Two Thousand and Fifty Miles of Poetry Miles of Poetry

It's almost midsummer and Lee and Charlie return with a Miles of Poetry Christmas Special! They discuss what has changed in their lives since the release of the last episode almost exaclty 4 years ago in June 2020, dabble in asmr and, of course, apply their razor analysis to some poems. Happy festive midsummer everyone!
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Charlie and Lee read and consider the poetry of Haiku master Basho and the amazing Rin Ishigaki with their usual razor sharp insight (...) They also discuss bathing naked in Japan, wasting once-in-a-lifetime moments by playing Pokemon Go and wax lyrical about the elephant in the room.
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Charlie and Lee read and consider the poetry of Patti Smith and Michael Dickman, Charlie tells tales of seeing a Michael Dickman reading in New York last year, Lee describes the experience of being spat on by Patti Smith in 2007 and they both lament the fact that neither of things seem likely to happen again for a while.
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Charlie and Lee read the poems of Tim Key and Robert Montgomery, they also extoll the virtues of reading poetry on the toilet, enjoy a poem sent in by eager listener Grant, and encourage Grant's furloughed friend Will to respond in verse - get in touch Will!
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Charlie and Lee return for another week of poetic wonder, this time reading poems by Sylvia Plath and Seamus Heaney. They discuss the joy of youth, Lee's love/hate relationship with Seamus Heaney (which seems to develop throughout the episode) and how lovely Faber and Faber's books are!
Links and Notes:

Seamus Heaney reading Blackberry Picking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhBK5_zLwJYSylvia Plath reading in 1958: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqIhR4QIweQCollected Poems by Sylvia Plath, published by Faber and Faber: https://www.faber.co.uk/9780571118380-collected-poems.htmlDeath of a Naturalist by Seamus heaney, published by Faber and Faber: https://www.faber.co.uk/9780571230839-death-of-a-naturalist.html
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Charlie and Lee read the work of concrete poet Bob Cobbing and welsh maestro Dylan Thomas. They discuss Hovis adverts, poetry that makes you feel like a hippie and receive their first piece of listener correspondence! Follow us and get in touch on Instagram @milesofpoetry
Links and notes:

Bob Cobbing 'Chamber Music': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP9h9zpEbcUBob Cobbing 'Boooook': https://occasionalpapers.org/product/boooook-the-life-and-work-of-bob-cobbing/Writer's Forum: http://www.wfuk.org.uk/blog/?page_id=2Dylan Thomas 'Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mRec3VbH3wDyland Thomas Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyavcLn2_uo
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