Two Thousand and Fifty Miles of Poetry

It's almost midsummer and Lee and Charlie return with a Miles of Poetry Christmas Special! They discuss what has changed in their lives since the release of the last episode almost exaclty 4 years ago in June 2020, dabble in asmr and, of course, apply their razor analysis to some poems. Happy festive midsummer everyone! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Charlie and Lee read and consider the poetry of Haiku master Basho and the amazing Rin Ishigaki with their usual razor sharp insight (...) They also discuss bathing naked in Japan, wasting once-in-a-lifetime moments by playing Pokemon Go and wax lyrical about the elephant in the room. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Charlie and Lee read and consider the poetry of Patti Smith and Michael Dickman, Charlie tells tales of seeing a Michael Dickman reading in New York last year, Lee describes the experience of being spat on by Patti Smith in 2007 and they both lament the fact that neither of things seem likely to happen again for a while. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Charlie and Lee read the poems of Tim Key and Robert Montgomery, they also extoll the virtues of reading poetry on the toilet, enjoy a poem sent in by eager listener Grant, and encourage Grant's furloughed friend Will to respond in verse - get in touch Will! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Charlie and Lee return for another week of poetic wonder, this time reading poems by Sylvia Plath and Seamus Heaney. They discuss the joy of youth, Lee's love/hate relationship with Seamus Heaney (which seems to develop throughout the episode) and how lovely Faber and Faber's books are! Links and Notes: Seamus Heaney reading Blackberry Picking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhBK5_zLwJY Sylvia Pl...

Charlie and Lee read the work of concrete poet Bob Cobbing and welsh maestro Dylan Thomas. They discuss Hovis adverts, poetry that makes you feel like a hippie and receive their first piece of listener correspondence! Follow us and get in touch on Instagram @milesofpoetry Links and notes: Bob Cobbing 'Chamber Music': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP9h9zpEbcU Bob Cobbing 'Boooook': https://occasi...

Charlie and Lee return in week 5 of UK coronavirus lockdown to share the poetry of Holly Pester and Emily Berry with each other and their faithful listeners. They discuss, amongst other things, William Shakespeare's birthday, whether poetry is best written in the shower and if you need to even try and understand the meaning of a poem (spoiler: the answer is no). Links and Notes: Emily Berry reads...

Charlie and Lee discuss David Berman and Leonard Cohen during UK lockdown week four. Links and Notes: So Long Marianne, by Leonard Cohen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XzAjfwQtvM Anthem by Leonard Cohen, Live in London: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wRYjtvIYK0 People by Silver Jews: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5q0rupfENc That's Just The Way That I Feel by Purple Mountains: https://www.y...

Charlie and Lee discuss Rupi Kaur and Lord Byron during coronavirus week one. Links and notes: Rupi Kaur instagram -  https://www.instagram.com/rupikaur_/?hl=en Repetition in poetry -  https://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/repetition.html BBC Great Lives - Lord Byron -  https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00768nc Rupi Kaur live -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjkau3jb87s...