Poetry

'Literary festival audiences bigger than ever'
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Birmingham & Black Country
Posted
5 days ago
'My black football history poem is for everybody'
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Manchester
Posted
5 days ago
Private Passions. Hollie McNish. Audio, 86 minutes
Michael Berkeley's guest is the poet Hollie McNish.
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BBC Radio 3
Available for 19 days
Teen beats thousands of entrants with her poetry
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Berkshire
Posted
15 October
Poetry trail amplifies diverse local voices
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Dorset
Posted
13 October
Previously unpublished Seamus Heaney poems released
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Northern Ireland
Posted
9 October
Liz Pichon: Five books to try if you’re dyslexic like me
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BBC Bitesize
Posted
8 October
Mystery ode to 'lovely tree' felled by Storm Amy
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Hull & East Yorkshire
Posted
6 October
How to get into poetry: Five poets to get you started
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BBC Bitesize
Posted
1 October
'Force of nature' poet Brian Patten dies aged 79
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Liverpool
Posted
1 October
Blue plaque honours village poet and soldier
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Stoke & Staffordshire
Posted
30 September
Tributes paid to poet and playwright Tony Harrison
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West Yorkshire
Posted
29 September
Riot sparks poetry collection on value of community
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Tees
Posted
28 September
This Cultural Life. Jackie Kay. Audio, 44 minutes
Poet, writer and former Makar Jackie Kay reveals her formative creative influences.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Desert Island Discs. Postcards, Maya Angelou on the trauma that made her mute. Audio, 5 minutes
The great American writer Maya Angelou was cast away back in 1987.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for 17 days
Sunday Feature. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Paul Laurence Dunbar. Audio, 14 minutes
Leah Broad explores Coleridge-Taylor's musical settings of Dunbar's poetry.
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BBC Radio 3
Available for over a year
Author writes haiku poetry guide to football league
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Wolverhampton
Posted
7 September
New top poet aims to 'be a voice' for Manx people
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Isle of Man
Posted
31 August
New generation of slam poets inspired by the Irish language
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Northern Ireland
Posted
30 August
'You're never too old to learn a new language' Video, 00:01:33
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Northern Ireland
Posted
30 August
Poetry event to mark World Suicide Prevention Day
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Wolverhampton
Posted
20 August
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford. "Genius Still Unrecognised" - The Worst Poet in the World. Audio, 39 minutes
William McGonagall's poems are something else.
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BBC Sounds
Available for over a year
Forgotten poet of the Troubles back in the spotlight
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Northern Ireland
Posted
13 August
Poet diagnosed with cancer during Eisteddfod wins Chair
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Wales
Posted
9 August