In the first part of this episode I talk sean wai keung – a poet, performer and food writer living in Glasgow, whose first full collection, sikfan glaschu, came out with Verve Press in 2021. 

And in the second part I talk to Damien, a doctor who loves the great outdoors, about sean's poem 'lanzou noodle'.

Damien tells me that he didn't "grow up with really any art" around the house, and although as an adult he's sort of got into some things, poetry is something he's "just never quite been able to get into" – partly because "it feels quite opaque". Despite this, he says he likes "the idea that [he] would read poetry" – and during our conversation finds out he's actually very good at it!

Read the poem in full here: https://time41poem.wordpress.com/2022/01/19/it-feels-quite-opaque/

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CREDITS

Producer/host: Annie Muir ~ @time41poem

Editor: Jack Rientoul ~ @jackrientoul

Music: JANSKY ~ @radiojansky

Artwork: Max Machen ~ @maxymachen

This podcast was made using funding from the National Lottery, through Creative Scotland. 

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More about sean: https://seanwaikeung.carrd.co/

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This is the last episode of the series! If you have got this far, thank you so much for listening! Follow my blog for updates on further series/projects, and if you enjoyed the podcast please leave a review on Apple Podcasts!

In the first part of this episode I talk to Hera Lindsay Bird – a poet and children's bookseller from New Zealand whose debut, Hera Lindsay Bird, came out in the UK with Penguin Books in 2017 – about how she got into poetry. 

And in the second part I talk to poetry-sceptic Mathias, a lover of pop-divas who works as a care administrator for The No.1 Care Agency, about Hera's poem 'I will already remember you for the rest of my life' – from her pamphlet, Pamper Me to Hell & Back (Smith|Doorstop, 2018).

Although Mathias was impressed when his sister won a prize in school for writing a haiku, as he's got older he's become "sceptical" about reading poetry because he's "just never read it" and thinks he would "rather read a book". Despite this he really enjoys Hera's poem and has some great ideas about it (when I give him a word in!) (I got a bit overexcited this episode, sorry!)

Read the poem in full here: https://time41poem.wordpress.com/2022/01/12/my-sister-once-wrote-a-haiku/

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CREDITS

Producer/host: Annie Muir ~ @time41poem

Editor: Jack Rientoul ~ @jackrientoul

Music: JANSKY ~ @radiojansky

Artwork: Max Machen ~ @maxymachen

This podcast was made using funding from the National Lottery, through Creative Scotland. 

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More about Hera Lindsay Bird: http://www.heralindsaybird.com/

More about The No.1 Care Agency: https://www.theno1care.org/

Happy new year! In the first part of this episode I talk to Nina Mingya Powles – a London-based writer and zinemaker from Aotearoa New Zealand, whose first collection Magnolia 木蘭 came out with Nine Arches Press in 2020 – about how she got into poetry.

And in the second part I talk to Caroline, a nurse with a new baby, about Nina's poem 'Mid-Autumn Moon Festival, 2016'. Caroline tells me that although she likes the idea of poetry, and even writes some herself: "it's just something that gets forgotten about" because when you're busy or tired "it's easier to switch on the TV".

I'm really glad Caroline made the time to come and talk to me about this poem, which she said gave her "shivers" and is going to print out to stick on her wall!

Read the poem in full here: 

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CREDITS

Producer/host: Annie Muir ~ @time41poem

Editor: Jack Rientoul ~ @jackrientoul

Music: JANSKY ~ @radiojansky

Artwork: Max Machen ~ @maxymachen

This podcast was made using funding from the National Lottery, through Creative Scotland. 

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More about Nina: https://www.ninapowles.com/

In the first part of this episode I talk to the poet Callie Gardner – a writer and publisher from Glasgow whose book-length poem Naturally it is not came out with the 87 Press in 2018 – about how they got into poetry.

And in the second part I talk to Mhairi, a videogame-lover from the Highlands who is currently studying Radio at City of Glasgow College, about a small section of Callie's poem 'Summerletter' (part of Naturally it is not). 

Mhairi says that she has "limited experience" of reading poetry, partly because of a sense of "gatekeeping" she feels surrounds the subject, making it seem "quite intimidating" to an outsider. 

Despite finding Callie's poem dense and mysterious, Mhairi manages to find some meaning in the visual aspects of the poem, and says she will never look at a loch in the same way again!

Read the poem in full here: https://time41poem.wordpress.com/2021/12/29/it-can-be-quite-an-intimidating-thing/

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The poet Callie Gardner passed away shortly after recording this interview. They will be greatly missed by their family and friends as well as the wider poetry community. 

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CREDITS

Producer/host: Annie Muir ~ @time41poem

Editor: Jack Rientoul ~ @jackrientoul

Music: JANSKY ~ @radiojansky

Artwork: Max Machen ~ @maxymachen

This podcast was made using funding from the National Lottery, through Creative Scotland. 

Season's greetings! In the first part of this episode I talk to Theresa Muñoz – a poet born in Vancouver, Canada and now living in Edinburgh, who writes about this transition in her debut collection, Settle (Vagabond, 2016) – about how she got into poetry.

And in the second part I talk to Linda, a support worker at Fortune Works – a social enterprise for people with learning disabilities – about Theresa's poem 'Simpsons department store, Toronto'. 

Although Linda may have enjoyed poetry at school (she "can't remember that far back"!) and it has sometimes come up at work or other scenarios in her life, she says that she's never made a "personal choice" to read poetry. Despite this, Linda enjoys the storytelling aspect of Theresa's poem, which leads us to talk about why we like telling these stories from the past.

Read the poem in full here: https://time41poem.wordpress.com/2021/12/22/i-cant-remember-if-i-liked-it-at-school/

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CREDITS

Producer/host: Annie Muir ~ @time41poem

Editor: Jack Rientoul ~ @jackrientoul

Music: JANSKY ~ @radiojansky

Artwork: Max Machen ~ @maxymachen

This podcast was made using funding from the National Lottery, through Creative Scotland. 

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More about Theresa: http://www.theresamunoz.com/

More about Fortune Works: http://www.enableglasgow.org.uk/fortuneworks/

In the first part of this episode I talk to Gboyega Odubanjo – a British-Nigerian poet born and raised in East London, whose third pamphlet Aunty Uncle Poems came out in 2021 with The Poetry Business – about how he got into poetry (after giving up on becoming a footballer). 

And in the second part I talk to Chris, a photographer from Australia and co-runner of Gulabi – an independent film lab in the Southside of Glasgow, about Gboyega's poem 'Dagenham Runner's Club'.

Although Chris spent a lot of his teens writing "angsty poetry", since then he's "read a few bits and bobs here and there, but [hasn't] really engaged with it a lot". He puts this down to there being "too many [poems] – you don't know where to start." So I started him off with this one, which he managed to relate to a lot about his own life experiences, despite never having seen the film Running Man!

Read the poem in full here: https://time41poem.wordpress.com/2021/12/15/you-dont-know-where-to-start/

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CREDITS

Producer/host: Annie Muir ~ @time41poem

Editor: Jack Rientoul ~ @jackrientoul

Music: JANSKY ~ @radiojansky

Artwork: Max Machen ~ @maxymachen

This podcast was made using funding from the National Lottery, through Creative Scotland. 

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More about Gboyega: https://www.poetrybooks.co.uk/products/aunty-uncle-poems-by-gboyega-odubanjo

More about Gulabi: https://www.gulabi.co.uk/

In the first part of this episode I talk to afshan d'souza-lodhi, a Manchester-based poet and screenwriter whose first collection [re:desire] came out in 2020 with Burning Eye Books, about how she got into poetry.

And in the second part I talk to Kirstie, a Save Glasgow Libraries campaigner who works for the charity United to Prevent Suicide, about afshan's poem 'black marigolds'.

An avid reader of fiction, Kirstie says poetry is something she's "always struggled with" and "never been able to get into". She also tells me that although she enjoyed poetry as a child, the idea of reading poetry now "fills [her] with dread!" Despite this, we find lots to discuss and google in afshan's poem, which forces us both think outside the box when it comes to poetry.

Read the poem in full here: https://time41poem.wordpress.com/2021/12/08/it-fills-me-with-dread/

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CREDITS

Producer/host: Annie Muir ~ @time41poem

Editor: Jack Rientoul ~ @jackrientoul

Music: JANSKY ~ @radiojansky

Artwork: Max Machen ~ @maxymachen

This podcast was made using funding from the National Lottery, through Creative Scotland. 

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More about afshan: https://afshandl.com/

More about United to Prevent Suicide: https://unitedtopreventsuicide.org.uk/

In the first part of this episode I talk to Rowan McCabe: a poet and performer from Newcastle upon Tyne, famous for being the world's first door-to-door poet!

And in the second part I talk to David, a 17 year old in his last year of school in Glasgow, about Rowan's poem 'Careers Day'.

David tells me that although he finds poetry "interesting" he doesn't feel "creative enough" to really get into it. Despite this, as someone who is currently deciding what to do with their life, he finds Rowan's poem very relatable - more so than the poems about "mythical legends" he's currently studying at school. 

Read the poem in full here: https://time41poem.wordpress.com/?p=2328

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CREDITS

Producer/host: Annie Muir ~ @time41poem

Editor: Jack Rientoul ~ @jackrientoul

Music: JANSKY ~ @radiojansky

Artwork: Max Machen ~ @maxymachen

This podcast was made using funding from the National Lottery, through Creative Scotland. 

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More about Rowan: https://rowanthepoet.com/

In this episode I talk to Harry Josephine Giles – a writer and performer from Orkney, now living in Leith – about having fun with words, and why her favourite board game used to be Pandemic.

And my poetry-sceptic/expert is Halina, a podcast producer who works with various community projects in Glasgow including Dardishi and We Are Here Scotland, about Harry Josephine's poem 'Bloom' – from their collection The Games (Outspoken, 2018).

When Halina was at school she found poetry "stuffy and intimidating", partly because of the fear of feeling "stupid" for getting the meaning of a poem wrong. Despite this, Halina is fearless when interpreting this explosive poem, describing it as "a real eye-opener"!

Read the poem in full here: https://time41poem.wordpress.com/2021/11/24/you-dont-want-to-feel-stupid/

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CREDITS

Producer/host: Annie Muir ~ @time41poem

Editor: Jack Rientoul ~ @jackrientoul

Music: JANSKY ~ @radiojansky

Artwork: Max Machen ~ @maxymachen

This podcast was made using funding from the National Lottery, through Creative Scotland. 

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More about Harry Josephine: https://harryjosephine.com/

More about Halina: https://www.halinarifai.com/

In the first part of this episode I talk to the poet Nia Davies, who grew up in Sheffield and now lives in Wales, about how the first poem she ever wrote was mocked by a cynical teacher. Nia’s first collection All Fours came out in 2017.

In the second part I talk to Paul, a star-trek fan who works as a community gardener for Urban Roots, about Nia's poem 'You will never guess my name'.

Paul says he has "no reaction" at all to poetry, though he knows it's "meant to be important." After reading this poem his first instinct was just to move on and forget about it. But eventually he does find a way to put the poem into his own words - by looking at it in terms of our shifting identities.

Read the poem in full and leave a comment with your own interpretation: https://time41poem.wordpress.com/2021/11/17/i-know-its-meant-to-be-important-but/

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CREDITS

Producer/host: Annie Muir ~ @time41poem

Editor: Jack Rientoul ~ @jackrientoul

Music: JANSKY ~ @radiojansky

Artwork: Max Machen ~ @maxymachen

This podcast was made using funding from the National Lottery, through Creative Scotland. 

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More about Nia Davies: https://niadavieslit.com/

More about Urban Roots: https://www.urbanroots.org.uk/