Frank Skinner's Poetry Podcast Absolute Radio
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Frank Skinner loves poetry. And he thinks you might like it too. Join Frank each week as he takes you through some of his choice picks of poems. There may be laughter. There may be tears. There will certainly be poetry.
Frank Skinner's Poetry Podcast is produced by Sarah Bishop. It is an Avalon production for Bauer Media.
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Martin Bell
Frank loves a hard-drinking, hard-smoking Polytechnic lecturer like Martin Bell, especially when he is offering poetic praise to Groucho Marx. The poems referenced are ‘Ode to Groucho’ by Martin Bell and ‘The Second Coming’ by W.B. Yeats.
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Jo Shapcott
Jo Shapcott sends Frank, an enthusiastic tree-hugger, into a sap-soaked frenzy. The collection referenced is ‘Of Mutability’. The poems referenced are ‘I Go Inside The Tree’, ‘My Oak’ and ‘Cypress’.
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Sasha Dugdale
Frank stands in awe as Sasha Dugdale sends a frighteningly honest Valentine’s message. The collection referenced is ‘Joy’ by Sasha Dugdale. The poems referenced are ‘Joy’ and ‘Valentine’s’.
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Jessica Traynor
The Irish poet, Jessica Traynor, explores one of Frank’s favourite subjects – ageing performers who don’t know when to quit. The collection referenced is ‘Pit Lullabies’ by Jessica Traynor. The cycle of poems referenced is ‘An Island Sings’. The poems referenced are ‘The Parent’s Song’, ‘Song of the Insomniac’ and ‘Nureyev in Dublin’.
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Billy Collins
American poet, Billy Collins, makes Frank question the whole Poetry Podcast experience. The poems referenced are ‘Introduction to Poetry’ and ‘American Sonnet’ by Billy Collins.
Customer Reviews
The problem with Frank.
I love the Frank Skinner, Poetry podcast for its conversational style and and personalised reading of each week’s poetry.
It feels like we’re sitting about with Frank and starts talking about this poem he’s reading and what it means to him. Frank’s not offering critical readings and analysis. Just sharing his love of the poetry
My only problem is there is no way to respond to Frank. I sit, nod, laugh and talk back to Podcast. It would be lovely to write somewhere too. No-one needs to see them or read them. It would just be lovely to have a little box of conversational replies somewhere in the cyberspace.
Maybe I’ll start my own Poetry of Frank Skinner podcast/ blog?
Prufock
Dude, you left out two stanzas! Don’t worry about how long it takes. I could have listened for you talking about it for three hours, you were doing great.
Sumptuous
I relish listening to this podcast. It is gripping and joyous.