons Roberts.

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Wordsworth revisited: the leech-gatherer. The poem referenced is Resolution and Independence by William Wordsworth.

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Frank loves Nick Laird’s poetry. And manual typewriters. The collection referenced is On Purpose by Nick Laird and the poem referenced is The Underwood No. 4.

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Frank loves Walt Whitman, right down to his comfortable shoes… The poems referenced are Poets to Come, To You, Song of the Universal and Song of Myself by Walt Whitman.

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Frank heads North with the amazing Jen Hadfield. The collection referenced is The Stone Age by Jen Hadfield. The individual poems referenced are Hardanger Fiddle & Nyckelharpa, (Lighthouse) and (Erratic) by Jen Hadfield.

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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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