Poetry worth hearing

This episode has an interview and reading from Jane Draycott and poems on the theme of colour from Jamie McKendrick, Dinah Livingstone, Sarah Watkinson, Emma Dandy, Lizzie Ballagher, Derek Sellen, Kate Young, Caroline Jackson-Houlston, Deborah Lloyd, Ruth Verity Sharman, Trisha Broomfield and Terry Jones.Texts of unpublished poems and more information about the writers can be found at poetryworthhearing.biz

Episode 40 is bookended by and interview and reading from Steve Ely. Other poets include Maureen Jivani, Steve Xerri, Bethany Rivers, Stephen Paul Wren, Sara Stegen, Christopher Horton and Paul Stephenson. Texts of unpublished poems, information about poets and their publications as well as details of how to submit to future episodes can be found at poetryworthhearing.biz

This episode had the theme, 'other spaces'. It features an introduction to the work of Sergio Raimondo, a renowned Argentinian poet, translated and read by Mark Leech and Ben Bollig. Other poets include Dinah Livingstone, Maureen Jivani, Martyn Crucefix, Kate Young, Jane Thomas, Michael Klimeš, Trisha Broomfield, Helen Overell, Lizzie Ballagher, Zachary Thraves, Terry Jones and Sue WoodYou can find more information about poetry and poets on poetryworthhearing.biz

This episode has the theme "Writing Nature/Writing Eco'. It opens with a clip from an interview with Nancy Campbell where she talks about eco poetry and continues with a recording of the launch of the Whaleback City Press launch of 15 eco sonnets by 14 distinguished poets. This is followed by a new recording by Kathleen Jamie of her poem 'What the Clyde said after COP 26' and 'Slipway' a new poem by Philip Gross. We also have two poems by Sarah Watkinson. Other poets include Inge Milfull, Lizzie Ballagher, Helen Overell, Richard Lister, Kate Young, Georgia Hilton, Derek Seller and Sara Steven. Details of poets and their publications as well as texts of unpublished poems at poetryworthhearing.biz .

This episode had the theme 'hiding and/or seeking'. It includes an interview and reading from Nancy Campbell. Other poets are Guy Jones, Zelda Cahill-Patten, Lesley Saunders, Pat Winslow, Richard Lister, Dinah Livingstone, Sarah Mnatzaganian and Fokkina McDonnell. you can find the texts of unpublished poems and more information about the poets at poetryworthhearing.biz.

The theme for this episode was 'games people play' and we open with a wonderfully playful recording from Rachel Goodman and Elvire Roberts presenting their collaborative poetry collection, 'Knee to Knee'. Other poets include Maureen Jivani, Helen Overell, Paul Stephenson, Kate Young, Richard Lister, Sara Stegen, Dorothy Yamamoto, Trish Broomfield, Sarah Mason and Lizzie Ballagher.More information and texts of unpublished poems can be found at poetryworthhearing.biz

This episode includes and interview and reading from Dane Holt as well as poems from Michaela Brady, Stephen Paul Wren, Guy Jones, Margaret Poynor-Clark, John Vickers, Richard Lister, Stephen Claughton, Selena Wisnom, Paul Fallon, Geoff Edwards, Tricia Parry, Benedicta Norrell, Heather Moulson and Maureen Jivani. The prompt for this episode was 'making up'. Information about the poets and texts of poems can be found at poetryworthhearing.biz

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

The theme for this episode was garden. You can find poems from David Constantine, Jane Burn, Paul Surman, Lizzie Ballagher, Simon Maddrell, Trish Broomfield, Dinah Livingstone and Inge Milfull.More information about poems and poets at poetryworthhearing.biz Comments, suggestions and submissions to [email protected]

In this episode, you can hear Tony Curtis, the distinguished Welsh poet and Professor Emeritus of Creative Writing at South Wales University, talking about his life in poetry and his new book, Leaving the Hills. The prompt for this episode was 'moving' which could be interpreted as anything from some kind of physical movement to the power of emotions. There are poems from Maggie Hall, Richard Lister, Dinah Livingstone, Fiona Perry, Heather Moulson, Helen Overell, Kate Young, Michael Klimeš, Adam Shaw and Lizzie Ballagher. Details about poets and their publications and texts of unpublished poems at poetryworthhearing.biz. Suggestions, submissions and comments to [email protected]

This episode had the prompt 'rule making and/or rule breaking'.It includes an interview with pot and playwright,Jack Nicholls, who also gives a short reading from his work. Claire Cox explains the process behind her sonnet sequence which appeared in The Long Poem Magazine, Issue 32 and reads some of the poems. Other poets include Helen Hall, Sean Burke, Anne Bailey, Philippa Ramsden, Derek Sellen, Claire Parker and Trish Broomfield

This episode explores the relationship between poetry and music. Malcolm Atkins talks about setting text to music and includes performances of Blake, Hopkins and contemporary poets. He finishes with Lament for Gaza, put together by the Confluence Collective. We have an extract from Sarah Acton's long poem, Book of the Exe, accompanied by musician, Emma Welton. Diana Sanders curates a selection of poems, music and soundscape from 'I Am Nature'. In addition, there are poems which are not accompanied by music but which are, in different ways, concerned with music. More information can be found at poetryworthhearing.biz and comments and suggestions should be sent to [email protected]

This episode had as its theme 'losing and / or finding'.It includes a poem from David Constantine about losing and finding, as well as apiece from Caroline Maldonado talking about her book, Mirror and Stone , in which, with the artist, Garry Lennard, she 'finds' Michelangelo. There are also poems from Eugene O'Hare, Kate Young, Lizzie Ballagher, Joseph Long, Claire Parker, Eva Wal, Elizabeth Barton, Helen Overell, Rebecca Wheatley, Fokkina McDonnell, Nicholas McGaughey, Jenny Hockey, Jane Newberry and Trisha Broomfield.

This episode has the theme 'canonical' and features an interview with the founder of Live Canon and poems by John Greening, Laura Varnam, Matt Bryden, Beck Reynolds, Margot Myers, Nick Grundy, Rosie Jackson and Inge Milfull. Information on poets and publications and texts of unpublished poems at poetryworthhearing.biz

This episode features the Northern Ireland poet, Matthew Rice, who talks about his poetic journey and reads from his work. The theme for this episode was 'inside / outside' and it includes poems by Alison Jones, John White, Helen Overell, Clare Starling, Pat Winslow, Jane Thomas, Susan Thomas, Guy Jones, Polly Walshe, Maureen Jivani, Julia Webb, John Daniel, Diana Bell, Lizzie Ballagher, Stephen Claughton and Lucy Ingrams. You can find more information, texts of poems and poet biographies as well as details of the next episode and how to submit at poetryworthhearing.biz. Comments and submissions to [email protected]

This episode is an election special, and has for its theme, 'political', however our poets have wished to interpret that. There are poems on war, displacement of people, oppression, violence against women, inequality and injustice, commodification and capital and the environment There are poems from Jenny Lewis, Rachael Clyne, Claire Cox, Pat Winslow, Jacob Mckibbin, Carl Tomlinson, Heather Moulson, Richard Price, Diana Bell, Caroline Jackson Houlston and Sarah Watkinson. In addition, there is an interview with poet, historian and peace campaigner, Rip Bulkeley who talks about politics in his own poetry and in the two political anthologies he has edited. More information about contributors, texts of poems and details of publications can be found at poetryworthhearing.biz

The theme for this episode was 'other'. It features the poet and artist, Jane Burn, who identifies as working class, pansexual,autistic and living off grid, talking about her life, writers who have influenced her and also reading some of her own poems. As well, there are poems by Lucy Ingrams, Richard Lister, Sarah J Bryson, Lizzie Ballagher, Kate Young, Carmel McKeown, Slava Konoval, Siobhan Ward, Heather Shakespeare, Trish Broomfield and Heather Moulson

This episode, which has the theme of 'struggle', features an interview with Palestinian poet, Ruba Abughaida, who reads some of her own work and some poems by poets she admires. In addition, there are poems by Lizzie Ballagher, Fiona Perry, Guy Jones, Alison Jones, Elizabeth Barton, Sarah J Bryson, Helen Overell and Kate Young. The episode concludes with Michael Bartholomew-Biggs reading a short selection of poems from his new collection, Identified Flying Objects. Further details about poets and texts can be found at poetryworthhearing.biz.

Features a fascinating talk by Cahal Dallat on Yeats in London as well as some of Cahal's own poems. There is also a range of poems on the theme of 'after' from Lyn Thornton, Helen Overell, Matt Bryden, Trisha Broomfield, Stephen Paul Wren, Diana Bell, Heather Moulson, Simon Rees and Dinah Livingstone.

This episode features a short interview with Alex Mazey, followed by poems on the theme of 'creature' from Lizzie Ballagher, Pat Winslow, Fiona Perry, Roddy Maude-Roxby, Eva Wal, Deborah Cox, Stephen P Wren, Caroline Jackson-Houlston and Corinna Board. we also have some advice from Richard Lister on reading poetry aloud. Further details about poets and texts of unpublished poems can be found on poetryworthhearing.biz. Comments or submissions should be sent to [email protected]

The episode has an overarching theme of ’now’ and the featured poet is Richard Price, who talks about poetry, poetic influences and reads from his own work as well as versions of poets he cares for.  Other poets include Jane Burn, Tony Curtis, Helen Overell, Diana Bell, Richard Lister, Lynne Wycherley, Trish Broomfield, Steve Xerri and Dinah Livingstone.I hope you like it and please share. More information about poets and texts of previously unpublished poems on poetryworthhearing.biz

This episode has a theme of winter and opens with an extended reading from Jack Cooper, Gregory Award winning poet. He is followed by poems from Eva Wal, Inge Milfull, Stephen Paul Wren, Helen Overell, Dorothy Yamamoto, Elizabeth Barton, Carl Tomlinson and Fiona Perry.The episode ends with an interview from Kate Noakes and a reading by her form her new book, Goldhawk Road. More information about the poets and their publications is available at poetryworthhearing.biz. To submit to Poetry Worth Hearing , send a recording of up to 4 minutes of unpublished poems with their texts and a short bio to [email protected]

This episode focuses on ill-being and well-being. It includes a reading from American poet and playwright, Dan O'Brien, poems and an interview with Sue Wallace-Shaddad as well as further poems from Anne-Marie Daly, Stephen Paul Wren, Rodger Holden, Geraldine Clarkson, Sarah J Bryson, Deborah Cox, Roddy Maude Roxby, Math Jones, Benedicta Norell, Helen Overell, Lou Hough, Dinah Livingstone and Caroline Jackson-Houlston. Information about the poets, their publications and texts of new poems can be found at poetryworthhearing.biz

This episode focuses on conflicts of identity and features a reading from Rachael Clyne followed by an interview with her. There is also a reading by Simon Maddrell and an extract from a long poem by Adnan al-Sayegh, read by him in Arabic and in English by Jenny Lewis. In addition, you will find poems by Fiona Perry, P.Sriven Srilakshmi, Roddy Maude-Roxby, Margot Myers, Deborah Cox, Trisha Broomfield, Tom McColl, Martin Jago, Jane Thomas, Helen Overell, Richard Lister and Pat Winslow.

This episode includes an interview with Vanessa Lampert and a short reading from her new collection, Say It With Me, published this year by Seren. We also have poems by Tristram Fane Saunders, Jude Marr, Diana Sanders, Bill Jenkinson, Deborah Cox Walker, Dorothy Yamamoto, Sylvia Vetta, Sarianne Durie, Trish Broomfield and Heather Moulson.

This episode focuses on the long poem. It features extracts from long poems by Michael Daniels, Suzannah Houston, Giles Goodland and Jenny Lewis as well as an interview with Linda Black, editor of Long Poem Magazine. More information about the poems and poets can be found at poetryworthhearing.biz

Welcome to Episode 14 of Poetry Worth Hearing. This episode features poems about work. Most of us, poets included, spend most of our lives doing some kind of work for money. Usually, it is quite unrelated to poetry. However, surprisingly few poems are written about the work people do, what might be called 'the day job'. Here, we have an interview and reading from poet and vet, Ilse Pedler. She talks about how her two vocations work together and gives us a reading of some of her poems directly relating to her veterinary practice. We then have a huge range of poems, published and unpublished, which approach different kinds of work in different ways. Sometimes work itself is the theme, sometimes the job is an opportunity to explore other ideas. Poets include Sarah J. Bryson, Stephen Paul Wren, Alan Buckley, Pat Winslow, Merryn Williams, Dinah Livingstone, Roddy Maude-Roxby, David Burridge, Helen Overell, Jane Thomas, Philip Pollecoff, Carl Tomlinson and Sarah Watkinson.

This episode focuses on the choices poets make about form. There is an interview with Mimi Khalvati, poet, founder of The Poets School and poetic mentor, where she talks about her career in poetry and her own ideas about form. In an extract from a reading, Claire Cox, prize-winning poet and editor of ignitionpress reads from her work and comments on form. In addition, a range of poets writing in a range of different forms each reads a poem and comments on its form. There is also a cameo appearance by Stephen Paul Wren talking about chemical structures and poetic form. More information about the episode as well as texts of the poems can be found at poetryworthhearing.biz, where you will also find more details about how to contribute. If you would like to comment on this episode or contribute to future episodes please send suggestions or recordings to [email protected]

This episode includes a reading by Chaucer Cameron from her book, In an Ideal World I'd Not be Murdered, new poems from Eva Wal, Jo Roach, Nora Hughes, Lynne Hjelmgaard, Trish Broomfield and an interview with poet-scientist, Stephen Paul Wren. You can find more information about poets and publications at poetryworthhearing.biz. Submissions, comments or suggestions should be sent to [email protected].

In this episode you will hear Jessica Mookherjee reading from two recent collections and Martyn Crucefix talking about poetry he thinks worth reading. We also have new poems from Beth Davyson, Stephen Paul Wren, Pat Winslow, Suzannah Houston and Chris Beckett. To learn more about the poets and the publications mentioned as well as to see the texts of new poems, go to https://www.poetryworthhearing.biz.

In this episode you can hear an extended reading by Tristram Fane Saunders, an interview with Jenny Lewis and poems by Beth Davyson, Martyn Crucefix, Lucy Ingrams, Damon Young, Diana Bell and Trisha Broomfield. To find out more about the poets and the texts go to poetryworthhearing.biz. Submissions (4 minute recording + texts + bio) should be sent to [email protected]

This episode includes four poets reading from their recently published books. They are Jules Whiting, Rachel Piercey, Elizabeth Barton and Jennifer A. McGowan. There are also new poems from Jane Thomas, Trisha Broomfield, Steve Xerri, Christopher Horton and Heather Moulson.   Information about the poets and their publications as well as texts of the new poems can be found on poetryworthhearing.biz. If you would like to contribute to Poetry Worth Hearing please send up to 4 minutes of unpublished poems with the texts and a short bio to [email protected] 

This eighth episode of Poetry Worth Hearing features an extended interview with the poet Dinah Livingstone, where she talks about her work and reads from her poems. In addition, there is a short open section with poems by Andrew Dixon. Lizzie Ballagher, Stephen Paul Wren and Alice Willington.

This episode features an interview with Claire Cox, development officer at Oxford Brookes Poetry Centre. She talks about the work of the Centre and of ignitionpress, the Centre's imprint. This is followed by sample poems from four ignition poets and the episode closes with an extract from a reading by Fathima Zahra from her ignition pamphlet, Sargam/Swargam. In addition, there are new poems from Dinah Livingstone, Richard Lister, Lizzie Ballagher, Vanessa Lampert and Mervyn Linford. More information and texts of poems can be found on poetryworthhearing.biz. Comments and submissions to [email protected].

In this episode you can hear Giles Goodland, poet, teacher and lexicographer, talking about the poetry (mostly modernist) he enjoys and why. W N Herbert reads from The Kindly Interrogator, his translations off the Iranian poet Alireza Abiz, and from his own most recent collection, The Wreck of the Fathership. In addition, we have poems from Sarah J Bryson, Trisha Broomfield, Inge Milfull, Hanne Busck-Nielsen and Sarah James.

This episode of Poetry Worth Hearing has two parts. The first half is devoted to the conflict in Ukraine, with poets discussing whether or how they can write about the war and then a selection of poems which have been written. Part Two is general with new poems from Brighid Schroer, Carl Tomlinson, Sue Johns, David Cooke and Meg Barton.  We finish with a short reading by Alan Buckley who has recorded for us some of the poems he read at a Zoom open mic event in March and which are taken from his collection, Touched. Texts of poems, information about poets, publication details and references can all be found on poetryworthhearing.biz. Submissions, suggestions and feedback should be sent to [email protected].

This is the fourth Episode of Poetry Worth Hearing. An important theme this month is the notion of collaboration and cooperation, between poets and between poets and artists from other disciplines. We have a project curated by Diana Sanders which brings together several poets, musicians and sound artists to present poems own soundscapes. Romola Parish and Sarah Watkinson read a shared poem which is part of the pamphlet they wrote together celebrating Wytham Woods, the Oxford University ecology research station.  Viola Michely and Bill Jenkinson share with us the process of translating a poem from German into English.  We also have a number of exciting individual poems by Claire Cox, Jennifer A McGowan, David Ratcliffe, Trisha Broomfield, Steve Xerri and finally, a selection from Jane Duran's recent collection, the clarity of distant things, Carcanet, 2021. Texts of poems and more information about the poets and the podcast are available on poetryworthhearing.biz. Submissions of unpublished work in recordings of no more than 4 minutes should be sent to [email protected]. 

Welcome to Episode 3 of Poetry Worth Hearing. In this episode Sarah Watkinson talks about science poetry and writing about Nature and we have an extract from a Zoom reading by Robert Etty.  We also have poems by Sarah Watkinson, Andrew Dixon, Sharron Green, Margot Myers, Claire Cox, Eva Wal, Diana Bell, Suzannah Houston and Lyn Thornton. Submissions to Poetry Worth Hearing are always welcome and should be sent as 4 minute recordings with texts of poems and brief biographical details to [email protected]. The texts of these poems, information about the poets and science poetry recommendations can be found on the website, poetryworthhearing.biz,  in the post for Episode 3.  

In this episode you can hear A.B.Jackson reading from his new book, The Voyage of St Brendan (Bloodaxe Books), listen to an interview with Louise Larchbourne where she talks about her mother, the poet, Rosamund Stanhope. in addition, you can hear exciting new work from a wide range of poets, including a longer poem by Lucy Ingrams.  Submissions welcome for future episodes. Send your 4 minute recordings to [email protected].  For more information go to PoetryWorth Hearing.biz

Here is the first episode of the monthly poetry podcast magazine, Poetry Worth Hearing, including poets reading their own work, extracts from Zoom readings by David Cooke and Lynne Wycherley as well as an interview with Pat Winslow of poetry she thinks worth reading. Texts of the poems, details of the authors and their publications as well as information on how to submit can be found at poetryworthhearing.biz.  Submissions should be sent to me, Kathleen McPhilemy, [email protected].

This a sample of poems which will appear in Episode 1 of Poetry Worth Hearing in January. It features poems by Lucy Ingrams, Pat Winslow, Richard Lister, Eva Wal, Jane Thomas, Vanessa Lampert and Carl Tomlinson.  It is hosted by Kathleen McPhilemy with music by Alex Heane.

This is a trailer for the forthcoming audio poetry magazine Poetry Worth Hearing. A taster episode which will sample episode 1 will be issued in the next two weeks. Submissions for Poetry Worth Hearing are very welcome and should be sent to [email protected]. More detailed information is available from the `Poetry Worth Hearing site https://wordpress.com/read/feeds/120776977/posts/3543893573.