Poetry Worth Hearing; Episode 34

from Poetry worth hearing · host Kathleen McPhilemy

This episode includes an interview from Theophilus Qwek, where he discusses his life in poetry, both in Singapore and Oxford and reads from his new Carcanet collection, 'Commonwealth'. The prompt for submissions was 'borders' and I was grateful to Jane Duran for recording two of her Palestine poems for the episode. There are also poems from Jess Mookherjee, Helen Overell ,Lizzie Ballagher, Isabela Basombrío Hoban, Paul Walton, Jane Thomas, Gwyn Carney, Marco Giudici and John White.You can find more information about poets and poems at poetryworthhearing.biz

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