Poetry, redefined

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...

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...

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...

Dominic reads and explores Lermontov's stunning tour de force of a poem! A poem that honours our dear friend, Pushkin. Enjoy and please comment, share with friends, and - most importantly, follow my podcast on your chosen platform. Thank you! **** Piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 piano album 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved to the artist. **** #Lermontov #P...

This week Dominic reads Sergei Esenin's bittersweet poem, 'Letter to a Woman'. This episode is dedicated to my Zhonushka Alyonushka! Enjoy! **** Piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 piano album 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved to the artists. **** #Esenin #RussianPoetry #Poems #Moscow #StPetersburg #Russianpoets #SergeiEsenin #Poems #Weekly #np #Ritualforthedead #icons #birchstrees #b...

Dominic reads Coleridge's haunting poem, 'Love'. Enjoy! **** Piano music is 'Lazarus', from Dominic's 2021 piano album, 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved. **** #Coleridge #Poetry #Romantics #Lovepoems #Arthuriantales #Legends #Chaucer #Wales #England #Knights #Fable #Keats #Monsoonal #NP #np #Poetrypodcast #Poems #Daily #Weekly #Poetrypod #Rain #SamuelTaylorColeridge **** Introduction 00:00 Ol...

Dominic reads La Belle Dame Sans Merci , by John Keats, and explores the mystery of the misty walk with Coleridge on the Heath! Enjoy! **** Piano music is from Dominic's 2021 piano solo album 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved to the artist. **** #Keats #JohnKeats #Guite #Luminous #Poems #Classics #Romanticism #Romantics #Legend #Ballad #Fable #Poetry #LaBelleDameSansMerci #PoetryRe...

Hello and welcome to a new episode of The Dominic Tapes, Poetry Redefined. This week Dominic explores a Wordsworth classic and reads both versions of the famous poem. Thanks for Jenny from Atlanta for her request! **** Piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 piano album 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved to the artist. **** #Romantics #poetry #Wordsworth #Daffodils #She...

Dominic reads Shelley's wondrous Arethusa! Enjoy! **** Piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 piano solo album 'Songs for John.' All rights reserved to the artist. **** Introduction: 00:00 Word of the day (brackish): 01:21 A note on the slight similarity with Yeats: 01:38 Arethusa in full: 03:34 Up Next on The Dominic Tapes, Poetry Redefined: 07:53 **** #Shelley #Poet...

Dominic reads his favourite Shakespearean sonnet: no. 116! Enjoy! ** Piano music is Lazarus from Dominic's 2021 piano album 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved to the artist. ** #Shakespeare #Sonnets #116 #Poetry #TDT #TDTPR **** Introduction: 00:00 Word of the day (Tempest/Tempestuous): 01:56 Sonnet 116: 05:03 A few words on recommendations: 05:59 Up next on The Dominic Tapes, Poetr...

Dominic reads a request from Cameron Moon for Pessoa's magical 'The Keeper of Sheep' (Selections). **** Piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 piano solo album 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved to the artist. **** #Pessoa #Existentialism #Surrealism #Poetry #Portuguese #Lisbon #np #Rilke #Pound #Poemsintranslation #Spanish #Brazilian #poetrypod #poetrypodc...

Dominic reads his favourite poet, the genius that is Yeats! Enjoy! Please follow, rate, and share the podcast. **** Piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's piano album 'Songs for John' which was released in February 2021. All rights reserved to the artist. Bla Bla Bla....etc etc. **** #Yeats #Irishpoetry #Morepoems #Daytodaypoetry #pod #poetrypodcast #WilliamButlerYeats #Golden...

A bonus Sunday episode for you to enjoy! Dominic explores more of Heaney's stunning work. **** Piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 album 'Songs for John'. **** Introduction: 00:00 Talk of the pod: 00:31 Word of the day (Exogamy): 03: 50 Introduction to the poem: 04:19 The poem in full: 05:05 ****

Dominic reads one his favourite writers, the mercurial Nabokov! Enjoy! **** Piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 album, Songs for John. All rights reserved to the artist. **** #Nabokov #Mauve #Russianpoetry #Glory #TheGift #np #TDT #TDTPR #Poetrypodcast #Poetry #Poems #newepisode #DrDavidVernon #AdatoZembla #Blatt #Luzhin #TheLuzhinDefense **** Introduction 00:00 Word of the day (Mauve): 0...

Dominic reads Seamus Heaney's vivid poem on Sloe Gin! Enjoy! ***** Piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 solo piano album, 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved to the artist. **** #Heaney #SeamusHeaney #Irishpoetry #Ireland #NorthernIreland #poems #nature #sloes #gin #newpost #np #injustice #lesson #Faber #FaberandFaber #botanicals **** Introduction 00:00 A note on...

Dominic reads Akhmatova's stunning poem, 'In the Evening'. Enjoy! **** Piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 album 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved to the artist. 2021-2025. **** #poem #daily #weekly #Akhmatova #poetry #np #Russianpoetry #WOTD #Sovietpoets #Stpetersburg #Odessa #beautifulpoems #newpost #twentiethcenturyrussianpoems #Silverage #Childrenof...

Dominic reads Spenders' beautiful tribute to Auden. Hope you enjoy! **** Piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 solo piano album 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved to the artist. **** #Spender #Auden #Poetry **** Introduction: 00:00 Background on Stephen Spender: 00:31 Word of the day (Valhalla): 02:07 The Poem in full: 03:28 Further reading and recommendations: 08...

Dominic reads Shelley's 'To Night'. Hope you enjoy the poem! The word of the day is Damask. **** Music is Lazarus from Dominic's 2021 piano album 'Songs for John '. All rights reserved. **** #Shelley #Romanticism #poetry #np #englishpoetry #Keats #Wordsworth #night #day **** Introduction: 00:00 Word of the day (damask): 00:22 Commentary on odes: 00:52 The poem in full: 02:11 Further reading recomm...

Dominic reads W. H. Auden's 'In Memory of W. B. Yeats ' as requested by Joe Smith.  Hope you all enjoy the poem!  **** The music is 'Lazarus', from Dominic's 2021 solo piano album 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved to the artist. ****  Introduction 00:00 Welcome to episode fifty: 00:13 Word of the day (Bourse): 01:00 Background on W. H. Auden: 01:38 The poem in f...

Dominic reads Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Sonnet no. 43! Hope you enjoy it! **** The music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 solo piano album 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved to the artist. **** Introduction: 00:00 Word of the day (valorous): 00:19 Background of EBB: 00:37 The poem in full: 05:13 Further reading recommendations: 06:38 Up next on The Dominic Tapes, Poet...

Dominic reads Lord Byron's romantic poem, 'She walks in Beauty'.  The word of the day is: Tress **** The music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 piano album 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved. **** Introduction: 00:00 Word of the day (Tress): 00:14 Notes on the poem: 00:36 The poem in full: 03:09 Further reading recommendations: 04:35 Review of the podcast: 07:26...

Dominic reads Larkin's sardonic, witty, and luminous poem, Toads . Enjoy! **** Music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 piano album 'Songs for John' All rights reserved to the artist. **** #Larkin #poetry #Spotifypoems #theotherLaureate #Coventry #Midlandspoetry #Hull #Dublin #Oxford #Whitsunweddings #Highwindows #np #toolsofpoetry #discoverpoetry #lovepoetry #bio #read #amre...

Dominic reads and delves into T. S. Eliot's 'Sweeney among the nightingales' Enjoy! Music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 piano album 'Songs for John ' all rights reserved.  **** #TSEliot #eliot #modernists #crow #raven #lines #poems #poetry #agamemnon #greek #classics #poetry #mortalblow #Aeschylus  **** Chapters:  Intro: 00:00 Podcast expansion: 00:45 Word of the...

Dominic reads and explores Browning's masterful and disturbing dramatic monologue, Porphyria's Lover. Word of the day: Idoneous, meaning 'appropriate'. **** Music used is Dominic's 'Lazarus' from his 2021 piano album 'Songs for John.' All rights reserved. Copyright. **** #NP #poetry #Browning #upload #Porphyria #EBB #RB #Wilde #Macbeth #Victorianpoetry #London #...

Dominic reads some Shakespeare on the Bard's birthday! Please consider commenting, rating, and sharing the podcast with likeminded friends! (0:00) Introduction (0:20) Shakespeare on the podcast (1:56) Macbeth's struggles (5:37) (Word/phrase of the day is: Walking Gentleman - A player who generally steps in to play the meagre roles in a theatre company (archaic). (6:09) More detail (6:31) M...