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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
Heaney can wait
I was in a bookshop in a train station in Dublin yesterday. In my hand were two books of poetry. One was ‘One Hundred poems by Seamus Heaney’ The other was a collection by Aoibhín Garrihy called ‘Every Night Is Full Of Stars’ I chose the latter. Later that night I started reading it. In her introduction she mentioned she loved The Frank Skinner Poetry Podcast. Today I began listening to said podcast..from the beginning and I have to say I have stumbled on a gem! Thank you Frank. Heaney can wait. He will always be there! Regards Brian Mc Nulty
Wilbur and God’s Confidence
I’m on my second listening to this week’s podcast episode (please keep doing these, by the way, they are so wonderful), and another possible reading of the last line of ‘A Dubious Night’ occurred to me. Perhaps the speaker is weary of God’s own confidence, his nagging bells and tone-dear claims on us….probably not what Wilbur had in mind at all, more a sign of my own cynicism and weariness, but I just thought I’d throw that sulphur in the simmer pot. Wilbur is not a poet I knew of till this. Thank you for the taster.
Enjoyable
I am really enjoying this podcast. Frank Skinner’s enthusiasm is infectious.