Poetry worth hearing

This episode has the theme 'canonical' and features an interview with the founder of Live Canon and poems by John Greening, Laura Varnam, Matt Bryden, Beck Reynolds, Margot Myers, Nick Grundy, Rosie Jackson and Inge Milfull. Information on poets and publications and texts of unpublished poems at poetryworthhearing.biz

This episode features the Northern Ireland poet, Matthew Rice, who talks about his poetic journey and reads from his work. The theme for this episode was 'inside / outside' and it includes poems by Alison Jones, John White, Helen Overell, Clare Starling, Pat Winslow, Jane Thomas, Susan Thomas, Guy Jones, Polly Walshe, Maureen Jivani, Julia Webb, John Daniel, Diana Bell, Lizzie Ballagher, Stephen Claughton and Lucy Ingrams.

You can find more information, texts of poems and poet biographies as well as details of the next episode and how to submit at poetryworthhearing.biz. Comments and submissions to [email protected]

This episode is an election special, and has for its theme, 'political', however our poets have wished to interpret that. There are poems on war, displacement of people, oppression, violence against women, inequality and injustice, commodification and capital and the environment

There are poems from Jenny Lewis, Rachael Clyne, Claire Cox, Pat Winslow, Jacob Mckibbin, Carl Tomlinson, Heather Moulson, Richard Price, Diana Bell, Caroline Jackson Houlston and Sarah Watkinson. In addition, there is an interview with poet, historian and peace campaigner, Rip Bulkeley who talks about politics in his own poetry and in the two political anthologies he has edited. More information about contributors, texts of poems and details of publications can be found at poetryworthhearing.biz

The theme for this episode was 'other'. It features the poet and artist, Jane Burn, who identifies as working class, pansexual,autistic and living off grid, talking about her life, writers who have influenced her and also reading some of her own poems.

As well, there are poems by Lucy Ingrams, Richard Lister, Sarah J Bryson, Lizzie Ballagher, Kate Young, Carmel McKeown, Slava Konoval, Siobhan Ward, Heather Shakespeare, Trish Broomfield and Heather Moulson

This episode, which has the theme of 'struggle', features an interview with Palestinian poet, Ruba Abughaida, who reads some of her own work and some poems by poets she admires. In addition, there are poems by Lizzie Ballagher, Fiona Perry, Guy Jones, Alison Jones, Elizabeth Barton, Sarah J Bryson, Helen Overell and Kate Young. The episode concludes with Michael Bartholomew-Biggs reading a short selection of poems from his new collection, Identified Flying Objects. Further details about poets and texts can be found at poetryworthhearing.biz.

Features a fascinating talk by Cahal Dallat on Yeats in London as well as some of Cahal's own poems. There is also a range of poems on the theme of 'after' from Lyn Thornton, Helen Overell, Matt Bryden, Trisha Broomfield, Stephen Paul Wren, Diana Bell, Heather Moulson, Simon Rees and Dinah Livingstone.

This episode features a short interview with Alex Mazey, followed by poems on the theme of 'creature' from Lizzie Ballagher, Pat Winslow, Fiona Perry, Roddy Maude-Roxby, Eva Wal, Deborah Cox, Stephen P Wren, Caroline Jackson-Houlston and Corinna Board. we also have some advice from Richard Lister on reading poetry aloud. Further details about poets and texts of unpublished poems can be found on poetryworthhearing.biz. Comments or submissions should be sent to [email protected]

The episode has an overarching theme of ’now’ and the featured poet is Richard Price, who talks about poetry, poetic influences and reads from his own work as well as versions of poets he cares for.  Other poets include Jane Burn, Tony Curtis, Helen Overell, Diana Bell, Richard Lister, Lynne Wycherley, Trish Broomfield, Steve Xerri and Dinah Livingstone.I hope you like it and please share.

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This episode has a theme of winter and opens with an extended reading from Jack Cooper, Gregory Award winning poet. He is followed by poems from Eva Wal, Inge Milfull, Stephen Paul Wren, Helen Overell, Dorothy Yamamoto, Elizabeth Barton, Carl Tomlinson and Fiona Perry.The episode ends with an interview from Kate Noakes and a reading by her form her new book, Goldhawk Road.

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This episode focuses on ill-being and well-being. It includes a reading from American poet and playwright, Dan O'Brien, poems and an interview with Sue Wallace-Shaddad as well as further poems from Anne-Marie Daly, Stephen Paul Wren, Rodger Holden, Geraldine Clarkson, Sarah J Bryson, Deborah Cox, Roddy Maude Roxby, Math Jones, Benedicta Norell, Helen Overell, Lou Hough, Dinah Livingstone and Caroline Jackson-Houlston. Information about the poets, their publications and texts of new poems can be found at poetryworthhearing.biz