The Poetry Society

US poet Kim Addonizio talks to Maurice Riordan, Editor of The Poetry Review, about riffing on the canon and traditional forms, her view that "emotional experience is the essence of any art" and how "the best humour is also dark and traffics with something else" – how she uses poetry as a process of discovery. She also reads her new poem 'White Flower, Red Flower'.

Rose was one of the winners of the Young Poets Network Edith Sitwell challenge. http://www.youngpoetsnetwork.org.uk/2014/03/24/edith-sitwell-eccentricity-and-sounds-new-writing-challenge/

Linda France, winner of the National Poetry Competition 2013, presented by the Poetry Society, talks about her why entering competitions is so worthwhile, which poems she enters and why, how the competition connects the world of poetry and why anonymity matters.

Simon Armitage talks about his writing home – his teenager's bedroom in Marsden, West Yorkshire, of taking poetry out into the world on long walks, on the radio and in the theatre – the "go anywhere artform" in Les Murray's phrase. He also talks about compiling his new Selected and reads his new poems 'Camera Obscura' and 'Paper Aeroplane'.

This poem was specially commissioned by the British Museum, London, in partnership with the Poetry Society. It was inspired by the exhibition, 'Germany Divided: Baselitz & his generation', at the British Museum, London, 2014. http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/exhibitions/germany_divided.aspx

This poem was specially commissioned by the British Museum, London, in partnership with the Poetry Society. It was inspired by the exhibition, 'Germany Divided: Baselitz & his generation', at the British Museum, London, 2014. http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/exhibitions/germany_divided.aspx

This poem was specially commissioned by the British Museum, London, in partnership with the Poetry Society. It was inspired by the exhibition, 'Germany Divided: Baselitz & his generation', at the British Museum, London, 2014. http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/exhibitions/germany_divided.aspx

Adlestrop - read by Lance Pierson by The Poetry Society

The Blackbirds Come by Kim Rooney by The Poetry Society

Adlestrop, read by Katrina Naomi by The Poetry Society

Join poets Steve Ely and Maurice Riordan in a sparkling discussion about Ely's current and forthcoming collections, his guiding spirits Hughes, Hill and Heaney, his "alternative England" and fighting 500-year-old battles in history, politics and religion, and his interest in bloodsports as a metaphor for rebellion.

Jack Underwood talks to Maurice Riordan about the development of his work and the transition from pamphlet to a full collection, how there are just ten "really good" poems, Simon Armitage, Elizabeth Bishop, Frank O'Hara and Charles Simic, the latest generation of young poets, teaching and the inspiration of TV. He also reads his terrific poem, ‘Spring’.

Artist Adam Bridgland talks to Mike Sims about his Poetry Café exhibition,'Fables', the inspiration of song lyrics, caravans, picnics, printmaking and Pop Art.

In an absorbing exchange, acclaimed US poet Mark Doty talks to Richard Scott about some of his most famous poems, the gay experience in literature, the inspiration of Cavafy and Rilke, Doty's new Whitman project, and grieving, courage and desire.

Colette Bryce talks to Maurice Riordan, Editor of Poetry Review, about "omphalos", Seamus Heaney's idea of the place that is central to a poet's imaginative world. They discuss Bryce's work in relation to Northern Ireland, the Troubles, Sylvia Plath and Paul Muldoon. Colette reads her poem, 'Helicopters', first published in the autumn issue of Poetry Review.

Peter Manson reads from The Poems in Verse by Stéphane Mallarmé (Miami University Press), which he translated from French. The book was shortlisted for the 2013 Popescu Prize for Poetry in Translation, organised by the Poetry Society.

Colette Bryce reads her poem 'The Full Indian Rope Trick' at the Autumn 2013 Poetry Review launch party in November 2013.

Lorna Shaughnessy reads from The Disappearance of Snow by Manuel Rivas (Shearsman), which she translated from Galician. The book was shortlisted for the 2013 Popescu Prize for Poetry in Translation, organised by the Poetry Society.

Ciaran Carson reads from In the Light Of, after Illuminations by Arthur Rimbaud (The Gallery Press), which he translated from French. The book was shortlisted for the 2013 Popescu Prize for Poetry in Translation, organised by the Poetry Society.

'A Green Crab's Shell' by Mark Doty. Published in Atlantis (Cape Poetry, 1996). Recorded in the Poetry Society studio, 22 Betterton Street, London WC2H 9BX, on Tuesday 8 October.

Patrick McGuinness, poet, novelist and Guest Editor of Poetry Review, talks to Sam Willetts, contributor to the summer 2013 issue, 'Poetry &'. Recorded at St Anne's College, Oxford, June 2013. Produced by Michael Sims and Michael Umney.

Poet and artist Gerald Mangan reads a 'lost' Eliot poem in the Poetry Café, London, as part of his exhibition, 'Gerald Mangan: Caricatures'

Ann Gray reads 'Terminally Ill'. The recording was made before her joint reading with US poet Matthew Dickman at the Poetry Cafe, London, on 23 May 2013.

Ann Gray reads 'Will this be the year?'. The recording was made after Anne's joint reading with US poet Matthew Dickman at the Poetry Cafe, London, on 23 May 2013.

Matthew Dickman reads 'Long Division'. The recording was made after Matthew's joint reading with the British poet Ann Gray at the Poetry Cafe, London, on 23 May 2013.