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Ep: 82 - The Snow Man (Wallace Stevens)

2026-01-1409:02

Dominic reads Wallace Stevens in this week's episode! Enjoy! Support Orange Tree Theatre here: Orangetreetheatre.co.uk/support-us/donate-now****The piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 piano album, 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved to the artist. ****#wallacestevens #Americanpoetry #poetrypodcast #poetry #poetryredefined #pod #indiepod #readingpoems #discoverpoems #discoverbeautifulpoetry #np #Shakespeare #Twelfthnight #snow #winter #seasons #poetryreading

Ep: 81 - Twelfth Night (William Shakespeare)

2026-01-0609:30

Dominic explores the mystery and magic around Twelfth Night traditions! As well as delving into Shakespeare's play of the same name. Enjoy! ****The piano music is 'Lazarus', from Dominic's 2021 solo piano album 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved to the artist. ****#TwelfthNight #Shakespeare #WilliamShakespeare #Englishdrama #Poetry #Plays #Readingpoems #Poetrypodcast #Poetryredefined #whatyouwill #np #discoverpoetry ****

Ep: 80 - New Year on Dartmoor (Sylvia Plath)

2026-01-0507:38

Dominic reads Plath's dazzling poetry and spends some time discussing her life. Enjoy! ****Piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 piano album 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved to the artist. ****#Plath #SylviaPlath #Wordoftheday #Poetry #Falsetto #Americanpoetry #America #Poetry #Poems #Poetrypodcast #Indiepod #np #discoverpoetry #newyear #newyearpoems #newyearpoetry #beautifulpoems #ny #poemsforall #dailypoems #weeklypoems #poetryspotify #wintertrees #ariel ****

Ep: 79 - Mad as the Mist and Snow (William Butler Yeats)

2026-01-0110:53

Happy New Year poetry lovers! To kick off 2026, Dominic reads his beloved Yeats. Enjoy! ****Piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's solo piano album, 'Songs for John' which was released in 2021. All rights reserved to the artist. ****#Yeats #Cannon #WilliamButlerYeats #WBY #History #Irishpoetry #Irishpoems #Poems #Poetry #Poetrypodcast #Poetryredefined #Ireland #NP #weeklypoems #discoverpoetry #nature #winter #seasonalpoetry #winterpoems #2026 #happynewyear #NYpoems ****

Ep: 78 - The Christmas Special, 2025! (Longfellow, Plath, Rossetti, Shakespeare, Tennyson, and Wordsworth!)

2025-12-2613:27

Welcome to the 2025 Christmas Special! It is an episode filled with festive fervour! Merry Christmas to you! ****Piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 piano album, 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved to the artist. ****#Poetryredefined #Christmasspecial #Christmaspoetry #Christmaspoems #Wordsworth #Plath #Tennyson #Longfellow #Rossetti #Shakespeare #beautifulpoetry #weeklypoems #poetrypod #indiepod #poetrypodcast #discoverpoetry #romance #winter #seasonalpoems #winterpoems #christmasreading ****

Ep: 77 - Live from Istanbul: December Roses (A Trio of Poems by Sara Teasdale)

2025-12-2314:37

The first-ever live episode of Poetry, redefined comes to you from a vibrant and lively Istanbul! Please enjoy December Roses. ****All audio was captured as 'found sounds' by Dominic, live in Istanbul. ****#Istanbul #poetry #Sultan #Byzantine #birdsong #poetry #poetrypodcast #SaraTeasdale #Americanpoets #np #poetryredefined #grandbazaar #livepodcasts #history #poems #livepod #indiepod #weeklypoems #weeklypoetry ****

Ep: 76 - Frost at Midnight (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)

2025-12-2108:29

Dominic reads an apt poem for Winter Solstice, Coleridge's 'Frost at Midnight'. Enjoy! *****Piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 piano album 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved to the artist. ****#Romanticpoetry #Coleridge #SamuelTaylorColeridge #Wordsworth #Englishpoetry #Nature #WInter #Solstice #np #Followpoetry #Poetrypodcast #Indiepodcast #weeklypoems #poetrypod #readingpoetry #readingpoems ****

Ep: 75 - White-Eyes (Mary Oliver)

2025-12-1908:52

Dominic reads the tender and ethereal nature poem, 'White-Eyes', by Mary Oliver. Enjoy! ****Piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 piano album 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved to the artist. ****#MaryOliver #Naturepoems #Poetry #NP #naturalpoetry #Oliver #Poems #Weeklypoems #Poetrypod #Podcast #indiepod #poetryofspotify #applepodcasts #amazonmusic #newpost #beautifulpoems #discoversomethingnew #poemsforall #femalepoets #reading #readingpoetry #readingpoems #Christmaspoetry #Seasonalpoetry #poemstosleepto #ASMRpoetry ****

Ep: 74 - To a Wreath of Snow (Emily Brontë)

2025-12-0707:51

Dominic reads Emily Brontë's stunning winter poem, 'To a Wreath of Snow'. Enjoy! ****Piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 piano album 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved to the artist. ****#EmilyBrontë #Brontë #Brontësisters #np #poetry #weeklypoems #newpost #newupload #victorianpoetry #spotifypoetry #beautifulpoems #poemstoliveby #poetryreading #history #Emily

Ep: 73 - War Poetry for Remembrance Part 3 'May, 1915' (Charlotte Mew)

2025-11-3005:55

2025's War Poetry for Remembrance Series concludes with Charlotte Mew's thoughtful poem, 'May, 1915'. ****The piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 piano album 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved to the artist. ****#CharlotteMew #Warpoetry #WWI WWII #Thegreatwar #Mew #Poetry #Dailypoems #Weeklypoems #np #remembrance #Englishpoetry #poemstoliveby #beautifulpoetry #ww1 ****

Ep: 72 - War Poetry for Remembrance Part 2 'Anthem for Doomed Youth' (Wilfred Owen)

2025-11-2518:48

For part two of 'War Poetry for Remembrance', Dominic recites and explores Owen's grim yet beautiful WWI poem. ****Piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 piano album 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved to the artist. ****#WilfredOwen #Owen #WWI #Warpoetry #Poems #np #poetrypodcast #beautifulpoetry #worldwarone #warpoems #trenches #thegreatwar #remembrance ****

Ep: 71 - War Poetry for Remembrance Part 1 'An Irish Airman foresees his Death' (William Butler Yeats)

2025-11-1509:03

In part one of 'War Poetry for Remembrance', Dominic reads a classic Yeats poem, An Irish Airman foresees his Death. ****The piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 piano album 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved to the artist. ****#Yeats #WilliamButlerYeats #Irishpoetry #Poetry #Indiepod #Poetrypodcast #warpoems #warpoetry #remembrance #reflection #war #conflict #ireland #irishwarpoems #WW1 #WWI #np #beautifulpoetry #spotifypoetry #spotifypoems #newpost #poems #poetryreadaloud #reading #writing #discover #poetrypod ****

Ep: 70 - Autumn (Alexander Pushkin)

2025-11-0624:00

Dominic explores the wonderfully passionate, evocative, and charming world of Pushkin's poetry! Enjoy! ****Piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 piano album 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved to the artist. ****#Poetry #Poetryredefined #Pushkin #Poetrypod #Poetrypodcast #Podcast #Indiepod #Russianpoetry #Prose #Poems #np #Pushkinverse #newupload #Autumn #Fall #Autumnalvibes

Ep: 69 - Bluebird (Charles Bukowski)

2025-10-2416:44

Welcome back! I hope you enjoy this hard-hitting poem by Charles Bukowski. ****The piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 piano solo album, 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved to the artist. ****#Bukowski #Americanpoetry #poetrypod #indiepod #CharlesBukowski #np #dailypoems #weeklypoems #poems

Ep: 68 - Sonnet 104: 'To me, fair friend, you never can be old' (William Shakespeare)

2025-10-1511:22

Dominic reads the beauteous sonnet 104, from the majestic Bard of Avon! Enjoy! Please consider following and rating the podcast. Every gesture helps to grow this small yet enthusiastic poetry community! ****Piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 piano album 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved to the artist. ****#Shakey #Avon #StratfordUponAvon #Poetry #Shakespeare #np #Romanticpoetry #Sonnets #Sonnet ****

Ep: 67 - I Died for Beauty (Emily Dickinson)

2025-10-0812:54

Welcome to the podcast! This week, Dominic reads the exquisite poetry of the American poet Emily Dickinson. Enjoy! And please do follow, rate, and share the podcast with your friends. Thank you! :) ****The piano music used is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 album 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved the the composer. ****#Poetry #PoetryPodcast #Dickinson #EmilyDickinson #np #americanpoets #1830 #facts #history #weeklypoetry #life #nature #death #listen #poems #beautifulpoetry ****Introduction 00:00A new feature: 01:26Emily Dickinson and a word on the format of the podcast: 01:34A thank you/and a note on why I do the podcast 02:46Word of the day (scarce): 05:09 7 facts about the year 1830: 05:31Emily Dickinson's background: 07:20The poem: 10:22The paintings of Edwin Deakin: 11:16Further reading recommendations: 11:43Up next on Poetry, redefined: 12:05****

Ep: 66 - After Apple-Picking (Robert Frost)

2025-10-0223:18

Dominic reads and explores in some detail the magnificent poem, 'After Apple-Picking' by Robert Frost. Enjoy! Please share this episode on your social media or with like-minded friends! Let's spread the sheer joy of poetry. ****Piano music is 'Lazarus' taken from Dominic's 2021 piano solo album 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved to the artist. ****#Frost #RobertFrost #Poetry #Poems #Nature #Americanpoetry #NewEngland #Rural #Apples #Apple #np #20thcenturypoetry ****Introduction: 00:00A thank you to my American listeners 01:27A few words on Frost's career: 02:49A word or two on the type of episodes: 03:49Word of the day: 05:05Pre-reading thoughts on the poem: 05:34The poem in full: 07:06 Thoughts on apples: 09:33Extended ideas and ruminations on the poem: 11:03Further Reading Recommendations: 22:15Up Next on Poetry, redefined: 22:44 ****

Ep: 65 - On the Death of a Poet (Mikhail Lermontov)

2025-09-2417:07

Dominic reads and explores Lermontov's stunning tour de force of a poem! A poem that honours our dear friend, Pushkin. Enjoy and please comment, share with friends, and - most importantly, follow my podcast on your chosen platform. Thank you! ****Piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 piano album 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved to the artist. ****#Lermontov #Pushkin #Russianpoetry #Russianpoets #np #Elegy #Classic #Supportindiepods #Poetrypod #Indiepod #Poetrypodcast #Enjoy ****Introduction and another rebranding: 00:00Background of Lermontov: 01:55More detail on Pushkin and Lermontov: 04:12Word of the day (Eulogise): 08:25The poem in full: 09:38Afterthoughts: 13:57Further Reading Recommendations: 14:52Up Next on Poetry, Redefined: 16:42****

Ep: 64 - Letter to a Woman (Sergei Esenin)

2025-09-1715:13

This week Dominic reads Sergei Esenin's bittersweet poem, 'Letter to a Woman'. This episode is dedicated to my Zhonushka Alyonushka! Enjoy! ****Piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 piano album 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved to the artists. ****#Esenin #RussianPoetry #Poems #Moscow #StPetersburg #Russianpoets #SergeiEsenin #Poems #Weekly #np #Ritualforthedead #icons #birchstrees #bluescarf #love ****Introduction: 00:00Background on Esenin: 00:26Tragic end: 02:14Words of the day: 03:30Dedication: 03:54Vagapov translation: 04:28Tempest translation: 08:50Further Reading Recommendations: 12:31Up Next on The Dominic Tapes, Poetry Redefined: 14:25****

Ep: 63 - Love (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)

2025-09-0411:12

Dominic reads Coleridge's haunting poem, 'Love'. Enjoy! ****Piano music is 'Lazarus', from Dominic's 2021 piano album, 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved. ****#Coleridge #Poetry #Romantics #Lovepoems #Arthuriantales #Legends #Chaucer #Wales #England #Knights #Fable #Keats #Monsoonal #NP #np #Poetrypodcast #Poems #Daily #Weekly #Poetrypod #Rain #SamuelTaylorColeridge ****Introduction 00:00Old fables and legends: 01:13Word of the day (Monsoonal): 01:36The poem in full: 02:26Thoughts following the poem: 07:35Further reading recommendations: 08:42A word on polls: 09:58Up Next on The Dominic Tapes, Poetry Redefined: 10:19****

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