Versify - Poetry and English Literature

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Versify - Poetry and English Literature episodes

June 01 Conrad Aiken
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Three poems by US poet and Pulitzer Prize winner Conrad Aiken (1889-1973)

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1 hr 27 min
January 25 Robert Burns - A Burns Night Special
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To celebrate Burns Night on Jan 25th, we tackle three poems by Scotland's greatest poet. We do some sketchy accents!
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1 hr 39 min
December 21, 2025 A LIVE Versify Xmas 2025
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We venture to Alfriston, Sussex for a live Christmas pod.
Three Christmas poems dismantled clumsily.
Festive greetings!
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1 hr 26 min
September 02, 2025 Rabindranath Tagore
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A selection of poems by the esteemed Indian polymath, Rabindranath Tagore.
Email: [email protected]
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1 hr 51 min
June 14, 2025 John Milton
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Three Poems by John Milton.
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1 hr 26 min
February 24, 2025 Wallace Stevens
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We get even more boggled than usual tackling three head-scratchers by American modernist Wallace Stevens (1879-1955).
Domination of Black
The Emperor of Ice Cream
13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird
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1 hr 38 min
December 17, 2024 A Very Merry Versify Christmas
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Robert Frost, Alfred Lord Tennyson and William Carlos Williams hang their Christmas stockings and get a full serving of Versify rambling. Shorter than a usual episode. It's a Christmas miracle!
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1 hr 26 min
November 19, 2024 Thomas Hardy - Live in Alfriston
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Versify record their first live podcast in the beautiful Sussex village of Alfriston, tackling the poetry of British literary titan, Thomas Hardy (1840-1928).

Poems: The Voice, The Convergence of the Twain, At Castle Boterel.
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1 hr 26 min
May 22, 2024 Rainer Maria Rilke - Part 02
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We cautiously dip our toe in Rilke's 'Duino Elegies' and get immediately swept out of our depth.

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1 hr 53 min
April 17, 2024 Rainer Maria Rilke - Part 01
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We blunder our way through our first ever poet in translation with predictably confused results. Our victim this time is revered Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926).

Poems:

Evening
The Panther
Archaic Torso of Apollo

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1 hr 46 min