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Waterskiing on Poetry - Waving hello to poems and poets with Neil Elder — 13 episodes
Ep 13. Who's Leaving Who?
Ep 12. Imagined Museums
Ep 11. Dog Lovers Beware!
Ep 10. War And Pancakes
Ep 9. Trains, Stars & Disappearing Cities. Exploring the Paul Farley poem 'Liverpool Disappears For A Billionth of A Second' and 'Star-Gazer' by Louis MacNeice.
Ep 8 - BEAUTY v DUTY. Exploring 'Stopping By Woolds On A Snowy Evening by Robert Frost and 'Leisure' by WH Davies
7. The Mother of Surprises. 'The Raincoat' by Ada Limón meets 'Mother, Diving' by Andrew Forster = Epiphany
Episode 6. Past, Present, Future? Edward Thomas with 'Old Man' and 'Blueberries' by James Lasdun
5. Leaving innocence. Carol Ann Duffy and Seamus Heaney under the spotlight.
Episode 4. Birds of Prey or Politics? In this episode we hold Claude McKay's poem 'Birds of Prey' up to the light, alongside Ted Hughes' 'Hawk Roosting'.
Episode 3 - Look up, here comes Icarus!
Episode 1 - Daffodils: Wordsworth and Gillian Clarke
Episode 2 - Animal Encounters: Traveling Through The Dark & Roe Deer