In this episode, I talk to Abbi Flint about Elizabeth-Jane Burnett’s poem ‘Little Peach’ and her own poem ‘Cow Low Bowl (650 – 700 AD)’. Abbi talks about the connections between her work as an archaeologist and her creative processes as a poet. She explores the idea of fragments – whether they be finds or…
Posted on 19th March 2025 in NewsIn this episode, I spend time with Dave Swann (on his, and his wife, Ange’s allotment) as we reflect on Tony Hoagland’s poem ‘The Neglected Art of Description’ and his own poem ‘The Last Day of Summer’. In the podcast, Dave talks about meeting Tony Hoagland at a poetry reading in London. He discusses how…
Posted on 6th January 2025 in NewsIn this episode, I talk to Robert Hamberger about John Clare’s poem ‘The Field Mouse’s Nest’ and his own poem ‘Herb Robert’. In our conversation, Robert talks about how his art teacher introduced to him to the works of Sylvia Plath and John Clare (among others). He discusses the ‘everyday’ language he uses in his…
Posted on 6th January 2025 in NewsIn this episode, I talk to the poet David Harmer about Dylan Thomas’s ‘Poem in October’ and his own sequence ‘White Peak Histories.’ In our conversation, David discusses his connections with Thomas. He explains why ‘Poem in October’ (and ‘late Thomas’) appeals to him in particular. He talks about the shape and feel of the…
Posted on 28th October 2024 in NewsIn this episode, poet Katharine Towers discusses Elizabeth Bishop’s poems ‘Sandpiper’ and ‘Jerónimo’s House’ and her own poem ‘Elizabeth Bishop’s Sad Epitaph.’ In the interview, Katharine explains how she went from being a prose writer to a poet in part from reading Elizabeth Bishop’s poems. She examines the qualities of Bishop’s writing through an extended…
Posted on 14th October 2024 in News