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A weekly poetry podcast with your favourite cult spoken word artist Leon the poet. Follow on Instagram @thehugfromthemoon

Leon the poet


    • Apr 2, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 17m AVG DURATION
    • 57 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from A hug from the moon.

    Season 3. Episode 20. ‘From the depths of the hollowed out tree'

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2023 24:16


    This week our cult poet rambles about the slippery eel that is memory, shares 2 of his poems and reads an exclusive poem from this weeks featured poet ‘Barry king'

    Season 3. Ep 19. ‘Fame+tragedy = sympathy: An ode to the velvet owl.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2023 18:01


    This week our cult poet rambles about fame, juxtaposes Andy Murray's post Wimbledon victory tears with a man who died nameless, and throws in 2 poems just to treat you!

    Season 3. Ep 17. ‘First jobs and horrible bosses ‘

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2023 30:53


    This week our cult poet takes a shambling amble down memory lane and talks about his foray into the job world . Featuring the titular poem !

    Season 3. Ep 16. ‘Banning words and burning books'

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2023 19:02


    This week our cult poet rambles about the recent Roald Dahl controversy, shares an extract from David Walliams latest book and airs a brand new poem.

    Season 3. Ep 15. ‘The epiphany'

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2023 17:55


    This week our cult poet reflects on the importance of truth in art and shares a tribute to friendship penned by our featured poet Helen Williams.

    epiphany helen williams
    Season 3. Ep 14 ‘The elephant'

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2023 20:04


    In a special episode our cult poet presents a 20 minute entirely spoken word show. ‘The elephant'

    Season 3. Ep 13 ‘ I am mine, you are yours ‘

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2023 19:38


    This week our cult poet rambles about anxiety , talks with attempted sincerity about the importance of marching to the beat of your own drum and shares a brand new poem ‘the artist / narcissist'

    Season 3. Ep 12. ‘The art of letting go'

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2023 19:39


    In this weeks edition our cult poet shares his thoughts on a recent poetry gig, rambles about control issues and shares a new personal poem.

    Ep 11. The cult kid and me

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2023 19:57


    This week our poet takes a ramble through his recent hiatus , shares a story of growing up in a religious cult and reads a brand new poem. (Contains some swearing)

    Season 3. Ep 10. ‘Taking parenting advice from a swear jar'

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2022 20:27


    In the last episode of the year, our cult poet shares a whimsical poem about a soft play area and explains his finest moment as a dad. Featuring the poems ‘soft play tales and F### them' ( episode contains some swears)

    Season 3. Ep 9. ‘Diamond lights'

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2022 22:31


    This week our cult poet takes a ramble down memory lane, and considers his formative relationship with his older brother through the medium of a ear splitting 80s pop song . Featuring the poem ‘madness'

    Season 3. Ep 8. ‘Cuffs for the kin'

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2022 18:53


    This week our cult poet shares a little ditty called ‘make it happen' and rambles about family , poetry as catharsis and the World Cup

    Ep 7. ‘Back to life'

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2022 20:06


    This week our cult poet picks his 3 favourite poems from the poetry book ‘back to life' by fellow cult nature nerd poet Ally Hammock. Expect the usual rambling x

    Season 3. Ep 6. ‘A lethal dose of Hope'

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2022 26:37


    This week our cult poet / Hope detective sets off on a journey of hope discovery , panning for gold in the wilderness of 2022 with guest poets Ricci Read and Dawn Vincent.

    Season 3. Ep 5. ‘The outsiders'

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2022 17:07


    This week our cult poet flies the flag for the all geeks , nerds , weirdos , waifs and strays with his ramshackle take on outsider life . Featuring the poems ‘square' and ‘the cool kid ‘

    Season 3. Ep 4. ‘The catalyst'

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2022 15:48


    A look back at the inspiration for this pod with a deep dive into the soon to be classic poem ‘ a hug from the moon'

    Ep 3 ‘ flash bang wallop'

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2022 29:37


    This weeks episode of the cult poetry podcast sees our poet try his hand at flash fiction, sharing twin tales of parental abandonment with his stories ‘The time capsule and Boyd and Ray' There's the usual behind the scenes rambling and the featured poet/writer of the week is the superb Alice violet https://draliceviolett.com/

    Episode 2. ‘Grace under fire'

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2022 23:03


    In this weeks episode of the hug from the moon podcast, our cult poet encounters a discount , B+M Bargains, sunday bootsale Moses, and tells a tale of Jesus Christ being transported back down to earth and into the body of a homeless man to fix the problems of 2022. Levity and Grace is provided by this weeks featured poet of the week ‘Ally Hammock'

    Season 3 episode 1. Mississippi

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2022 23:10


    Your favourite cult poetry podcast from your favourite cult poet is back with the ear splitting crack of an 80s cap gun! This week 2 brand new poems and some brand new chatter about it too . ‘Man flu' and ‘Parker pens' and ‘labelled with fine' by our featured poet of the week Laura Bradley

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    Ep 25. ‘On the cross'

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2022 25:00


    In a week where women's rights have been set back 50 years by a rabid right wing Christian movement in America , everyone's favourite cult poet nails his views to the cross in this season 2 finale!

    Ep 24. A Father's Day special

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2022 15:36


    In this episode our cult poet shares a poem about his Dad and rambles about fatherhood .

    Episode 23. ‘The boy who bounced back'

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2022 28:53


    This weeks our cult poet laments a tough gig , considers giving up altogether and reaches out to the loving arms of the poetry community.

    Ep 22. ‘White light'

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2022 19:42


    This week our cult poet, plants his decrepit size 9s in the dirt and reads a poem of rare absolute sincerity, hears a poem of stunning grace by Ella rose , before wondering into the sea off mersea , in search of the white light .

    Episode 21. Caring is creepy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2022 14:52


    In this weeks episode our cult poet makes a plea for self care , ponders the loss that comes with loving someone with your whole heart and hears from a bearded Tit.

    Episode 20. A pod for Steve

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2022 31:55


    Recorded at the end of another mental health awareness week, our cult poet posts a tribute episode to an old friend who died too soon and ponders grief , suicide, love, regret and appreciation. ( contains some swears)

    Ep 19. An interview with poet Joy M. Louisa

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2022 40:01


    This week our cult poet interviews one of his featured poets of the week, the brilliant Joy M Louisa. Joy shares her creative journey and also the poem which started it all for her aged 14. ‘The rose'

    Ep 18. Straight as a die

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2022 16:07


    This week our foolhardy and shambling ragged boneyard poet, staggers from bar to bar , finds some courage in his soul, meets a bearded tit and tells a story about cops , cuffs and chaos.

    Ep. 17. Sometimes I'm the bull, sometimes I'm the China shop

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2022 19:49


    This week our cult poet premiers a brand new poem about the perils of social media, describes depression as a lethal dose of honesty and uses the format of a classic poem to fashion a plea for self contentment in ‘ I don't wanna be yours'

    Ep 16. ‘Tulips' a dissection and discussion of Sylvia Plaths classic poem

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2022 30:50


    This week in a brand new feature , everyone's favourite cult poet sits down with the earth man himself Ricci read to geek out over one of his favourite poems ‘tulips' by Sylvia Plath .

    Ep 15. Family fortunes

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2022 22:20


    This week everyone's favourite cult poet shares some personal poems about family and plagiarises his hero Jerry springer. Enjoy !

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    Ep 14 an interview with Helen Williams

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2022 35:37


    Helen is a talented poet and passionate advocate for books ! We talk about what inspires her to write, how she gets into the headspace to create and the meaning of life . (Maybe)

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    Bonus edition of the podcast !

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2022 2:18


    Our cult poet reacts to the recent events at the Oscars with his own polemic take "Hollywood stands for nothing"

    Episode 13. A Mother's Day special

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2022 11:58


    This week our intrepid cult poet desperately tries to write a Mother's Day poem with the help of guest poets Ricci Read, Helen Williams and Joy M. Louisa

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    Ep 12. ‘Open all the boxes'

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2022 20:17


    This week our intrepid and asthmatic poet exhumes the dust filled relics of his subconscious looking for more answers to life's big questions. Featuring Ellie cornel

    Episode 11. In the soup.

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2022 26:55


    In this weeks episode our foolhardy cult poet dips his toes into the bubbling broth of the culture wars , picks a fight with Jordan Peterson , campaigns for a ceasefire on social media and sings a song about breaking free from the chains of ideology. Featuring guest poet of the week Ricci read with his poem ‘war'

    Episode 10. Bear traps and broken records

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2022 22:33


    More melancholy verbosity from your favourite cult monstrosity leon helsby! Featuring Ricky frost !

    Episode 9. Why can't I write about love ( a valentine's day special).

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2022 18:42


    This week our grizzled and wizened poet attempts to figure out his aversion to writing sincerely about love with the assistance of our featured poet of the week, Ellie Cornell .

    Love, loss and tribute

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2022 20:42


    This week our favourite cult poet explores masculinity in the form of a childhood brush with malevolence & a story about a friends jollity while regaling a story of casual violence. Featuring Helen Williams.

    The gatekeepers of Old Kinderhook

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2022 22:12


    In this weeks episode our poet dives into the subject of mental health and gets confessional. Featuring Ricci Read

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    An interview with Ricci Read

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2022 32:36


    This week our favourite cult poet flexes his interview chops in a conversation with featured poet of the week Ricci Read.

    A bonus edition of the podcast featuring a poem about Novak Djokovic

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2022 3:31


    Everyone's favourite cult poet casts his critical gaze over the Novak Djokovic saga and delivers his take.(warning contains some swears)

    Old friend(s)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2022 25:35


    This week our jaded bloodied and bruised poet dives into the subject of lost friends and finds a reason to still believe in the joy of friendship in the form of our featured poet of the week ‘joy' m Louisa.

    The power of stories

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2022 23:02


    This week everyone's favourite cult poet rewrites a cloakroom punchup from his youth, tells 2 tales of doomed love and shares a short story from his favourite up and coming writer Mae Scott.

    Hope is all we have

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2021 19:38


    This week our intrepid hope detective pans for gold in the subjects of ‘old age, the pandemic & a near death experience' . Featuring guest poet of the week Ricky Frost !

    Return of the jedi !

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2021 18:23


    This week, everyone's favourite cult poet reads out 2 of his poems, introduces the world to the featured poet of the week and sings a song about attachment disorder called 'stay'

    Daisy

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2020 2:30


    Poem number 11

    No words

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2020 1:26


    Poem number 10.

    Behind glass

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2020 2:04


    Poem number 9.

    The flying fist, the smile and the eye

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2020 3:56


    Poem number 8. A tale of fisticuffs in the cloakroom starring our somewhat ill equipped narrator .

    Sometime

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2020 8:55


    Poem number 7. An epic journey into the world of the mysterious Jane doe.

    Such a strange fellow at times

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2020 1:24


    Poem number 6

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