A Voice Like This

In this episode of A Voice Like This , Phil Rowe reads three powerful reflections on transience, legacy, and loss. Together, they explore the question: What truly endures when all else fades? “Nothing Gold Can Stay” by Robert Frost “Ozymandias” by Percy Bysshe Shelley “Dirge Without Music” by Edna St. Vincent Millay Whether it’s a season, a statue, or someone dearly loved, these poems hold a mirro...

Sometimes, it’s not the moment itself—but what follows—that lingers the longest. In the next episode of A Voice Like This , we reflect on change, memory, and the quiet traces we leave in the world around us. Three short but stirring poems guide us through the ache of farewell, the transience of pride, and the defiance of grief. 🎧 Listen Monday: Episode 10 – What We Leave Behind Wherever you get y...

Episode 9 – The House You Carry Two poems exploring the quiet refuge we carry within. Featuring: Sonnet 29 by William Shakespeare – a listener request The Lake Isle of Innisfree by W.B. Yeats A reminder that love, stillness, and self-worth can be found not in far-off places, but deep within us. New episodes every Monday.

In this episode, Phil Rowe brings together two powerful poems that speak to the burden and beauty of being human. One poem is beloved. The other, more quietly known. One, fierce with instruction. The other, still with truth. Together, they offer a reflection on how we carry ourselves through the world — and what we pass on. Join Phil as he explores the unspoken tension between advice and acceptanc...

In this quietly resonant episode of A Voice Like This , Phil Rowe brings together two poems that speak to the art of paying attention — to ourselves, and to others. First, Derek Walcott’s Love After Love offers a tender invitation to reconnect with the self we’ve lost sight of. Then, Dylan Thomas’s In My Craft or Sullen Art reflects on the solitary work of the poet — creating not for recognition,...

In this quietly resonant episode of A Voice Like This , Phil Rowe brings together two poems that speak to the art of paying attention — to ourselves, and to others. First, Derek Walcott’s Love After Love offers a tender invitation to reconnect with the self we’ve lost sight of. Then, Dylan Thomas’s In My Craft or Sullen Art reflects on the solitary work of the poet — creating not for recognition,...

This week, two very different worlds unfold. Wendell Berry offers stillness — a moment away from the noise, where the natural world holds us gently. Then Yeats pulls us back into chaos — his apocalyptic vision of a world unravelled, where the centre cannot hold. New episodes every Monday , each just a few minutes — just the poems, spoken with care. Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or whereve...

Next week on A Voice Like This , we start with stillness… and end in something else entirely. New episodes every Monday , each just a few minutes long, just the poems, and a little time to chill. Listen now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

In this special bonus episode, Phil Rowe brings Edgar Allan Poe's iconic poem, The Raven , vividly to life. Immerse yourself in the atmospheric beauty of Poe's language and explore the timeless themes of loss, sorrow, and the haunting persistence of memory. Poem: The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe Episode Theme: Grief, longing, supernatural horror For more poetry and reflections, subscribe to A Voice Li...

In this special bonus episode, Phil Rowe brings Edgar Allan Poe's iconic poem, The Raven , vividly to life. Immerse yourself in the atmospheric beauty of Poe's language and explore the timeless themes of loss, sorrow, and the haunting persistence of memory.

The Light and the Echo Poems featured: She Walks in Beauty – Lord Byron The Voice – Thomas Hardy In this episode, two voices — separated by a century — speak across love’s distance. Lord Byron offers admiration in its purest form with She Walks in Beauty : a brief, bright vision of someone seen, not claimed. Then Thomas Hardy answers with The Voice , where love lingers in grief, and absence become...

In this episode, two voices — separated by a century — speak across love’s distance. Lord Byron offers admiration in its purest form: a brief, bright vision of someone seen, not claimed. Then Thomas Hardy answers, where love lingers in grief, and absence becomes almost audible. New episodes every Monday , with the occasional bonus when the moment calls. You can listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, o...

Poems featured: Music, When Soft Voices Die – Percy Bysshe Shelley Requiem – Robert Louis Stevenson This episode brings together two quiet reflections on what remains after we go. Shelley’s Music, When Soft Voices Die is a brief and delicate meditation — a few lines that linger like perfume in a room just left. Then Stevenson’s Requiem — steady, resolved, and ready. A farewell written with peace i...

This Monday on A Voice Like This , two poems that speak quietly about what we leave behind. One lingers like a memory… the other accepts its end with calm resolve. Shelley and Stevenson. Two voices. One final breath. Listen Monday, wherever you get your podcasts.

🎙️ A Voice Like This – Episode 3: Stars and Shadows Poets featured: John Keats and W. B. Yeats In this episode, we hear from two poets separated by time — but connected by something quieter. Stillness, memory, longing. Keats reaches toward the stars with Bright Star , his voice full of yearning for something that won’t change. Yeats, in contrast, looks back — with tenderness, and perhaps regret —...

Coming Monday on A Voice Like This, I’ve paired two poems that sit quietly in the space between love and time. One looks up — full of longing and stillness. The other looks back — with tenderness and something left unsaid. Keats and Yeats. Two voices, speaking across the years. Listen Monday, wherever you get your podcasts.

Poems featured: A Dream Within a Dream – Edgar Allan Poe I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud – William Wordsworth In this episode, we move from shadow to sunlight — pairing two iconic poems that look at time, memory, and how the world shifts around us. We begin with Poe’s A Dream Within a Dream , a haunting piece about illusion and loss — and then return to earth with Wordsworth’s beloved I Wandered Lone...

In this episode, we move from shadow to sunlight — pairing two iconic poems that look at time, memory, and how the world shifts around us. We begin with Poe’s A Dream Within a Dream , a haunting piece about illusion and loss — and then return to earth with Wordsworth’s beloved I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud , where a single moment of beauty lingers long after it's passed. New episodes every Monday ,...

Welcome to the first episode of A Voice Like This — a podcast where I read poetry aloud, not to explain it, but to let it breathe. In this opening episode, I begin with a pairing that moves from gentleness to something far more fierce: the quiet resilience of Emily Dickinson, followed by the fiery awe of William Blake. In this episode: Why Hope still sings in the storm A note on the archaic pronun...

Coming on Monday 7th July, a brand new podcast 'A Voice Like This' Sometimes, the right words — spoken aloud — can land in a way the page alone never quite manages. I’m Phil Rowe, and this is A Voice Like This — a podcast for people who still believe that good poetry is meant to be spoken. I’ve spent years working as a voice actor, but I began as a singer — and I’ve always believed that language c...