Time for one Poem

In the first part of this episode I talk to Jane Yeh: a poet and Creative Writing lecturer, originally from America and now living in London, whose third poetry collection Discipline came out in 2019.

And in the second part I talk to poetry-sceptic Lydia, who has just finished a Masters in Service Design from Glasgow School of Art. 

Lydia tells me that although she is often "around people who admire and enjoy poetry," she has "just never really connected with any" herself. In the end she connects with this poem a bit too much, and I need to tell her to calm down!

Read the poem in full and leave a comment with your own interpretation: https://time41poem.wordpress.com/2021/11/10/ive-just-never-connected-with-any-poetry-before/

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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 Jane Yeh: https://www.janeyeh3.com/

More about Lydia: http://www.lydia-stewart.com/

Watch The Clangers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ok6CoIwcJ-E

Welcome to Time for one Poem! In the first part of this episode I talk to Arji Manuelpillai: a poet, rapper, and educator whose debut poetry pamphlet Mutton Rolls came out in 2020.

In the second part I talk to poetry-sceptic Andy, a team leader for the unemployment charity Apex Scotland, about Arji's poem, 'credit card'.

Although Andy describes poetry as "not [his] thing" and wishes someone would just "tell [him] what it means", we manage to come to an understanding of this poem together - discussing identity theft and the perfect leek and potato soup. 

Read the poem in full and leave a comment with your own interpretation: https://time41poem.wordpress.com/2021/11/03/just-tell-me-what-it-means/

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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 Arji Manuelpillai: https://www.arji.org/

More about Apex Scotland: https://www.apexscotland.org.uk/

A new poetry podcast for people who don't read poetry. Coming this November!