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Poetry from around the Commonwealth. A poem from every competing nation and territory sent to Glasgow for the 2012 Commonwealth Games, capturing the essence of the Commonwealth.

BBC Radio Scotland


    • Jul 22, 2014 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 5m AVG DURATION
    • 68 EPISODES


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    Kiribati

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2014 4:47


    Teweiariki Teaero weaves the Commonwealth together in Kaleidoscope of Hope.

    Grenada

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2014 4:32


    Frank Scott sends a poem from the Spice Islands, Grenada.

    Solomon Islands

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2014 5:38


    Jully Makini makes fun of young women becoming Westernised in her poem Civilised Girl.

    Dominica

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2014 4:56


    Ras Mo, who works with young people on violence prevention, reads Pink and Blue.

    St Lucia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2014 5:48


    Vladimir Lucien talks about the ‘cutlery of empire’ in his poem Ebb I.

    Australia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2014 5:13


    Les Murray talks about his life at Bunyah and reads a new poem The Care.

    Brunei Darussalam

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2014 4:35


    Salwa Mornie explains traditional Bruneian poetry and reads I am.

    Guyana

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2014 5:37


    Sasenarine Persaud explains why so many Guyanese have Indian heritage and reads Georgetown.

    Tonga

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2014 5:45


    Loa Niumeitolu explains what the English language means to her in When we tell.

    Tanzania

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2014 5:20


    Euphrase Kezilahabi reads his poem Floods.

    Wales

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2014 6:07


    Gillian Clarke explains the historical importance of the Welsh language in Britain and reads Border.

    Antigua and Barbuda

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2014 5:33


    Linisa George describes the bold character of Antiguans and reads In the Closet

    Seychelles

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2014 4:50


    Helda Marie reads Lamentations from Paradise.

    St Kitts and Nevis

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2014 5:00


    Kevin Isaac regrets the destruction of nature that comes with development in his poem Landslides.

    Lesotho

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2014 5:08


    Lindelwa Xingwana describes the Mountain Kingdom and reads Let it be known.

    Trinidad and Tobago

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2014 5:29


    Vahni Capildeo talks about the Commonwealth values and reads her poem Utter.

    Tuvalu

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2014 5:15


    Selina Tusitala Marsh reads Tuvalu Blues, a poem about rising sea levels in the Pacific.

    Malawi

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2014 4:41


    Jack Mapanje mocks African rulers in his poem When This Carnival Finally Closes.

    Guernsey

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2014 4:42


    Candy Neubert recalls a specialmoment when she returned home in her poem, privacy.

    England

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2014 5:02


    Jacob Polley from Cumbria reads The North-South Divide.

    Northern Ireland

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2014 5:22


    Michael Longley from Belfast reads All of These People.

    Turks & Caicos

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2014 4:43


    Charvis Ferguson talks about tourism in the Turks and reads Vacation Island.

    Gibraltar

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2014 5:48


    Jackie Anderson recalls feeling trapped on the rock when the Spanish border was closed in her poem To the Harbour.

    Ghana

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2014 4:24


    Adjei Agyei Baah reads his poem For the Mountains.

    St Helena

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2014 4:59


    Basil George talks about his grandson inspring his poem A Closed Hand.

    Malaysia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2014 5:56


    In Language, Baha Zain explores the difficulty of expressing our true meaning in words.

    Nauru

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2014 4:19


    Lyn Detabene reads Proudly She Sways Her True Colour.

    Belize

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2014 5:29


    Ivory Kelly reads Schoolbooks about post-colonial education.

    Mauritius

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2014 5:52


    Umar Timol explores the paradoxical nature of island life in his poem Island.

    Papua New Guinea

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2014 4:38


    Michael Dom reads The political economy of a pig farmer’s life.

    Bangladesh

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2014 4:58


    In Sadaf Saaz Siddiqi’s Sari Reams, she describes its beauty and significance.

    Scotland

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2014 6:13


    Kathleen Jamie reads Here lies our land, a poem commemorating the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn.

    Maldives

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2014 5:45


    Farah Didi reads I will forgive, a poem describing police brutality.

    Swaziland

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2014 4:20


    Sarah Thembile Mkhonza explains how praise poetry forms part of everyday life and reads Swaziland, I Witnessed You.

    Mozambique

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2014 4:24


    Sonia Sultuane, a Muslim poet, discusses identity in her poem African.

    Namibia

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2014 5:22


    Emmanuel Hitilasha describes his native village and reads African Way.

    Bahamas

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2014 5:56


    Christian Campbell talks about the links between the Bahamas and Haiti, explored in his poem Goodman’s Bay II.

    Fiji

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2014 5:46


    Sudesh Mishra talks about his indo-Fijian heritage and reads The Gust-proof Door, in memory of his father.

    Cayman Islands

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2014 5:23


    Leonard Dilbert says it’s important not to deny the painful history of many Caymanians in his poem Manna.

    India

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2014 4:31


    Salma was kept in the house for nine years when she refused to marry. She explains how poetry helped her survive.

    Anguilla

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2014 5:51


    Linda Banks discusses the challenges of tourism and development in Anguilla and reads her poem Heritage.

    Isle Of Man

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2014 5:04


    Janet Lees reads Resort, inspired by the image of a Punch and Judy stall on the beach.

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