The Dominic Tapes

Poetry, redefined

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Brew a tea or coffee, pull up a pew, and join me in exploring the magnificent world of poetry. New episodes every week 🖤. ****Please email all enquiries to: thedominictapes@gmail.com#poetry #poems #podcast #poetrypodcast #poetrystreaming #weeklypoems #history #biography #discover #poetryaudio #beautifulpoems #books #bookclub #poetryredefined #poetrycorner #poetsclub #poetrypod #poemsdaily #poemsweekly #newpoems #classicalpoetry

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The Dominic Tapes

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Ep: 90 - Three Poems from 'High Windows' (Philip Larkin) 23.06.2026 14:51

Welcome back to Poetry, redefined! In this episode, Dominic reads three poems from Larkin's magnificent collection, 'High Windows', which was published by Faber and Faber in 1974. It was Larkin's final poetic offering prior to his death in 1985.. **** Piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 album, 'Songs for John.' All rights reserved to the artist. **** #L...

Ep 89 - Sonnet 73: 'That time of year thou mayst in me behold' (William Shakespeare) 23.04.2026 6:08

Dominic reads Shakespeare's glorious sonnet no. 73 on the bard's birthday! Enjoy! **** Piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 album, 'Songs for John.' All rights reserved to the artist. **** #Shakespeare #Thebardofavon #sonnet #poetry #poems #romance #discoverpoetry #poetryredefined #poems #reading #readingpoetry #vo #np #love #williamshakespeare #sonnetsofshakesp...

Ep: 88 - The Wild Iris (Louise Glück) 23.04.2026 10:34

Dominic reads Glück's marvellous poem, 'The Wild Iris'. Enjoy! **** The piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 piano solo album 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved to the artist. **** #Glück #Poetry #Americanpoetry #np #poetryredefined #newupload #poeticbeauty #discoverpoetry #reading #readingpoems #readingpoetry #podcast #poetrypodcast ****

Ep: 87 - A Light and Diplomatic Bird (Gwendolyn Brooks) 24.03.2026 8:44

Dominic reads about Brooks and reads her wondrous poem, 'A Light and Diplomatic Bird.' Enjoy! **** Piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 piano album 'Songs for John.' All rights reserved to the artist. **** #Brooks #Chicago #Americanpoetry #poetry #discoverpoetry #Gwendolynbrooks #nature #beauty #poetrypodcast #poetryreading #np #poetryredefined #beautifulwords #...

Ep: 86 - Miracle on St. David's Day (Gillian Clarke) 01.03.2026 15:14

Happy St. David's Day! Dominic reads a revelatory poem by the Welsh poet, Gillian Clarke. Enjoy! **** Piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 piano album 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved to the artist. **** #GillianClarke #Clarke #Poetry #Welshpoems #Welshpoetry #HenryV #Shakespeare #Fluellen #Stdavidsday #daffodills #Wordsworth #poetryredefined #discoverbeautiful...

Ep: 85 - February Evening in New York (Denise Levertov) 28.02.2026 8:42

Dominic reads Levertov's poem set in February in New York! Enjoy! **** Piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 piano album 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved to the artist. **** #Levertov #DeniseLevertov #February #Newyork #NYC #discoverpoetry #np #discoverpoetry #weeklypoems #poetrypodcast #poetryredefined #Shakespeare #iambic #tetrameter #pentameter #supernatural...

Ep: 84 - The Grave of Keats (Oscar Wilde) 23.02.2026 11:28

Dominic commemorates Keats on the anniversary of his death by reading a poem by Wilde, entitled, 'The Grave of Keats'. Enjoy! **** Piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 piano album 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved to the artist. **** #Wilde #OscarWilde #Irishpoetry #Keats #Rome #England #np #Discoverpoetry #Poetrypodcast #Poetryredefined #poems #readingpoetr...

Ep: 83 - Die Schöne Nacht (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) 22.02.2026 17:44

Dominic returns to read Goethe's alluring night-time poem, 'Die Schöne Nacht', or 'The Beautiful Night'. Enjoy! **** Piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 album, 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved to the artist. **** #Germanpoetry #Goethe #np #discoverpoems #beauty #nature #poetrypodcast #poetrypod #poetryhour #discoverpoetry #poems #poets

Ep: 82 - The Snow Man (Wallace Stevens) 14.01.2026 9:02

Dominic reads Wallace Stevens in this week's episode! Enjoy! Support Orange Tree Theatre here: Orangetreetheatre.co.uk/support-us/donate-now **** The piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 piano album, 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved to the artist. **** #wallacestevens #Americanpoetry #poetrypodcast #poetry #poetryredefined #pod #indiepod #readingpoems #discover...

Ep: 81 - Twelfth Night (William Shakespeare) 06.01.2026 9:30

Dominic explores the mystery and magic around Twelfth Night traditions! As well as delving into Shakespeare's play of the same name. Enjoy! **** The piano music is 'Lazarus', from Dominic's 2021 solo piano album 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved to the artist. **** #TwelfthNight #Shakespeare #WilliamShakespeare #Englishdrama #Poetry #Plays #Readingpoems #Poetrypodcast #...

Ep: 80 - New Year on Dartmoor (Sylvia Plath) 05.01.2026 7:38

Dominic reads Plath's dazzling poetry and spends some time discussing her life. Enjoy! **** Piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 piano album 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved to the artist. **** #Plath #SylviaPlath #Wordoftheday #Poetry #Falsetto #Americanpoetry #America #Poetry #Poems #Poetrypodcast #Indiepod #np #discoverpoetry #newyear #newyearpoems #newyearp...

Ep: 79 - Mad as the Mist and Snow (William Butler Yeats) 01.01.2026 10:53

Happy New Year poetry lovers! To kick off 2026, Dominic reads his beloved Yeats. Enjoy! **** Piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's solo piano album, 'Songs for John' which was released in 2021. All rights reserved to the artist. **** #Yeats #Cannon #WilliamButlerYeats #WBY #History #Irishpoetry #Irishpoems #Poems #Poetry #Poetrypodcast #Poetryredefined #Ireland #NP #weeklypoe...

Ep: 78 - The Christmas Special, 2025! (Longfellow, Plath, Rossetti, Shakespeare, Tennyson, and Wordsworth!) 26.12.2025 13:27

Welcome to the 2025 Christmas Special! It is an episode filled with festive fervour! Merry Christmas to you! **** Piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 piano album, 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved to the artist. **** #Poetryredefined #Christmasspecial #Christmaspoetry #Christmaspoems #Wordsworth #Plath #Tennyson #Longfellow #Rossetti #Shakespeare #beautifulpoetry #...

Ep: 77 - Live from Istanbul: December Roses (A Trio of Poems by Sara Teasdale) 23.12.2025 14:37

The first-ever live episode of Poetry, redefined comes to you from a vibrant and lively Istanbul! Please enjoy December Roses. **** All audio was captured as 'found sounds' by Dominic, live in Istanbul. **** #Istanbul #poetry #Sultan #Byzantine #birdsong #poetry #poetrypodcast #SaraTeasdale #Americanpoets #np #poetryredefined #grandbazaar #livepodcasts #history #poems #livepod #indiepod #w...

Ep: 76 - Frost at Midnight (Samuel Taylor Coleridge) 21.12.2025 8:29

Dominic reads an apt poem for Winter Solstice, Coleridge's 'Frost at Midnight'. Enjoy! ***** Piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 piano album 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved to the artist. **** #Romanticpoetry #Coleridge #SamuelTaylorColeridge #Wordsworth #Englishpoetry #Nature #WInter #Solstice #np #Followpoetry #Poetrypodcast #Indiepodcast #weeklypoe...

Ep: 75 - White-Eyes (Mary Oliver) 19.12.2025 8:52

Dominic reads the tender and ethereal nature poem, 'White-Eyes', by Mary Oliver. Enjoy! **** Piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 piano album 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved to the artist. **** #MaryOliver #Naturepoems #Poetry #NP #naturalpoetry #Oliver #Poems #Weeklypoems #Poetrypod #Podcast #indiepod #poetryofspotify #applepodcasts #amazonmusic #newpost...

Ep: 74 - To a Wreath of Snow (Emily Brontë) 07.12.2025 7:51

Dominic reads Emily Brontë's stunning winter poem, 'To a Wreath of Snow'. Enjoy! **** Piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 piano album 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved to the artist. **** #EmilyBrontë #Brontë #Brontësisters #np #poetry #weeklypoems #newpost #newupload #victorianpoetry #spotifypoetry #beautifulpoems #poemstoliveby #poetryreading #history...

Ep: 73 - War Poetry for Remembrance Part 3 'May, 1915' (Charlotte Mew) 30.11.2025 5:55

2025's War Poetry for Remembrance Series concludes with Charlotte Mew's thoughtful poem, 'May, 1915'. **** The piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 piano album 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved to the artist. **** #CharlotteMew #Warpoetry #WWI WWII #Thegreatwar #Mew #Poetry #Dailypoems #Weeklypoems #np #remembrance #Englishpoetry #poemstoliveby #beau...

Ep: 72 - War Poetry for Remembrance Part 2 'Anthem for Doomed Youth' (Wilfred Owen) 25.11.2025 18:48

For part two of 'War Poetry for Remembrance', Dominic recites and explores Owen's grim yet beautiful WWI poem. **** Piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 piano album 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved to the artist. **** #WilfredOwen #Owen #WWI #Warpoetry #Poems #np #poetrypodcast #beautifulpoetry #worldwarone #warpoems #trenches #thegreatwar #remembrance...

Ep: 71 - War Poetry for Remembrance Part 1 'An Irish Airman foresees his Death' (William Butler Yeats) 15.11.2025 9:03

In part one of 'War Poetry for Remembrance', Dominic reads a classic Yeats poem, An Irish Airman foresees his Death. **** The piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 piano album 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved to the artist. **** #Yeats #WilliamButlerYeats #Irishpoetry #Poetry #Indiepod #Poetrypodcast #warpoems #warpoetry #remembrance #reflection #war #confli...

Ep: 70 - Autumn (Alexander Pushkin) 06.11.2025 24:00

Dominic explores the wonderfully passionate, evocative, and charming world of Pushkin's poetry! Enjoy! **** Piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 piano album 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved to the artist. **** #Poetry #Poetryredefined #Pushkin #Poetrypod #Poetrypodcast #Podcast #Indiepod #Russianpoetry #Prose #Poems #np #Pushkinverse #newupload #Autumn #Fall #A...

Ep: 69 - Bluebird (Charles Bukowski) 24.10.2025 16:44

Welcome back! I hope you enjoy this hard-hitting poem by Charles Bukowski. **** The piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 piano solo album, 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved to the artist. **** #Bukowski #Americanpoetry #poetrypod #indiepod #CharlesBukowski #np #dailypoems #weeklypoems #poems

Ep: 68 - Sonnet 104: 'To me, fair friend, you never can be old' (William Shakespeare) 15.10.2025 11:22

Dominic reads the beauteous sonnet 104, from the majestic Bard of Avon! Enjoy! Please consider following and rating the podcast. Every gesture helps to grow this small yet enthusiastic poetry community! **** Piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 piano album 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved to the artist. **** #Shakey #Avon #StratfordUponAvon #Poetry #Shakespeare #np...

Ep: 67 - I Died for Beauty (Emily Dickinson) 08.10.2025 12:54

Welcome to the podcast! This week, Dominic reads the exquisite poetry of the American poet Emily Dickinson. Enjoy! And please do follow, rate, and share the podcast with your friends. Thank you! :) **** The piano music used is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 album 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved the the composer. **** #Poetry #PoetryPodcast #Dickinson #EmilyDickinson #np #a...

Ep: 66 - After Apple-Picking (Robert Frost) 02.10.2025 23:18

Dominic reads and explores in some detail the magnificent poem, 'After Apple-Picking' by Robert Frost. Enjoy! Please share this episode on your social media or with like-minded friends! Let's spread the sheer joy of poetry. **** Piano music is 'Lazarus' taken from Dominic's 2021 piano solo album 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved to the artist. **** #Frost #Rober...