a poem a week

This series has now ended and won't be producing any new episodes. Thank you to everyone for listening!! A poetry podcast! The producers, Lizzy and David Turner, bring you a poem a week, taking you back to the simple joy of having a poem read to you. We aim to provide a mixture of new poems we're discovering, old favourites, and guest poets reading their own work.

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

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/

07-27
04:56

Ep.103 - 'Voicemail 1' by Lizzy Turner

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/

07-19
06:28

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

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/

07-09
05:31

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

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/

06-24
03:59

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

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/

06-17
04:46

Ep.99 - 'The Fatbergs' by Suzannah Evans

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/

06-09
05:03

Ep.98 - 'Sometimes Someone' by Anja Konig

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/

06-03
03:35

Ep.97 - 'Rainbow Over' by Vanessa Onwuemezi

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/

05-27
03:30

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

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/

05-21
09:45

Ep.95 - 'Harbour' by Bobby Parker

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/

05-13
06:44

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

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/

05-03
04:29

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

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/

04-20
04:20

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

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/

04-05
06:33

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

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/

03-29
06:25

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

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/

03-22
05:49

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

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/

03-15
04:13

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

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/

03-08
04:37

Ep.87 - [untitled] by Emma Hammond

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/

03-01
03:31

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

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/

02-16
06:29

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

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/

02-09
05:12

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