A Mouthful of Air: Poetry with Mark McGuinness

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Poems to take your breath away. Hear contemporary poets reading their poems and talking about their inspiration and writing process. Plus Mark McGuinness reading classic poems and sharing his thoughts on what makes them great.

Mark McGuinness


    • May 30, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    Stephanie Burt reads Poly Beach House by Tonee Mae Moll

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2025 34:50


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    Daedalus and Icarus from Ovid's Metamorphoses translated by Arthur Golding

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2025 45:02


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    Desire Path by Jude Rosen

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2025 32:59


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    Self Portrait 1981 Self Portrait of the poet as Cassius Clay 1982 by Nick Makoha

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2025 44:08


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    Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2025 31:16


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    A Modest Love by Sir Edward Dyer

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2024 29:08


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    Empathy by A. E. Stallings

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2024 27:20


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    From Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum by Emilia Lanyer

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2024 42:15


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    Reddest Red by Z. R. Ghani

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2024 37:46


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    Ode on a Grecian Urn by John Keats

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2024 39:18


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    Drinking Ode by Matthew Buckley Smith

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2024 37:17


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    The Great Fire of London, from Annus Mirabilis by John Dryden

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2024 43:15


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    Pregnant Teenager and Her Mama by Carrie Etter

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2024 36:53


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    To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2024 38:44


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    Homunculus by the Shore by Luke Palmer

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2024 32:03


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    Sextain by William Drummond of Hawthornden

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2024 36:40


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    DIY Sestina: What Would You Ask the Artist? by Terrance Hayes

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2023 50:43


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    A Crocodile by Thomas Lovell Beddoes

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2023 27:32


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    ‘you are not in search of' by Martyn Crucefix

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2023 41:45


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    The Maldive Shark by Herman Melville

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2023 30:50


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    The Future of A Mouthful of Air

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2023 23:25


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    The Larder by Judy Brown

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2023 31:32


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    Astrophil and Stella Sonnet 1 by Sir Philip Sidney

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2023 42:10


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    Bede's Sparrow by Isobel Dixon

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2023 41:05


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    ‘As I push the door' by Harry Man and Endre Ruset

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2023 44:23


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    Futility by Wilfred Owen

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2023 32:00


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    From The Triumph of Life by Percy Bysshe Shelley

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2023 36:55


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    Song about putting a bird in a pie by Luke Samuel Yates

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2023 37:37


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    The Tyger by William Blake

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2023 41:04


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    In the stillness of his moment, deciding by Tom Sastry

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2023 36:36


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    ‘For I will consider my Cat Jeoffry' by Christopher Smart

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2023 44:18


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    The Sanctioned State by Edward Doegar

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2023 36:33


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    The Windhover by Gerard Manley Hopkins

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2023 40:29


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    From Iarnród Éireann by Simon Barraclough

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2023 39:05


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    The Wild Swans at Coole by W. B. Yeats

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2023 40:12


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    Two Tablespoonfuls by Caleb Parkin

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2023 39:02


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    Verses upon the Burning of Our House by Anne Bradstreet

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2023 41:19


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    From Saffron Jack by Rishi Dastidar

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2023 45:12


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    I Sing of a Maiden – Anonymous

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2022 25:24


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    9th December (Sunday) by Quentin S. Crisp

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2022 41:03


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    The Sun Rising by John Donne

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2022 37:01


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    At Peckham Rye by Clare Pollard

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2022 29:58


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    In an Artist's Studio by Christina Rossetti

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2022 35:36


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    My Beautiful Comrade from the North by Matthew Caley

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2022 43:28


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    The Kraken by Alfred Tennyson

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2022 35:58


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    Ə [Schwa] by Paul Blake

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2022 37:11


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    Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2022 44:26


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    Sentience by Maggie Sawkins

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2022 31:04


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    From Tintern Abbey by William Wordsworth

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2022 41:01


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    The Room Between Us by Denise Saul

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2022 30:40


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    From Paradise Lost by John Milton

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2022 36:18


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