Frank Skinner's Poetry Podcast

Caroline Bird

Jan 12, 2022

37:51

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Why Did I Let Her Go?

02:26

My Shadow Is the Chalk Outline of a Woman Who Did Not Jump

03:32

A Falconer Just Knows the Falcon Will Come Back

02:48

Introduction

3min

I Hold Two Fingers to My Head, Trigger My Thumb Out

4min

The Intimacy of a Couple Councilling Session

2min

As Well as Death, Wed My Marriage

3min

Are You Good at Relationships?

4min

Ookka Las Pit, All These Huge Thoughts Come to Nothing

2min

My Shadow Is the Chalk Outline of a Woman Who Did Not Jump

4min

Will They Come Back?

2min

Why Did I Let Her Go?

2min

10.

What if I Missed Her?

3min

11.

A Falconer Just Knows the Falcon Will Come Back

3min

12.

Come Back, Even Though You're Free

4min

Frank celebrates Caroline Bird and wonders if he should have saved this one for Valentine’s Day. The collection referenced is The Air Year by Caroline Bird. The individual poems discussed are Temporary Vows and I Am Not a Falconer, both by Caroline Bird.

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