Poetry

Stars back bid to 'save' Wordsworth's home
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Cumbria
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5 hours ago
Poetry event held in honour of Benjamin Zephaniah
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Birmingham & Black Country
Posted
4 days ago
Self-publishing books 'a fool's errand but worth it'
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Cumbria
Posted
5 days ago
Poet home visitor attraction repair boost
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Cumbria
Posted
13 April
Bestselling travel writer connects with readers at home
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Dorset
Posted
12 April
Soul Music. Ae Fond Kiss by Robert Burns. Audio, 28 minutes
Ae Fond Kiss one of Robert Burns' most famous poems set to music.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year
Film about dad's first Chelsea match goes on show
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Wales
Posted
31 March
Spoken word event 'safe space to be seen and heard'
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Northamptonshire
Posted
28 March
John Cooper Clarke: 'A national treasure? I hate that'
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Culture
Posted
24 March
The 1800s poem written to prove rhyming is easy
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Wiltshire
Posted
21 March
Latitude children's poetry competition gets bigger
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England
Posted
21 March
The Dragon's Pen. Audio, 29 minutes
Poet Clare Potter explores how poets draw inspiration from the communities they live in.
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BBC Radio Wales
Available for 7 days
Poet starts venturing out after years of isolating
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Suffolk
Posted
20 March
The poet who is turning rejection into art
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Berkshire
Posted
9 March
Poetry centre and old Ikea get share of £67m culture fund
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Culture
Posted
17 February
Storytelling festival launches in Leeds
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West Yorkshire
Posted
14 February
Out of the Silence. Video, 58 minutes
Ulster-Scots poet Anne McMaster explores women’s writing in Northern Ireland.
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BBC One
Available for 9 months
Thousands heading to city for literature festival
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Wolverhampton
Posted
1 February
Poet grateful mum turned him over to police at 16
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Wales
Posted
31 January
City literature festival build-up gets under way
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Wolverhampton
Posted
25 January
Burns Night 2025. Video, 59 minutes
An incredible line-up of contemporary artists perform with the BBC SSO for Burns Night.
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BBC Scotland
Available for 9 months
Tributes after poet Michael Longley dies aged 85
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Northern Ireland
Posted
23 January
Versatile poet's work ranged from nature to civil strife
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Northern Ireland
Posted
23 January
Human Intelligence. Collectors: Sei Shōnagon. Audio, 15 minutes
The author of a Japanese masterpiece who saw the beauty and absurdity in everyday life.
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BBC Radio 4
Available for over a year