Frank Skinner's Poetry Podcast

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Frank Skinner loves poetry. And he thinks you might like it too. Join Frank each week as he takes you through some of his choice picks of poems. There may be laughter. There may be tears. There will c... more

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The podcast currently has 85 episodes available.

Frank Skinner's Poetry Podcast episodes:

May 11, 2020 Philip Larkin
Frank tells how Philip Larkin’s ‘The Whitsun Weddings’ gave him a massive panic attack.
Poems referenced:
Philip Larkin – Wild Oats
Philip Larkin - Dockery and Son
Philip Larkin - An Arundel Tomb

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42min
May 04, 2020 Donna Stonecipher
Frank Skinner takes us on a guided tour of Donna Stonecipher’s ‘Model City’.
Poems Referenced:
Richard Harris Barham (Thomas Ingoldsby) - The Lay of Saint Cuthbert
From Donna Stonecipher’s ‘Model City’:
Number 8
Number 47
Number 19
Number 14
Number 69
Number 51

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33min
April 27, 2020 The Beat Poets
Frank Skinner celebrates the Beat Poets – a generation of poets in the 1940s and 50s who rebelled against American conventions, championed ‘spontaneous writing’, and won over Frank in a school assembly.
Poems referenced include:
Lawrence Ferlinghetti - Sometime During Eternity
Gregory Corso - Man About to Enter Sea
Allen Ginsberg - Sunflower Sutra
William Wordsworth - I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud
Lawrence Ferlinghetti – He
Plus Frank argues that Jack Kerouac’s On the Road is a poem too.

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37min
April 20, 2020 Stevie Smith and William Carlos Williams
Frank Skinner delves into Stevie Smith's 'Not Waving But Drowning', and William Carlos Williams' 'Dance Russe'. There will be no guests, just Frank exploring different poems every week.

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34min
April 15, 2020 Trailer
Absolute Radio presenter and comedian Frank Skinner talks about poems “like I talk about football” in his new podcast.

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3min

FAQs about Frank Skinner's Poetry Podcast:

How many episodes does Frank Skinner's Poetry Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 85 episodes available.

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