Frank Skinner's Poetry Podcast

Nature gets horny and reflective. Frank is excited about the poetry of Jean Sprackland. The collection referenced is 'Green Noise'. The poem referenced is 'April' and the sequence referenced is 'The Lost Villages'. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Frank Skinner discusses statues and statutes with Percy Bysshe Shelley, the renowned romantic poet and essayist. They explore Shelley's unpublished poem, unconventional distribution methods, the structure of the sonnet, the need for reform in Parliament, and the power of poetry in resurrecting England. They also contemplate the decay of power through the vandalism of statues and the lasting influence of Shelley's poem 'Ozymandias'.

Frank howls at the moon with Sylvia Plath. The poems referenced are 'The Moon and the Yew Tree' and 'Ariel. TW: mentions of suicide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Frank celebrates the razor-sharp poetic mind of Don Paterson. The poem referenced is 'Rain'. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Elizabeth Barrett Browning, a renowned Victorian poet, discusses the challenges of being a mother, poet, and revolutionary. Topics include her secret marriage, use of opium-based medicine, interest in Italian politics, and the themes of anger and grief in her poem 'Mother and Poet'.

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This week, Frank discovers two very different war poets, Alan Ross and Alan Seeger. The poems referenced are ‘Mess Deck’ by Alan Ross and ‘I Have a Rendezvous with Death’ by Alan Seeger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, Frank explains why the poet, Charlotte Mew, should, in his opinion, be a household name. The poems referenced are ‘The Farmer’s Bride’ and ‘Sea Love’. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, Frank screams the praises of Sinéad Morrissey’s Beatlemania poems. The book referenced is ‘On Balance’. The poems referenced are ‘The Millihelen’ and ‘Perfume’. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode explores the poetry of Thomas Hardy, focusing on themes of love, death, and observation. The hosts analyze specific poems, delve into Hardy's unique style, and passionately advocate for further exploration of his work.