Versify - Poetry and English Literature
Three genial enthusiasts read and discuss poetry.
Episodes
38 episodes
Rainer Maria Rilke - Part 02
We cautiously dip our toe in Rilke's 'Duino Elegies' and get immediately swept out of our depth.
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Rainer Maria Rilke - Part 01
We blunder our way through our first ever poet in translation with predictably confused results. Our victim this time is revered Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926).Poems:EveningThe PantherArchaic Torso of Apo...
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1:45:11
John Keats
We tackle one of the almighty greats of English poetry with predictably sketchy results.'Reading King Lear', and odes on 'Melancholy' and 'A Grecian Urn' befuddle us plenty.
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1:54:05
A Very Merry Versify Xmas 2023
A Very Merry Versify Xmas 2023Poetrye e cummingsJames MerrillHenry Longfellow
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1:15:16
Louis MacNeice
Poetry discussionLouis MacNeice Louis MacNeice - MuseumsLouis MacNeice - Alcohol Louis MacNeice- Soap Suds
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2:17:08
Elizabeth Bishop
After an unacceptable delay waiting for Rob to edit this episode, it is finally available!Three poems by American poet Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979)
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1:53:14
Langston Hughes
Three oafish English guys tackle the Poet Laureate of the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes (1901-1967).
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1:37:01
A Very Merry Versify Xmas
Betjeman, Bly, Hardy - Three Christmas Poems and Seasons Greetings from the Versify Podcast.
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1:32:37
Robert Frost
Robert Frost - The Tuft of Flowers; On a Tree Fallen Across the Road; Acquainted with the Night
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1:54:10
Mai Black
High excitement on the pod as we interview actual living poet Mai Black.Mai's book Thirty Angry Ghosts takes figures from across the world and gives their anger voice.In this Episode, we meet Anne Boleyn; Henry VIII and the ...
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Shakespeare's Sonnets
Three of Shakespeare's sonnets get dusted off and stared at for a bit.
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1:28:39
Stephen Spender
Three poems by Sir Stephen Spender."Hamburg, 1929""An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum""I Think Continually of Those Who Were Truly Great"
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1:17:10
Edna St Vincent Millay
Departure Recuerdo Dirge Without MusicThe pod reads and reflects on three poems by Edna St Vincent Millay
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1:45:13
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Three poems by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892).email: poetrypodcats@gmail.comTwitter: @poetrypodcats
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1:50:02
Emily Dickinson
Versify - The Poetry and English Literature PodcastThree poems by Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)Safe in their Alabaster ChambersI Dreaded That First Robin SoA Precious - Mouldering Pleasure 'Tispoetrypodcats@gmail.c...
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1:37:41
RS Thomas
Three poems by the Welsh poet RS Thomas (1913-2000):The Country CleregyA Welsh TestamentTo A Young Poetpoetrypodcats@gmail.comTwitter: @poetrypodcats
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