Dan Hill

Versify - Poetry and English Literature

Arts EN ↓ 46 episodes

Three genial enthusiasts read and discuss poetry.

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Dan Hill

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Edna St Vincent Millay 15.08.2021 1:45:13

Send us Fan Mail Departure Recuerdo Dirge Without Music The pod reads and reflects on three poems by Edna St Vincent Millay Support the show

Theodore Roethke 28.06.2021 1:26:58

Send us Fan Mail Three Poems by Theodore Roethke (1908-1963). Support the show

Alfred, Lord Tennyson 17.04.2021 1:50:02

Send us Fan Mail Three poems by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892). email: poetrypodcats@gmail.com Twitter: @poetrypodcats Support the show

A.E. Housman 27.02.2021 1:19:25

Send us Fan Mail Three poems by A.E. Housman (1859 – 1936). Support the show

Emily Dickinson 23.01.2021 1:37:41

Send us Fan Mail Versify - The Poetry and English Literature Podcast Three poems by Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) Safe in their Alabaster Chambers I Dreaded That First Robin So A Precious - Mouldering Pleasure 'Tis poetrypodcats@gmail.com Twitter: @poetrypodcats Support the show

RS Thomas 23.12.2020 1:45:03

Send us Fan Mail Three poems by the Welsh poet RS Thomas (1913-2000): The Country Cleregy A Welsh Testament To A Young Poet poetrypodcats@gmail.com Twitter: @poetrypodcats Support the show

William Carlos Williams 11.11.2020 1:43:42

Send us Fan Mail A sampling of poems by the acclaimed US poet-physician William Carlos Williams (1883-1963) are tackled by the bungling co-hosts. Support the show

Wendy Cope 29.09.2020 1:47:35

Send us Fan Mail A selection of poems from 'Making Cocoa For Kingsley Amis' and 'Serious Concerns' Apologies to anybody who downloaded an earlier file that was out of synch. Support the show

W H Auden 30.08.2020 2:09:36

Send us Fan Mail Discussion of W H Auden Poems: The Novelist The Fall of Rome September 1st 1939 poetrypodcats@gmail.com Support the show

Sylvia Plath 05.08.2020 1:58:11

Send us Fan Mail Discussion of Sylvia Plath Mushrooms You're Crossing the Water Support the show

Edgar Allan Poe 13.07.2020 2:13:47

Send us Fan Mail The Pod considers Edgar Allan Poe's Romance, The City in the Sea and The Conqueror Worm. Do email us with comments or suggestions (or corrections!) at: poetrypodcats@gmail.com Support the show

Lord Byron 16.06.2020 1:35:24

Send us Fan Mail The pod considers Lord Byron's 1816 poem The Darkness. Support the show

Christina Rossetti 28.05.2020 1:45:56

Send us Fan Mail We discuss three poems by Christina Rossetti Heart's Chill Between 'Aloof' (from The Thread of Life) In an Artist's Studio Support the show

Seamus Heaney 10.05.2020 1:44:34

Send us Fan Mail The crew discuss three Seamus Heaney poems: Follower Scaffolding Badgers Support the show

W.B. Yeats 28.04.2020 1:38:23

Send us Fan Mail The team dive in to three poems by WB Yeats. Second Coming Sailing to Byzantium Long Legged Fly Comments/suggestions welcomed at poetrypodcats@gmail.com Support the show

John Donne 19.04.2020 2:00:48

Send us Fan Mail A first encounter with three John Donne poems. Apparition Song St Lucie's Day Poetrypodcats@gmail.com Support the show

Sir John Betjeman 08.04.2020 1:50:01

Send us Fan Mail Slough On a Portrait of a Deaf Man Youth and Age on Beaulieu River Hants A Subaltern's Love Song Support the show

Robert Graves 28.03.2020 1:47:24

Send us Fan Mail More of major poets being encountered by amateurs. Dead Cow Farm The Cool Web A Childs Nightmare Support the show

Edward Thomas 02.01.2020 1:21:43

Send us Fan Mail More of major poets being encountered by amateurs. The Manor Farm Haymakin As the Teams Head Brass Support the show

Ted Hughes 17.10.2019 1:05:12

Send us Fan Mail We read and discuss three Ted Hughes poems: The Bear Hawk Roosting Meeting Support the show

Love Conquers All Shakespeare's Sonnet 13.10.2019 30:25

Send us Fan Mail This is a reading and some discussion of Shakespeare's sonnet Love Conquers All. It is also the first episode of the pod in which technical and structural issues are discussed! Support the show