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Frank Skinner's Poetry Podcast

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Frank Skinner loves poetry. And he thinks you might like it too. Join Frank each week as he takes you through some of his choice picks of poems. There may be laughter. There may be tears. There will certainly be poetry. Frank Skinner's Poetry Podcast is produced by Sarah Bishop. It is an Avalon production.

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Rebecca Hawkes

Rebecca Hawkes

2024-11-2045:55

Frank gets very excited about the Rebecca Hawkes collection, ‘Meat Lovers’. The poems referenced are ‘After The Blizzard I Followed My Mother’ and ‘Pony Club Summer Camp’ by Rebecca Hawkes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dylan Thomas

Dylan Thomas

2024-11-1352:321

Frank spends the night in Dylan Thomas' bedroom. The poems referenced are ‘And Death Shall Have No Dominion’, ‘Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night’ and ‘A Refusal To Morn The Death, By Fire, Of A Child In London’ by Dylan Thomas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Martin Bell

Martin Bell

2024-02-2845:53

Frank loves a hard-drinking, hard-smoking Polytechnic lecturer like Martin Bell, especially when he is offering poetic praise to Groucho Marx. The poems referenced are ‘Ode to Groucho’ by Martin Bell and ‘The Second Coming’ by W.B. Yeats. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jo Shapcott

Jo Shapcott

2024-02-2154:18

Jo Shapcott sends Frank, an enthusiastic tree-hugger, into a sap-soaked frenzy. The collection referenced is ‘Of Mutability’. The poems referenced are ‘I Go Inside The Tree’, ‘My Oak’ and ‘Cypress’. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sasha Dugdale

Sasha Dugdale

2024-02-1433:56

Frank stands in awe as Sasha Dugdale sends a frighteningly honest Valentine’s message. The collection referenced is ‘Joy’ by Sasha Dugdale. The poems referenced are ‘Joy’ and ‘Valentine’s’. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
AE Housman

AE Housman

2024-02-0747:55

Frank is alarmed by AE Housman’s A Shropshire Lad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jessica Traynor

Jessica Traynor

2024-01-3140:48

The Irish poet, Jessica Traynor, explores one of Frank’s favourite subjects – ageing performers who don’t know when to quit. The collection referenced is ‘Pit Lullabies’ by Jessica Traynor. The cycle of poems referenced is ‘An Island Sings’. The poems referenced are ‘The Parent’s Song’, ‘Song of the Insomniac’ and ‘Nureyev in Dublin’. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Billy Collins

Billy Collins

2024-01-2444:37

American poet, Billy Collins, makes Frank question the whole Poetry Podcast experience. The poems referenced are ‘Introduction to Poetry’ and ‘American Sonnet’ by Billy Collins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sappho

Sappho

2024-01-1735:54

Frank trembles at the fragmented beauty of Sappho, the superstar poet of Ancient Greece. The fragment translations are by Aaron Poochigian. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
T.S. Eliot

T.S. Eliot

2024-01-1057:46

Frank explores The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Eliot. Nuff said. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Series 9 Trailer

Series 9 Trailer

2024-01-0800:32

Series 9 of Frank Skinner's Poetry Podcast begins on 10th January. See you there! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Elizabeth Bishop

Elizabeth Bishop

2023-09-2054:04

Is it a man? Is it a moth? Frank has a strange night out with Elizabeth Bishop. The poem referenced is 'The Man-Moth'. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Geoffrey Hill

Geoffrey Hill

2023-09-1347:19

Frank indulges his obsession with the Anglo Saxons as he reads Geoffrey Hill's Mercian Hymns. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Robert Browning

Robert Browning

2023-09-0651:12

Did he or didn't he? Frank investigates Robert Browning's 'My Last Duchess'. The other poem referenced is 'The Pied Piper of Hamelin' by Robert Browning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jean Sprackland

Jean Sprackland

2023-08-3044:25

Nature gets horny and reflective. Frank is excited about the poetry of Jean Sprackland. The collection referenced is 'Green Noise'. The poem referenced is 'April' and the sequence referenced is 'The Lost Villages'. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Percy Bysshe Shelley

Percy Bysshe Shelley

2023-08-2352:45

Frank examines statues and statutes with Percy Bysshe Shelley. The poems referenced are 'England in 1918' and 'Ozymandias'. The essay referenced is 'A Defense of Poetry'. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath

2023-08-1638:47

Frank howls at the moon with Sylvia Plath. The poems referenced are 'The Moon and the Yew Tree' and 'Ariel. TW: mentions of suicide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Don Paterson

Don Paterson

2023-08-0944:56

Frank celebrates the razor-sharp poetic mind of Don Paterson. The poem referenced is 'Rain'. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Elizabeth Barrett Browning shows Frank that it's hard to be a mother and a poet and a revolutionary. The poem referenced is 'Mother and Poet'. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Series 8 Trailer

Series 8 Trailer

2023-07-2600:28

Series 8 of Frank Skinner's Poetry Podcast coming very soon... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Comments (25)

عرفان پوردايي

Been waiting so long for a new episode. And finally... 🌱

Nov 22nd
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Joanne Mason

I love to listen to Frank talking about Liz Berry, it's bosting 😍

Nov 24th
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Flora Ciarlo

Where are youuuuuu?😭

Aug 7th
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Danny McDonald

I disagree about the adding being egotistical thing, I think to perceive it as dilution is far more egotistical... "why would I wish to dilute... me?" Loving this podcast so far, as someone who, in my youth, sneered at poetry, and still now have a tiny problem with poets in general (poetry's great, but poets... ugh). Thanks for disseminating these works for us philistines

Nov 23rd
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Pete Thomas

This is one of the best podcasts I've found so far. I've been dipping my toe into poetry for a while now but this is propelling me forward, to explore more. I'm not sure I'll ever get to the level of analysis and understanding that FS manages, so I just revel in the poems he chooses and explains for me. And his unadulterated joy is lovely to listen to. Trouble is, I'm about to get through the backlog of episodes and will then have to wait! Can you go daily please?! Love it.

Nov 13th
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Richie Corscadden

more paper rustling please, I love it !

Nov 6th
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Joanne Mason

Excellent, I felt he was talking to me. He is engaging and he makes you want to listen and concentrate. I enjoyed it so much more than listening to interviews which, though enjoyable is a passive experience

Nov 3rd
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Billybob Died

great

Oct 22nd
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Bridie Begbie

Love this podcast.Thanks so much for sharing your musings Frank.

Oct 19th
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Mary Mandolin

Im so pleased theres a new series. I love Franks enthusiasm and enjoyment. It just fills me with delight and it's a great introduction to some poets I havent come across before.

Oct 5th
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Jo Atkinson

Brave, brilliant.

Jul 27th
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Darren Butler

this is the second Frank Skinner poetry podcast that I have listened to. Really informative and inspiring. I like his enthusiasm for the poems and I would like to explore the Beat Poets more.

Jul 4th
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ID17346781

Frank Skinner has a wonderful way of bringing to life the poetry that he reads, much to do with his enthusiasm I am sure. A recent find for me, I find the choices fascinating and the commentary interesting. Long may yo continue FS.

Jun 17th
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James Turner

Please frank, what happened to this week's show. Loving it. Some more please

Jun 15th
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Carl Grigg

I thoroughly enjoyed this series. The host (unfortunately we are not on first name terms and Mr Skinner didn't sound correct either) expressed his personal love of poetry in a way that made me want to further explore the poets he used for reference. I am not sure this was the aim but as the host said, referring to poems, once a work is ot there the author loses control of it and it is up to the reader to put their interpretation on to it.

Jun 7th
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Lynne Raven

Have loved every episode. Please do some more Frank

May 28th
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Charly Tommony

Beautifully articulated with a breathtaking summary, as all of the episodes have had in this podcast. Bringing poetry to life seems to be a natural talent for Frank Skinner.

May 28th
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Bill AndPam

New to me. Thanks. Will most certainly get this volume. How about a follow up with Calvino's Invisible Cities?

May 23rd
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Bill AndPam

if I could only take one book of poetry to a desert island, it would be Larkin. This is a very enjoyable podcast and getting better.

May 23rd
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Jemandem Cain

Light touch but interesting and informative. Really enjoyed it and felt cleverer afterwards!

May 1st
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