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Ep.104 - 'Unbearably light words on San Huan Lu' by Jennifer Wong [FINAL EPISODE]

2020-07-2704:56

Jennifer Wong reads her poem 'Unbearably light words on San Huan Lu'. For more from Jennifer: https://twitter.com/jennywcreative https://jenniferwong.co.uk/ https://ninearchespress.com/publications/poetry-collections/letters-home.html http://ninearchespress.blogspot.com/2020/02/in-conversation-jennifer-wong.html For more from Lizzy & David: twitter.com/LizzyTurnerPoet www.instagram.com/lizzy_turner_books/ twitter.com/Silent_Tongue www.instagram.com/david_turner_books/ Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here: snazzyrat.bandcamp.com/ www.facebook.com/snazzyrat/

Ep.103 - 'Voicemail 1' by Lizzy Turner

2020-07-1906:28

We hear Lizzy Turner's sound poem 'Voicemail 1', based on one of the visual poems from her publication 'Home Practice' (HVTN Press 2020). For more from Lizzy: https://twitter.com/LizzyTurnerPoet https://www.instagram.com/lizzy_turner_books/ https://www.haverthorn.com/interruptions-1/a18pxysscy5kgz9rb99h5jqv9i0shw https://burninghousepress.com/2020/01/07/cats-kaleidoscope-by-lizzy-turner/ https://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/brut42/ https://prototypepublishing.co.uk/product/prototype-2/ For more from David: https://twitter.com/Silent_Tongue https://www.instagram.com/david_turner_books/ Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here: snazzyrat.bandcamp.com/ www.facebook.com/snazzyrat/

Ep.102 - 'Eros the Greek Electrician' by Arturo Desimone

2020-07-0905:31

Arturo Desimone reads his poem 'Eros the Greek Electrician', taken from his book 'Poems of the Mare Nostrum / Costa Nostra' (Hesterglock Press 2019). For more from Arturo: https://hesterglock.net/Arturo-Desimone http://www.africanbookscollective.com/books/ouafa-and-thawra-about-a-lover-from-tunisia https://twitter.com/ArturoSimone https://www.instagram.com/desimone.arturo/ For more from Lizzy and David: twitter.com/LizzyTurnerPoet twitter.com/Silent_Tongue Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here: snazzyrat.bandcamp.com/ www.facebook.com/snazzyrat/

Ep.101 - 'tomorrow my brother died' by William Gee

2020-06-2403:59

William Gee reads his poem 'tomorrow my brother died', from his upcoming debut pamphlet 'Rheuma' (Bad Betty Press, 2020). For more from William: https://badbettypress.com/product/rheuma-william-gee/ https://twitter.com/body_content https://proletarianpoetry.com/2020/05/06/guest-post-william-gee-with-poem-young-man-from-upcoming-debut-pamphlet-rheuma-bad-betty-press/ For more from Lizzy and David: twitter.com/LizzyTurnerPoet twitter.com/Silent_Tongue Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here: snazzyrat.bandcamp.com/ www.facebook.com/snazzyrat/

Ep.100 - 'The Perimeter of a Femur' by Aaron Kent

2020-06-1704:46

Aaron Kent reads his poem 'The Perimeter of a Femur'. For more from Aaron: https://www.brokensleepbooks.com/aaron-kent https://twitter.com/GodzillaKent https://invisiblehandpress.com/2020/05/21/melatonin-spring-collection-aaron-kent/ For more from Lizzy and David: https://twitter.com/LizzyTurnerPoet https://twitter.com/Silent_Tongue Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here: snazzyrat.bandcamp.com/ www.facebook.com/snazzyrat/

Ep.99 - 'The Fatbergs' by Suzannah Evans

2020-06-0905:03

This week Suzannah Evans reads her poem 'The Fatbergs' taken from her collection, Near Future (Nine Arches Press). For more from Suzannah: https://twitter.com/SuzannahEvans https://suzannahevans.wordpress.com/ https://www.instagram.com/suzannahevanspoet/ For more from Lizzy and David Turner: twitter.com/LizzyTurnerPoet twitter.com/Silent_Tongue Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here: snazzyrat.bandcamp.com/ www.facebook.com/snazzyrat/

Ep.98 - 'Sometimes Someone' by Anja Konig

2020-06-0303:35

Anja Konig reads her poem 'Sometimes Someone'. Anja's debut poetry collection 'Animal Experiments' is out June 3rd 2020 from Bad Betty Press. For more from Anja: https://twitter.com/citytwarbler https://badbettypress.com/product/animal-experiments-anja-konig/ https://www.waterstones.com/book/advice-for-an-only-child/anja-konig/9781905233465 https://andotherpoems.com/2015/01/06/two-poems-by-anja-konig/ For more from Lizzy and David Turner: https://twitter.com/LizzyTurnerPoet https://twitter.com/Silent_Tongue Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here: snazzyrat.bandcamp.com/ www.facebook.com/snazzyrat/

Ep.97 - 'Rainbow Over' by Vanessa Onwuemezi

2020-05-2703:30

Vanessa Onwuemezi reads her poem 'Rainbow Over'. For more from Vanessa: https://twitter.com/onwuemezi https://soundcloud.com/apoemaweek/ep85-gestures-of-departure-by-vanessa-onwuemezi-martin-wakefield https://soundcloud.com/lunar-poetry-podcasts/ep123-vanessa-onwuemezi-transcript-available https://www.thewhitereview.org/fiction/at-the-heart-of-things/ https://prototypepublishing.co.uk/product/prototype-subscription/ For more from Lizzy and David: twitter.com/LizzyTurnerPoet twitter.com/Silent_Tongue Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here: snazzyrat.bandcamp.com/ www.facebook.com/snazzyrat/

Ep.96 - '2002 - What we do when things fall apart' by Roy McFarlane

2020-05-2109:45

Roy McFarlane reads his poem '2002 - What we do when things fall apart', taken from his collection 'The Healing Next Time' (Nine Arches Press, 2018). [CN: poem contains references to racial slurs] For more from Roy: https://ninearchespress.com/publications/poetry-collections/the%20healing%20next%20time.html https://ninearchespress.com/publications/poetry-collections/beginning%20with%20your%20last%20breath.html For more from Lizzy and David: twitter.com/LizzyTurnerPoet twitter.com/Silent_Tongue Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here: snazzyrat.bandcamp.com/ www.facebook.com/snazzyrat/

Ep.95 - 'Harbour' by Bobby Parker

2020-05-1306:44

Bobby Parker reads his poem 'Harbour'. For more from Bobby: https://ninearchespress.com/publications/poetry-collections/blue-movie.html https://www.offordroadbooks.co.uk/working-class-voodoo For more from Lizzy and David: https://twitter.com/LizzyTurnerPoet https://twitter.com/Silent_Tongue G.O.B. Magazine: https://twitter.com/gob_mag Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here: snazzyrat.bandcamp.com/ www.facebook.com/snazzyrat/

Ep.94 - 'A Dog Has Died' by Pablo Neruda (Read by Emma Hammond)

2020-05-0304:29

Emma Hammond reads 'A Dog Has Died' by Pablo Neruda. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/40470/a-dog-has-died For more from Emma: https://twitter.com/EHwords http://www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk/index.php/2015/09/the-story-of-no/ Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here: snazzyrat.bandcamp.com/ www.facebook.com/snazzyrat/

Ep.93 - 'To You with a Guitar' by Sarah Fletcher

2020-04-2004:20

Sarah Fletcher reads her poem 'To You with a Guitar'. For more from Sarah: https://twitter.com/SarahFPoetry https://deadinkbooks.com/product/kissing-angles/ https://poetrybusiness.co.uk/product/typhoid-august/ https://londongrip.co.uk/2018/12/london-grip-poetry-review-sarah-fletcher/ For a review of 'Contained' by David Turner: https://londongrip.co.uk/2020/04/london-grip-poetry-review-david-turner/ https://hesterglock.net/David-Turner For more from us: lunarpoetrypodcasts.com/ twitter.com/apoemaweek www.facebook.com/apoemaweekpodcast/ Order 'Why Poetry?: The Lunar Poetry Podcasts Anthology' here: vervepoetrypress.com/product/why-poetry/ Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here: snazzyrat.bandcamp.com/ www.facebook.com/snazzyrat/

Ep.92 - 'One day, maybe next week' by Lily Blacksell

2020-04-0506:33

Lily Blacksell reads her poem 'One day, maybe next week'. For more from Lily: https://twitter.com/LilyBlacksell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZgRBHEDMD8&feature=emb_title https://shop.brookes.ac.uk/product-catalogue/faculty-of-humanities-social-sciences/poetry-pamphlets/theres-no-such-thing-by-lily-blacksell https://twitter.com/Can0nF0dder For more from us: lunarpoetrypodcasts.com/ twitter.com/apoemaweek www.facebook.com/apoemaweekpodcast/ Order 'Why Poetry?: The Lunar Poetry Podcasts Anthology' here: vervepoetrypress.com/product/why-poetry/ Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here: snazzyrat.bandcamp.com/ www.facebook.com/snazzyrat/

Ep.91 - 'How Do You Save the Rhino?' by Matthew Rice

2020-03-2906:25

Matthew Rice introduces and reads his poem 'How Do You Save the Rhino?'. For more from Matthew: https://twitter.com/Wordswritten https://www.facebook.com/events/whitehead-carrickfergus-united-kingdom/music-in-mind-festival/2350573868531630/ https://www.thedarkhorsemagazine.com/ https://www.poetryireland.ie/publications/poetry-ireland-review/online-archive/view/beyond2 For more from us: lunarpoetrypodcasts.com/ twitter.com/apoemaweek www.facebook.com/apoemaweekpodcast/ Order 'Why Poetry?: The Lunar Poetry Podcasts Anthology' here: vervepoetrypress.com/product/why-poetry/ Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here: snazzyrat.bandcamp.com/ www.facebook.com/snazzyrat/

Ep.90 - 'I watch Jurassic Park' by Natalie Whittaker

2020-03-2205:49

Natalie Whittaker reads her poem 'I watch Jurassic Park'. For more from Natalie: https://twitter.com/natalie_poetry https://www.brookes.ac.uk/poetry-centre/ignition-press/poets/ https://www.brookes.ac.uk/poetry-centre/ignition-press/pamphlets/ UK & Ireland poetry podcasts list: https://lunarpoetrypodcasts.com/poetry-podcast-finder-uk-ireland/ For more from us: lunarpoetrypodcasts.com/ twitter.com/apoemaweek www.facebook.com/apoemaweekpodcast/ Order 'Why Poetry?: The Lunar Poetry Podcasts Anthology' here: vervepoetrypress.com/product/why-poetry/ Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here: snazzyrat.bandcamp.com/ www.facebook.com/snazzyrat/

Ep.89 - 'A Queerness of Mermen' by Serge Neptune

2020-03-1504:13

Serge Neptune reads his poem 'A Queerness of Mermen'. For more from Serge: https://twitter.com/mermanpoet https://www.haranapoetry.com/iii19-a-child-comes-out-as-a-merman http://www.inksweatandtears.co.uk/pages/?p=15718 For the audio version of David Turner's 'Contained': soundcloud.com/david-turner-poetry/sets For more from us: lunarpoetrypodcasts.com/ twitter.com/apoemaweek www.facebook.com/apoemaweekpodcast/ Order 'Why Poetry?: The Lunar Poetry Podcasts Anthology' here: vervepoetrypress.com/product/why-poetry/ Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here: snazzyrat.bandcamp.com/ www.facebook.com/snazzyrat/

Ep.88 - 'To Autumn' by John Keats (read by Ed Luker)

2020-03-0804:37

Ed Luker reads 'To Autumn' by John Keats. For more from Ed: https://twitter.com/lvkerlvker https://www.the87press.com/product-page/ed-luker-heavy-waters For the audio version of David Turner's 'Contained': https://soundcloud.com/david-turner-poetry/sets For more from us: lunarpoetrypodcasts.com/ twitter.com/apoemaweek www.facebook.com/apoemaweekpodcast/ Order 'Why Poetry?: The Lunar Poetry Podcasts Anthology' here: vervepoetrypress.com/product/why-poetry/ Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here: snazzyrat.bandcamp.com/ www.facebook.com/snazzyrat/

Ep.87 - [untitled] by Emma Hammond

2020-03-0103:31

Emma Hammond reads a poem. For more from Emma: http://emmahammond.blogspot.com/ https://twitter.com/EHwords http://www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk/index.php/2015/09/the-story-of-no/ Emma's collection with Flipped Eye is 'Tunth-sk' (2011) David Turner 'Contained' audio: soundcloud.com/david-turner-poetry/sets For more from us: lunarpoetrypodcasts.com/ twitter.com/apoemaweek www.facebook.com/apoemaweekpodcast/ Order 'Why Poetry?: The Lunar Poetry Podcasts Anthology' here: vervepoetrypress.com/product/why-poetry/ Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here: snazzyrat.bandcamp.com/ www.facebook.com/snazzyrat/

Ep.86 - 'A CHEMTRAIL IN CURVED AIR' by Caspar Heinemann

2020-02-1606:29

Caspar Heinemann reads their poem 'A CHEMTRAIL IN CURVED AIR', taken from their poetry collection 'Novelty Theory' (the87press, 2019). For more from Caspar: https://www.the87press.com/product-page/novelty-theory-caspar-heinemann https://goldsmiths.academia.edu/CasparHeinemann David Turner 'Contained' audio: soundcloud.com/david-turner-poetry/sets For more from us: lunarpoetrypodcasts.com/ twitter.com/apoemaweek www.facebook.com/apoemaweekpodcast/ Order 'Why Poetry?: The Lunar Poetry Podcasts Anthology' here: vervepoetrypress.com/product/why-poetry/ Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here: snazzyrat.bandcamp.com/ www.facebook.com/snazzyrat/

Ep.85 - 'Gestures of Departure' by Vanessa Onwuemezi & Martin Wakefield

2020-02-0905:12

Vanessa Onwuemezi and Martin Wakefield read their collaborative poem 'Gestures of Departure', written especially for the podcast. For more from Vanessa: https://twitter.com/onwuemezi http://www.thewhitereview.org/fiction/at-the-heart-of-things/ For more from Martin: https://twitter.com/martinwakefield https://hesterglock.net/Martin-Wakefield David Turner 'Contained' audio: https://soundcloud.com/david-turner-poetry/sets For more from us: lunarpoetrypodcasts.com/ twitter.com/apoemaweek www.facebook.com/apoemaweekpodcast/ Order 'Why Poetry?: The Lunar Poetry Podcasts Anthology' here: vervepoetrypress.com/product/why-poetry/ Episode music is an original composition by Snazzy Rat. You can find more from Snazzy here: snazzyrat.bandcamp.com/ www.facebook.com/snazzyrat/

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