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- 14. "Nostalgic, Abstract & Inspiring". Chen Du Reads 'At Home' by Chinese Deaf Poet, Zuo You
In this episode of Elixir, Helen is talking to Chen Du about ‘At Home’ by a modern Chinese poet, Zuo You.
They discuss:- Nostalgia in China
- Deaf poets including Raymond Antrobus
- Homesickness
Discover poetry through the heart of another…Find out more about the poems on Elixir and read them here!
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The Elixir Poetry Podcast website: https://www.helenwing.com/the-elixir-poetry-podcast
Let us know what you think of the episodes by replying to our emails or in the comments or our DMs on Instagram @elixirpoetry.podcastFree texts of the poems and extra episode info!
Support The Elixir Poetry Podcast, buy Helen a coffee buymeacoffee.com/helenwing
The Podcast is Produced by Tom Platts at Sound Sapien
All Music Composed by Tom Platts
soundsapien.com15 min - Voicenote 2. 'Sonnet of Fidelity' by Vinicius de Moraes
'Soneto de fidelidade' 'Sonnet of Fidelity' by Brazilian poet Vinicius de Moraes. It is read by Eduardo and the musical underscore is composed by Tom Platts.
Simply scroll down to listen to the whole episode (6mins52): 4. Soneto de fidelidade: "We Must Enjoy Everything While It Lasts" - EduardoDiscover poetry through the heart of another…
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The Elixir Poetry Podcast website: https://www.helenwing.com/the-elixir-poetry-podcast
Let us know what you think of the episodes by replying to our emails or in the comments or our DMs on Instagram @elixirpoetry.podcastFree texts of the poems and extra episode info!
Support The Elixir Poetry Podcast, buy Helen a coffee buymeacoffee.com/helenwing
The Podcast is Produced by Tom Platts at Sound Sapien
All Music Composed by Tom Platts
soundsapien.com2 min - 13. "The Beautiful, Magical, Fantastic Power Of This Poem Will Carry You." - Emma
In this episode of Elixir, Helen is talking to Emma about ‘Lord Ullin’s Daughter’ by Thomas Campbell (1777 – 1844)
They discuss:- Emma's connection to the poem through her mother
- Authoritarian fathers
- The "freshness" of Thomas Campbell's poem: the early work of young artists
- The power of hearing poetry read out
- The loss of a child
Discover poetry through the heart of another…Find out more about the poems on Elixir and read them here!
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The Elixir Poetry Podcast website: https://www.helenwing.com/the-elixir-poetry-podcast
Let us know what you think of the episodes by replying to our emails or in the comments or our DMs on Instagram @elixirpoetry.podcastFree texts of the poems and extra episode info!
Support The Elixir Poetry Podcast, buy Helen a coffee buymeacoffee.com/helenwing
The Podcast is Produced by Tom Platts at Sound Sapien
All Music Composed by Tom Platts
soundsapien.com24 min - Voicenote 1. 'The Ruin' an Anglo-Saxon poem from The Exeter Book
Extract of 'The Ruin' an Anglo-Saxon poem from The Exeter Book. It is read by Kate and the musical underscore is composed by Tom Platts.
Simply scroll down to listen to the whole episode (13mins30): 1. The Ruin: "I Feel Less Lonely When I Read This Poem" - Kate
Discover poetry through the heart of another…Find out more about the poems on Elixir and read them here!
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The Elixir Poetry Podcast website: https://www.helenwing.com/the-elixir-poetry-podcast
Let us know what you think of the episodes by replying to our emails or in the comments or our DMs on Instagram @elixirpoetry.podcastFree texts of the poems and extra episode info!
Support The Elixir Poetry Podcast, buy Helen a coffee buymeacoffee.com/helenwing
The Podcast is Produced by Tom Platts at Sound Sapien
All Music Composed by Tom Platts
soundsapien.com2 min - 12. “My Mother Taught Us Love”. Teaching Children Emotional Literacy Through Poetry (with Tom)
In this episode of Elixir, Helen is talking to (our second) Tom about, ‘Mother any distance’ by Simon Armitage.
They discuss:- Family relationships
- Maternal love
- Teaching children emotional literacy through poetry
- The truth of why this poem makes Tom so emotional
Discover poetry through the heart of another…
Find out more about the poems on Elixir and read them here!
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The Elixir Poetry Podcast website: https://www.helenwing.com/the-elixir-poetry-podcast
Let us know what you think of the episodes by replying to our emails or in the comments or our DMs on Instagram @elixirpoetry.podcastFree texts of the poems and extra episode info!
Support The Elixir Poetry Podcast, buy Helen a coffee buymeacoffee.com/helenwing
The Podcast is Produced by Tom Platts at Sound Sapien
All Music Composed by Tom Platts
soundsapien.com17 min - 11. The Brutality Of War: "This Is The Dark Truth About Human Nature!" (with Richard)
In this episode of Elixir, Helen is talking to Richard about an extract from book 22 of the Iliad by Homer.
Richard explains the tale of Achilles, and hones in on the brutality of war which the story portrays. Richard is reminded of the Iliad by the violence he sees in the modern world as a war correspondent. How does Homer's work affect us today? All this and much more in this episode!
Discover poetry through the heart of another…Find out more about the poems on Elixir and read them here!
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The Elixir Poetry Podcast website: https://www.helenwing.com/the-elixir-poetry-podcast
Let us know what you think of the episodes by replying to our emails or in the comments or our DMs on Instagram @elixirpoetry.podcastFree texts of the poems and extra episode info!
Support The Elixir Poetry Podcast, buy Helen a coffee buymeacoffee.com/helenwing
The Podcast is Produced by Tom Platts at Sound Sapien
All Music Composed by Tom Platts
soundsapien.com29 min - 10. “Zhuangzi Gave Me Strength To Deal With All My Traumas." The Poet Of Transcendence (with Vivienne Lo)
In this episode of Elixir, Helen is talking to Vivienne Lo about 2 Daoist poems: Chapter 8 of Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching and Zhangzi's (Chuang-Tzu's) Butterfly Dream Parable.
They discuss:- Learning about Chinese philosophy from European hippies (as a Chinese person).
- Feminism in Chinese Daoist poetry and philosophy.
- Violence, sexism & racism: ‘growing up fighting’ being drawn to martial arts.
- Mortality, Zhuangzi’s parable of emotional detachment, acceptance and transcending life.
- Death rituals and processing death in modern Britain & China.
- The value brought by Asian philosophies to the West.
The producer adds music when the two poems are read in Chinese.
Discover poetry through the heart of another…Find out more about the poems on Elixir and read them here!
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The Elixir Poetry Podcast website: https://www.helenwing.com/the-elixir-poetry-podcast
Let us know what you think of the episodes by replying to our emails or in the comments or our DMs on Instagram @elixirpoetry.podcastFree texts of the poems and extra episode info!
Support The Elixir Poetry Podcast, buy Helen a coffee buymeacoffee.com/helenwing
The Podcast is Produced by Tom Platts at Sound Sapien
All Music Composed by Tom Platts
soundsapien.com24 min - 9. "I Have My Wife's Heart With Me All The Time". The Power Of True Love (with Martyn)
In this episode of Elixir, Helen is talking to Martyn about [i carry your heart with me(i carry it in] by e.e. cummings (1894–1962).
They discuss:- The portability of love e.e. cummings conveys in the poem
- Otherness due to being an immigrant, or minority in a country - an experience Martyn shares with his wife.
- Being rooted in a place through one’s love & relationship.
- Assimilation & acculturation and one’s sense of self living in a foreign country.
- Cummings’s experience in WW1
On the second reading of the poem the producer adds an original musical soundtrack.
Discover poetry through the heart of another…Find out more about the poems on Elixir and read them here!
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The Elixir Poetry Podcast website: https://www.helenwing.com/the-elixir-poetry-podcast
Let us know what you think of the episodes by replying to our emails or in the comments or our DMs on Instagram @elixirpoetry.podcastFree texts of the poems and extra episode info!
Support The Elixir Poetry Podcast, buy Helen a coffee buymeacoffee.com/helenwing
The Podcast is Produced by Tom Platts at Sound Sapien
All Music Composed by Tom Platts
soundsapien.com23 min - 8. Sharp Edges: "How I Learnt That My Body Is My Best Friend" - Tom
In this episode of Elixir, Helen is talking to Tom, our producer, about one of his own poems, ‘Sharp Edges’. The poem is read twice with a musical underscore on the second reading.
They discuss:
- Seamus Heaney
- Tom's cycling accident and lucky escape
- How and why he started writing poetry after the accident
- How time slows down in a moment of survival
- Applying poetry writing to songwriting
- The importance of allowing your brain to wander
- Viewing the body and the mind as separate entities
Discover poetry through the heart of another…Find out more about the poems on Elixir and read them here!
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The Elixir Poetry Podcast website: https://www.helenwing.com/the-elixir-poetry-podcast
Let us know what you think of the episodes by replying to our emails or in the comments or our DMs on Instagram @elixirpoetry.podcastFree texts of the poems and extra episode info!
Support The Elixir Poetry Podcast, buy Helen a coffee buymeacoffee.com/helenwing
The Podcast is Produced by Tom Platts at Sound Sapien
All Music Composed by Tom Platts
soundsapien.com17 min - 7. "This Poem Is The Way I See The World!" - Andreea
In this episode of Elixir, Helen is talking to Andreea about a Romanian poem called ‘I do not crush the world’s corolla of wonders’ by Lucian Blaga.
They discuss:- How the poem has shaped Andreea's view of the world
- Romanian poet and philosopher Lucian Blaga
- Being comfortable with mystery, unknown, and surprise in life
- Overcoming anxiety
- Love and kindness - finding light in the dark
- Translating poetry
Original musical underscore on the second reading.
Discover poetry through the heart of another…Find out more about the poems on Elixir and read them here!
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The Elixir Poetry Podcast website: https://www.helenwing.com/the-elixir-poetry-podcast
Let us know what you think of the episodes by replying to our emails or in the comments or our DMs on Instagram @elixirpoetry.podcastFree texts of the poems and extra episode info!
Support The Elixir Poetry Podcast, buy Helen a coffee buymeacoffee.com/helenwing
The Podcast is Produced by Tom Platts at Sound Sapien
All Music Composed by Tom Platts
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About The Elixir Poetry Podcast
From the publisher's feed
British poet Helen Wing has spent the past 20 years living between the UK, China and the Middle East, experiencing first-hand the human impact of poetry across borders. On The Elixir Poetry…
Podcast, she asks anonymous individuals from around the world to read the poem that has touched them the most, and to unveil why. (Each episode includes original music)