Poetry
Amanda Gorman: 'Excitement' and 'terror' when I found out Joe Biden wanted me to read. The Newsroom. Audio, 00:02:25
The 22-year-old poet 'screamed and danced her head off' when she found out
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Posted21 January 2021
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- Posted20 January 2021
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- Posted20 January 2021
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- Posted20 January 2021
Sonnets for Albert. Audio, 28 minutes
The poet Anthony Joseph reflects on fatherhood, in his own work and that of fellow artists
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Between the Ears. Flight of the Monarch. Audio, 30 minutes
The migratory route of the monarch butterfly traced in words, music and sound.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
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- Posted28 December 2020
Mohini Gupta reads Renunciation by Dorothy Bonarjee. Audio, 00:00:54
Dorothy Bonarjee's poem Renunciation appears to be about the end of a relationship.
- AttributionBBC
- Posted27 December 2020
Mohini Gupta reads Dorothy Bonarjee poem. Audio, 00:00:25
Poet Mohini Gupta reads from Dorothy Bonarjee's Eisteddfod-winning poem
- AttributionBBC
- Posted27 December 2020
In Our Time. Fernando Pessoa. Audio, 50 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great Portuguese poet and his many literary personas.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Documentary Podcast. Belarus across the barricades - part two. Audio, 27 minutes
Dazzling poet Valzhyna Mort explores a hundred days of protest in Belarus
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Short Cuts. Silent Symphonies. Audio, 28 minutes
Short documentaries with Josie Long listening to what lies beneath the surface.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
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- Posted1 December 2020
Poems at Dusk. Audio, 28 minutes
Poet Theresa Lola explores the relationship between poetry, old age and mortality.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Sunday Feature. The Fake Poet. Audio, 44 minutes
Why does the image of the forlorn and abandoned poet Thomas Chatterton haunt us today?
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Arts & Ideas. When Shakespeare Travelled with Me. Audio, 13 minutes
Shakespeare from 1916 Egypt to Arabic pop songs.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
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- Posted18 November 2020
How Do You Cope? …with Elis and John. S2 Michael Rosen 'Hello body, what can you do?' Audio, 66 minutes
Elis and John speak to children's author Michael Rosen about his battle with Coronavirus.
- AttributionBBC Radio 5 Live
- Available for over a year
In the Studio. Sharon Olds: Poetry coming down my arm. Audio, 32 minutes
The Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet discusses how she writes her poetry
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Headliners with Nihal Arthanayake. John Cooper Clarke. Audio, 51 minutes
"The Bard of Salford" on punk, poetry, ambition and his new memoir I Wanna Be Yours.
- AttributionBBC Radio 5 Live
- Available for over a year
