Podcasts about National Poetry Day

We've finally figured out a way to combine all of our interests into one episode! Animal poetry AND animal names that rhyme with each other? What more could you want?! In anticipation of National Poetry Day we've decided to do a little poetry and rhyming themed series! This week, we learn all about pudus and kudus, adorable deer (one big and one small) and read a lovely deer poem!

Proposals to change the law to give terminally-ill people in England and Wales the choice to die are to be voted on in parliament for the first time in nearly a decade. We hear from the Labour MP putting forward the bill, from an opponent and from a terminally-ill woman.Our international editor Jeremy Bowen interviews the most senior leader of Hamas outside Gaza.And on National Poetry Day we have a reading by Michael Rosen.

We are joined by poet Tom Juniper (he/they) who has written a number of poems about Maurice Dobson and his partner Fred Halliday as a way to tell their many stories. Maurice and Fred ran the local shop in the 1950s in Darfield, Barnsley and were open about their relationship at a time when it was illegal to be a gay man. They are now so revered in South Yorkshire that their shop has been transformed into a museum. In this episode, we discuss what and how Maurice and Fred had to be in order to be accepted in the community, how this would have compared with other, more affluent areas of the country, how this affected their relationship and we share some of the stories (including a foul mouthed parrot and a chair with a wonky leg). This interviewed was conducted by Fiona Moorcroft from SAYiT and was recorded at SAYiT's offices in Sheffield. SAYiT is a charity in South Yorkshire that works with young people aged 8-25 and professionals to make real lives better. They provide practical support to LGBTQ+ young people, host a parent and carer group, and their training helps organisations improve knowledge and address discrimination. Proud Changemakers is a voluntary group that celebrates and elevates LGBTQIA+ folks from across civil society and make noise about issues affecting the LGBTQIA+ community today. Follow, subscribe, get in touch with us at https://linktr.ee/proudchangemakers This forms part of our LGBT+ History Month series and was released in connection with National Poetry Day.

Last night, as part of Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day, I was honoured to be both the MC and one of the poets reading at an event held at Wellington's divine secondhand bookstore and venue, Undercurrent. It was a wonderful line-up of poets, a dream to be part of this cast — and to get to introduce them all. I recorded my set, where I read six short pieces from the upcoming book, ‘The Richard Poems'. And now you can hear those poems here regardless of whether you were there on the night or not. Sounds Good! is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Sounds Good! is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Sounds Good! at simonsweetman.substack.com/subscribe

Exciting Upcoming Dunedin Literary Events - This month, Beverly shares details on the plethora of literary events happening in Dunedin in the next few weeks. These include reader events at UBS, the Small Press Fest, and an all-day Janet Frame Symposium. Branch chair Michelle Elvy also shares tantalising details about our National Poetry Day event on August 23rd, and Vanda Symon gives us the rundown on NZSA's Regional Roadshow (coming up September 7th) along with the inside scoop on her latest Sam Shephard crime novel 'Prey'. Broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin https://oar.org.nz

Sue Carpenter is a writer based in Auckland, New Zealand. Sue writes within a number of different genres, including YA, junior fiction, children's fiction and she also dabbles in poetry. Sue has received a number of awards. These include: first place in the IWW Short Story competition in Sci-fi/fantasy with her story ‘Blood Protectors'; highly commended in kidslit with her story 'Lavendar Hill'; and 2nd in long fiction under her thriller penname Lee Simpson's 'Switches'. In 2023 she was a runner up in XYZ children's poetry, and in 2022 she was runner up in the National Poetry Day, Poetry at the beach and New Leaf Christmas competition. Outside of her writing life, Sue enjoys spending time at the beach, with her toes in the sand and her thoughts in the clouds.

It's National Poetry Day, and although most of us think that we've not interested in poetry or never consume it, you might be wrong... To discuss the world of poetry and its popularity, Seán is joined by Newstalk Producer Seán Reidy.

It's National Poetry Day, and although most of us think that we've not interested in poetry or never consume it, you might be wrong... To discuss the world of poetry and its popularity, Seán is joined by Newstalk Producer Seán Reidy.

An Audience with TORIA GARBUTT The CAT Club's 'Sunday Showdown' presented the extraordinary ‘High Priestess of The Spoken Word,' TORIA GARBUTT in a brutally honest conversation, followed by a stunning performance. Gary ‘Guestlist' Lethbridge was in the interviewers' chair. Since bursting onto the scene in 2014, Toria Garbutt has been a regular tour support for Dr John Cooper Clarke, most recently on his ‘Luckiest Guy Alive' tour on which Toria performed extensively at venues across the UK and Europe.   In 2016, Toria released her début album 'Hot Plastic Moon' with spoken word label Nymphs and Thugs and in 2018 her début poetry collection ‘The Universe and Me' was published by Wrecking ball press. Toria's second collection 'Another Time in Space' was published in December 2022. Toria's words have also been featured in Not Too Tame's Northern Souls show at the Edinburgh Fringe festival, and recently in The Guardian for their feature on The Rise and Rise of the New Poets.  In September 2021, Toria featured on the front cover and centrefold of The Big Issue North.  She was recently interviewed by Chis Hawkins on Radio 6 for National Poetry Day, and appeared on Radio 3's The Verb, with Ian McMillan and Radio 4's Front Row with Nick Ahad, as part of BBC's Contains Strong Language festival.   Toria is currently writing Funerals for Birds, a radio drama about her experience of addiction. “Toria Garbutt is Saturday Night Sunday Morning in one woman and in our lifetime, we are lucky to have her. Glorious, brutal, sharp, and tender. She has written an extraordinary love letter to us all.” Salena Godden “Toria Garbutt is a beacon of a poet whose work draws us all together, closer to safety. Political, irreverent, warm, and necessary her performances are the stuff of legend. Superb.” Joelle Taylor “Joan Jett and Patti Smith's better-looking kid sister.” John Cooper Clarke “Powerful, accessible, intelligent, and musical. Just about all the things I love in a poet.” Benjamin Zephaniah “Toria has a unique skill of wrapping an audience up in her arms and making them feel that everything is gunna be alright.” Mike Garry "A sage and a seer." Ian McMillan This event took place on 21st January 2024 in the Pigeon Loft at The Robin Hood, Pontefract, West Yorkshire. To find out more about the CAT Club please visit: www.thecatclub.co.uk This podcast has been edited for content and for copyright reasons. Happy Trails.

Episode 314 - Morgan Christie - Boolean Logic - Powerful and Lyrical Essays from a New and Noteworthy Poet and Fiction WriterPowerful and Lyrical Essays from a New and Noteworthy Poet and Fiction WriterMorgan Christie's book is in conversation with various themes including race, gender inequity, socioeconomic disparities, and others as questions regarding how experiences define us are viewed through a BOOLEAN LOGIC lens, where sums do not always equal their parts. These essays intertwine sport, family, and community and other aspects that assist in shaping identities through lineage and the lessons we take from them.Literary Nonfiction. Essay. Family & Relationships. African & African American Studies. Women's Studies.About the AuthorMorgan Christie's essays, stories, and poems have appeared in Room, Callaloo, The Hawai'i Review, Sport Literate, and elsewhere. Her first chapbook, Variations on a Lobster's Tale, was the winner of the 2017 Alexander Posey Chapbook Prize, and her first full-length short story manuscript, These Bodies (Tolsun Books, 2020), was nominated for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in fiction. Her most recent poetry chapbook, when they come (Black Sunflowers Press, 2021) is featured in the Forward Arts Foundation's National Poetry Day exhibit. She is the 2022 Arc Poetry Poem of the Year Prize recipient, and her collection People Without Wings (Black Sunflowers Press, 2021) is the winner of the 2022 Digging Chapbook Series Prize. Her new short story collection, Boolean Logic, is the winner of the 2023 Howling Bird Press Nonfiction Prize. Her novella Liddle Deaths (Stillhouse Press) is due out in 2024. Christie currently splits her time between North Carolina and Toronto. To learn more, please visit https://www.morganchristiewrites.com/___https://livingthenextchapter.com/podcast produced by: https://truemediasolutions.ca/Finally a podcast app just for kids! KidsPod is founded on a simple idea:Every kid should have access to the power of audio.https://kidspod.app/Support the showhttps://livingthenextchapter.com/Want to support the show and get bonus content?https://www.buzzsprout.com/1927756/subscribe

In celebration of National Poetry Day in the UK, we invite you to enjoy Rupert's recital of Austrian poet and novelist Rainer Maria Rilke. The spontaneous and joyful delivery comes in response to a request to comment on the topic of food. The poem is from Rilke's collection ‘Sonnets to Orpheus'.

The winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize for Literature is Norwegian writer Jon Fosse, who is best known for his innovative plays. Playwright Simon Stephens, who has translated his work, talks about the impact of his plays which are widely performed across Europe but little known in the UK. Front Row reviews Golda, which stars Helen Mirren as Israeli prime minster Golda Meir, and an exhibition of work by the artist Philip Guston at the Tate Modern in London. Poet Aviva Dautch and art critic Ben Lukes give their verdict. Musician Tim Ridout discusses recording Elgar's famous cello concerto on the viola, a performance for which he won the concerto category at this year's Gramophone Award. The theme of this year's National Poetry Day is refuge and to mark it Front Row hears a poem on the theme, A Portable Paradise by Roger Robinson. Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe Producer: Harry Parker

‘We run a ‘Lost Quote' service here at the National Poetry Library,' said Karen Smith, who also told me proudly that nothing feels as natural to her as being a librarian. Lucky Karen is surrounded by poetry books, 250,000 of them to be precise. ‘People contact us all the time. Today I have had two enquiries from people who are looking for poems. Sometimes they can remember one or two lines in a poem, but they don't know who it is by or can't remember the rest of it. Sometimes they are looking for using it at a funeral. It is very gratifying when you find that poem for someone and they can read it at their grandfather's funeral.'Karen, who did a masters degree in modern poetry, is the perfect person to be a poetry detective (there's a novel right there) and has great success, using online databases, or sometimes just good old word of mouth by asking colleagues. They used to pin it on a noticeboard, now they are going to start putting Lost Quotes on the virtual noticeboard of Twitter.I'd bet a lot of people, myself included, had never head of the National Poetry Library, Located in the Royal Festival Hall, looking over the Thames and filled with rainbow-coloured rolling stacks, it sounds almost dreamlike.‘Anyone can visit and it is absolutely free,' Karen insists. ‘We've so many treasures here. Poetry is a distillation of words. The white space on the page is important, the pauses and the unsaid part. I think that is what makes it poignant. A poem is emotionally powerful because it means something different to everyone, you see what you want to see.'

In this episode, Mark celebrates National Poetry Day by reciting a new poem, "The Insight". Mark also talks about what and who inspired him to become a poet and to write his first poem and what poetry means to him. You can read hundreds of Mark's poems on his website http://MarkThePoet.Me or by purchasing a copy of one of Mark's eight poetry collections online from Amazon. And you can listen to hundreds of Mark's poems on the podcast within an episode of A Poem A Day. Happy National Poetry Day! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/markthepoet/message

Loss and belonging are explored in an installation at the Barbican Centre in London from Sierra Leonian poet and artist/filmmaker Julianknxx which hears choirs and musicians from cities across the world voice a single refrain: ‘We are what's left of us'. Momtaza Mehri has been Young People's Poet Laureate for London. A poem from her collection Bad Diaspora Poems is picked out in a selection for this year's National Poetry Day on October 5th, which has the theme of refuge. Matthew Sweet explores with them where we find refuge and hears from the academic Dr Jesús Sanjurjo about refugees from Spain who arrived in Somers Town in Camden in 1823 . Producer: Julian Siddle Chorus in Rememory of Flight by Julianknxx runs until 11 Feb 2024 at The Curve in the Barbican Centre London. He also has a film exploring Sierra Leone in the exhibition A World in Common: Contemporary African Photography on at Tate Modern until Jan 14 2024 and an artwork on show in an exhibition about Sankofa curated by Ekow Eshun on in Accra, Ghana. On the National Poetry Day website https://nationalpoetryday.co.uk/ you can find the text and teaching resources relating to the poem by Momtaza Mehri Brief Dialogue Between the Self-declared East African Micronations of Regent Park Estate (Toronto) & Regent's Park Estate (London) Dr Jesús Sanjurjo is an Early Career Fellow of the Leverhulme and Isaac Newton Trusts at the University of Cambridge

The Memorial of St Faustina is on Thursday 5th October which is also National Poetry Day. In this episode of JUST LIFE, Sarah de Nordwall invites you to write a poem for National Poetry Day on this year's theme, which is 'Refuge'. Is there any better place to take refuge than in God's mercy - the same message which St Faustina shared with the world? This is a great opportunity to write from your heart and engage with our modern world through the arts. To inspire you, Sarah shares poems and writing prompts on the theme of 'Refuge' and you are encouraged to send in your poems by midday on National Poetry Day to info@radiomariaengland.uk We'll read out our favourite poems during our CREDO programme at 4pm on Thursday, so make sure you tune in as Sarah will explain how the arts illuminate our faith. Much of the Bible and our Missals are written in poetry. Trying your hand at writing can be a spiritual practice that may also awaken faith in others. On this memorial of St Faustina, who was chosen by Our Lord to reawaken the world in the gift of the Divine Mercy, let's also share the 'Refuge' that is our Faith, with the world.

This week we're out and about tracking down poetry for National Poetry Day 2023. We take to the Yorkshire hills in search of the Stanza Stones. Join us on our adventure and help us celebrate some of the work of our current Poet Laureate, Simon Armitage. http://www.stanzastones.co.uk/ https://www.simonarmitage.com/

Today is National Poetry day and continuing the Afternoons tradition - we'll be holding our annual audience poetry slam competition. To judge again this year we have Dr Tracey Slaughter along in the studio.

Dr Tracey Slaughter announces our annual audience poetry slam competition winner.

The House of Poetry - Bill Direen and Lola Elvy preview the inaugural National Poetry Day event to be held at the House of Poetry in Mornington. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin - oar.org.nz

Aotearoa's National Poetry Day is coming up next week on August 25th!    Established back in 1997, this is the national celebration of the Aotearoa poetry scene, seeing performances, workshops, and exhibitions take place across Tāmaki Makaurau and the nation as a whole.    To learn more about what's coming up this year, I had a yarn with organiser Erica Stretton to learn about what to expect.  You can see the full programme here: https://www.nzbookawards.nz/national-poetry-day/.

Hi folks! To mark National Poetry Day, which is TODAY!, this week, Ashton, Hayley and Talis talk about the Tower Poetry competition 2023. The subject was 'The Planets'. I know lots of your entered, just for the joy of it, and not anything to do with the £5000 prize money up for grabs! They discuss the planets (obviously), alien life, the multiverse, the rings of Saturn, and the - again, obviously - film ‘Up!' Until next time -  Muse x

In today's podcast, I spoke with William Sieghart, who is the author of the Poetry Pharmacy. William is an advocate for the consideration of mental well-being in its broadest possible sense, and he is on a mission to help take ‘poetry out of poetry corner' and put it back into the public square where it belongs. We talked about the numerous overlaps between poetry and psychedelics, and the ways in which they can both act as societal balms. In today's podcast We Discuss; The genesis of the poetry pharmacy, The link between attachment theory, disorganized attachment, and residential education, The importance of reading poetry aloud and the layering of great art, How hip-hop culture captures the essence of embodied poetry Hafiz of Shiraz Poetry as the secular liturgy The book - ‘Poems of the decade' Winning Words The Forward arts foundation and the foreword poetry prize The “Awful Privilege” of Psychotherapy, Emily sutton's illustrations and the book Everyone Sang How psychedelics and poetry may help young people reclaim rites of passage missed through Covid, Everything is going to be alright - by Derek Mahon The work of Ian McGilchrist and how it relates to Poetry National Poetry Day BIO - William Sieghart CBE Author, Publisher Philanthropist. William Sieghart is a philanthropist and publisher, and former chairman of the Somerset House Trust. William has had a long career in the arts. In 1991 he founded the Forward Prizes for Poetry, the nation's leading prizes now in their 30th year. In 1993 he started National Poetry Day, an annual celebration of poetry, with the BBC. National Poetry Day is the BBC's longest standing arts partnership after the Proms.  In 2016 he authored The Poetry Pharmacy, the best-selling poetry anthology of the last twenty-five years. William has toured the country, listening to thousands of people's problems one on one and prescribing poems and poetry prescriptions for them. He is an inspirational speaker whose platforms have included talks for TEDx, 5×15, literary festivals and corporate events. William has been a successful entrepreneur, founding Forward Publishing, a magazine publishing company, publishing 80 million magazines a year around the world when he sold it to WPP in 2001. In 2000 he started Streetsmart, a homeless charity that raises its funds by restaurants around the country adding £1 to their bills in November and December. Streetsmart has so far raised over £11m in £1 donations. In 2005 William started Forward Thinking, now one of the world's leading conflict mediation agencies that works between governments across the Middle East and North Africa. Until December 2021 William was chairman of Somerset House, turning it into the UK's biggest creative community. Somerset House is one of London's most visited attractions with as many visitors as the Tower of London. William has served on the boards of many public institutions and charities including the Arts Council, where he chaired their lottery board for five years, the Royal Society of Arts and the Arts Foundation, which he chaired for 15 years, giving out fellowships to the nation's most talented young artists. William has conducted two reviews for the UK government on the future of public libraries, hosted a weekly politics show on Bloomberg TV for three years and has been a regular broadcaster on tv and radio, including an appearance on Radio 3's Private Passions. He has also been a regular interviewer of writers, artists and politicians amongst others, and is a great listener, having listened to the problems of thousands of people since the conception of the Poetry Pharmacy.

Trick or treat?!That's easy... this episode is a definite treat for you... as it can powerfully support you on your early careers journey (even if said career journey scares you). In this season of all things scary - this episode, "What scares you about the future" encourages you to name and acknowledge what you fear and / or are worried about when it comes to your future. Within this episode I also refer to an article on CNBC, by futurist Scott Steinberg, which you can access hereBoth REJECTION and FAILURE are mentioned in this episode as are some anecdotes, resources and wisdom which will help you approach your career with the fun and joy it deserves - even if you won't have immediate success all of the time. Furthermore, it what may be a career podcast first (ha - who knows?!) at the end of the episode I share a careers poem (which I wrote on National Poetry Day) - to help re-centre you and head off with a skip in your step.What scares you about your future? About your career? Let's stay connected:Follow Your Career And Future on Instagram and TikTokVia LinkedIn post about this podcast (go to "Gina Visram" to connect with me on LinkedIn)Sign up for the mailing list E-mail me on gina@yourcareerandfuture.com with any questions you have or suggestions for future podcast topics ... and don't forget to leave quick review for the podcast too (wherever you are listening). It's much appreciated! Catch you on another episode soon. 

Nick Hennegan celebrates National Poetry Day with poems from some of the greatest names in the world... and some of his own! Also on BohemianBritain.com 

Nick Hennegan celebrates National Poetry Day with poems from some of the greatest names in the world... and some of his own! Also on BohemianBritain.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bohemianbritain/message

We celebrate National Poetry Day with some “free writing”, as we go for a little paddle in the stream of consciousness. Four minutes of furious writing which we are brave stupid enough to share with the class.  We also take the opportunity to share one last favourite from our love story competition.  And here's a link to our lovely special guest's lovely book https://www.waterstones.com/book/where-theres-muck-theres-bras/kate-fox/9780008472894

The word 'reading' may appear to describe something specific and universal, but in reality it's more of an umbrella term, covering a huge range of ways in which people interact with text. Dyslexia and hyperlexia may be two of the more obvious departures from normative ideas of reading, but whether we're neurodivergent or not we all read in different ways that can vary significantly depending on what we're reading and why we're reading it. Matthew Sweet is joined by Matt Rubery, Louise Creechan and poets Debris Stevenson and Anthony Anaxagorou. Matt Rubery, Professor of Modern Literature at Queen Mary, University of London has worked on books including The Untold Story of the Talking Book; Audiobooks, Literature, and Sound Studies, Further Reading and Reader's Block: A History of Reading Differences. You can hear more from him in an episode about the history of publishing called Whose Book is it Anyway? https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b080xzm6 Dr Louise Creechan is studying is a Lecturer in Literary Medical Humanities at Durham University and a New Generation Thinker on the scheme run by the BBC and the Arts and Humanities Research Council to showcase academic research. You can hear her discuss Dickens' Bleak House in an episode called Teaching and Inspiration https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00169jh Debris Stevenson describes herself as 'Dyslexic educator, Grime-poet and Dancehall raving social activist'. Anthony Anaxagorou's latest collection of poetry is Heritage Aesthetics, published on 3rd November 2022. Free Thinking has a playlist featuring discussions about prose and poetry https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p047v6vh The theme of this year's National Poetry Day is the Environment and you can hear Radio 3's weekly curation of readings and music inspired by that topic on Sunday at 5.30pm and then on BBC Sounds for 28 days https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006x35f Producer: Torquil MacLeod.

Performance Poet Imogen Stirling and Poet Brian Bilston on making poetry accessible

For National Poetry Day 2022 we are sharing an anthology of poems recorded for the Seren Poetry Podcast which is launched on 6th October.  All of the poems in this selection broadly related to this year's  National Poetry Day theme of the environment.The following poems are included - all are read by their authors. Polly Atkin - Queen of the Woods.  Carolyn Jess Cooke - ConfrontationChristopher Meredith - Steampunk JungleRhian Edwards – BlodeuweddBen Wilkinson  - Mam TorIlse Pedler – The Young Man and the FoxRosalind Hudis – The Plant HunterEric Ngalle Charles  - HomelandsKim Moore – All the Men I Never Married Number 35  All of these poems are published by Seren and you can find out more about the poets and their collections and purchase them by visiting the Seren website https://www.serenbooks.com/ You can listen to the Seren Poetry Podcast by searching for us in your favourite podcast app or following this link and selecting your favourite podcast player https://www.buzzsprout.com/2035359 Support the show

Bush and Richie are back in the studio and want to find out what things you've turned off, stay tuned for Radio poetry part of National Poetry Day and Bush thinks having bubbles in your tea is good luck, what do you think?

Welcome to another episode of the Hurtwood Muse Podcast, lovely folks! This week, we're celebrating National Poetry Day with readings from Doug, Hannah, Evelyn, Maggie, Amelie, Matty, Immy and Corn. They're reading poems they love, poems they just discovered, or even their own poetry - brave souls. We hope you enjoy! Until next time...

In this episode Mark celebrates National Poetry Day by giving some insights into where his journey as a writer and poet began and he also names who it was who first inspired him to start writing poetry in the first place. Mark recites his first poem "Blessed" and his most recent poem "The Environment of Nature". And talks about his life as a writer, how he has been influenced by everything and by every one he has ever met - including the muses that he has had and loved throughout his time as a poet. Check out more of Mark's poetry on his website: http://MarkThePoet.Me. Follow Mark on Snapchat @ ThePoetMark --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/markthepoet/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/markthepoet/support

Here are a couple of poems about writing poetry, to celebrate National Poetry Day.  Meantime, I'll get on with the new project, writing, recording and editing episodes for the promised spinoff serialised screwball adventure that Helen finds herself mixed up in. Support the show

Episode 36 - National Poetry Day 2022 by Barnsley Museums

Come to Birmingham to celebrate National Poetry Day ❤️

In this edition we speak to poets and poetry editors for Seren Books Rhian Edwards and Zoe Brigley and to poet and director of The Sylvia Plath Literary Festival, Sarah CorbettYou can listen to preview editions and subscribe to the Seren Poetry Podcast by searching “The Seren Poetry Podcast” in your favourite podcast app or by clicking the link below and selecting the platform on which you'd like to listen https://www.buzzsprout.com/2035359 The podcast formally launches on Thursday 6th October, the UK's National Poetry Day, with an edition featuring poet Polly Atkin and her collection “Much With Body” You can find out more about Seren Books and buy books and poetry collections here https://www.serenbooks.com/ You can follow Seren Books on twitter here https://mobile.twitter.com/SerenBooksAnd on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/serenbooks The Sylvia Plath Literary Festival takes place over the weekend of 21st, 22nd and 23rd October and is based in Hebden Bridge and Heptonstall in West Yorkshire.   Our interview is with poet and festival director Sarah Corbett.  The interview commences at  42.30 You can find out more about the festival and book tickets for events here  https://plathfest.co.uk/Follow the festival on twitter here https://twitter.com/PlathFestAnd on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/plathfest Contact Alternative Stories by email at office@alternativestories.comThe presenters in this edition are Chris Gregory and Tiffany ClareThe interviewer is Chris GregoryProduction, sound design and editing are by Chris GregorySupport the show

Poet and author Tracey Slaughter's been buried under a pile of poems over the past hour - sifting through to find a winner for this year's National slam poetry competition to celebrate National Poetry Day.

The Reader Podcast is back after an extended break with an episode about being bold, taking risks and keeping an eye out for the unexpected.  Gill Smith worked at The Reader's Storybarn, our interactive play space for children and young people, when it opened in 2016. Since then, Gill's gone on to enjoy success as an illustrator – her first collaboration, a picture book of Victoria Hislop's Maria's Island, was released in June. Gill chatted with Annie from The Reader about reading, where she finds inspiration, and she shared some valuable advice for budding creatives out there.     Maria's Island by Victoria Hislop, illustrated by Gill Smith, is available now from Walker Books.     We've been busy over the summer producing The Reader magazine and a new anthology for National Poetry Day, The Road Not Taken.    ‘What If This Road' by Sheenagh Pugh With thanks to Seren Books for permission to use the poem here and in the anthology The Road Not Taken.    Read the rest of the short story ‘The Lumber Room' by Saki here.    

A collection of haunting and spooky poetry for UK National Poetry Day 2021. Read by Jasper L'Estrange for EnCrypted: The Classic Horror Podcast. National Poetry Day is the UK's annual celebration of poetry. Running order: 0:00 THE LISTENERS by WALTER DE LA MARE 2:10 LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI by JOHN KEATS 4:40 THE HAUNTED by JOHN MASEFIELD 10:59 HAUNTED HOUSES by HENRY WORDSWORTH LONGFELLOW 13:25 ONE NEED NOT BE A CHAMBER by EMILY DICKINSON 14:28 SHADWELL STAIR by WILFRED OWEN 15:37 HAUNTED SEAS by CALE YOUNG RICE 16:29 WRAITH by EDNA ST.VINCENT MILLAY Video thumbnail image courtesy of Picture House Photography Music used : "SABRINA " composed and produced by "Vivek Abhishek" Music link : https://youtu.be/k3K7FRSoZug SUBSCRIBE us on YOUTUBE: https://bit.ly/3qumnPH Follow on Facebook : https://bit.ly/33RWRtP Follow on Instagram : https://bit.ly/2ImU2JV Music used : " The Pain " composed and produced by "Vivek Abhishek" Music link :https://youtu.be/qR9MLS5yhWU SUBSCRIBE us on YOUTUBE: https://bit.ly/3qumnPH Follow on Facebook : https://bit.ly/33RWRtP Follow on Instagram : https://bit.ly/2ImU2JV

Allie Esiri is a #1 children's poetry author who has written numerous books, including one that was recommended reading for the U.K.'s National Poetry Day on October 7th, 2021.  Her books have sold over 250,000 copies in hardback and been featured in the top five poetry titles in England every year since 2016. In addition to her writing, she also promotes live poetry performances and has served as a judge for numerous poetry competitions. She is an accomplished curator and host of live poetry events that have featured some of England's best-known actors - from Helena Bonham Carter to Dominic West - at the National Theatre, the Bridge Theatre, and a number of major literary festivals. Allie lives in London with her husband and three children.

Welcome to A Gathering of Skalds, & a celebration of National Poetry Day! We have the pleasure of welcoming Jeff Wolfe, who has prepared a selection of poetry from his debut book Mythical Grammar. We also have two promo's; Casting Through Ancient Greece, & The Past Less Travelled! Jeff Wolfe https://www.lulu.com/en/gb/shop/jeff-wolfe/mythical-grammar/paperback/product-1kkj27d4.html Twitter @wolfeofthewoods https://castingthroughancientgreece.com @CastingGreece https://linktr.ee/ThePastLessTraveled @pastlesstraveld

Carly tried her hand at writing a poem for the Wake With Jake Show, but Owen stole the show with his "Poem On The Spot!" -Jake

His Royal Highness, The Prince Of Wales, invites The Radio 2 Breakfast Show to his private residence near Balmoral, to read his favourite poem on the 25th annual National Poetry Day (Thurs 3rd Oct 2019). He reads Bernard Levin's ‘Quoting Shakespeare', saying “The great thing about it, I think, is it reminds us all just how many words and phrases we use in the English language and in general conversation which actually were originally written by Shakespeare.”

Get your tumblers ready: Kavanaugh is set to ascend to the Supreme Court. Then, a male feminist roundhouse kicks a pro-life woman, presumably because of how much he supports women. Finally, the Mailbag, and a "Psalm of Life" on National Poetry Day! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alice Walker is famous for prose books such as The Color Purple and In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens. But her first book was a collection of poems and she has published eight more. Alice talks about her latest, Taking the Arrow Out of the Heart, which ranges from poems of rage about injustice, poems of praise to great figures - BB King for instance - and celebration of the ordinary like making frittatas. Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama is known for her pumpkin installations and her obsession with polka dots. A new documentary charts her career beginning in New York in the 1950s during the Pop Art movement, where she became well known for her provocative immersive exhibitions and performances. It covers her return to Japan in middle-age, checking herself into a psychiatric hospital and fading from public view, to her current status as the world's bestselling living female artist. The film-maker Heather Lenz tells us about her documentary. Alongside the film, a new show of Yayoi Kusama's recent work opens this week in London. Jacky Klein reviews.Today is National Poetry Day. Twenty years ago, in its first contribution to National Poetry Day, Radio 4 commissioned Sean Street to write a sequence of poems based on the network's day. So, Thought for the Day was a poem, there was a poem about the pips - the Greenwich Time Signal - and another on the Shipping Forecast. These were dropped between programmes throughout the day. Twenty years later Front Row has commissioned a new poem from Sean Street on this year's theme of change. He reads it publicly for the first time. Presenter: Gaylene Gould Producer: Julian May

This Wednesday was National Poetry Day! In this week's episode, Nadine talks with Bedroom Kandi Customer Care specialist Ellie Willis about her poetry and the sensuality of the written word.

– This round of Fact or Fiction goes off the rails quickly. It's National Poetry Day. Lori reads one from Dr. Seuss. We're liking the new TV show “Good Girls”. More details on the royal wedding cake. Pam Dawber talks about Robin Williams in the 70's.

Poets Michael Symmons Roberts and Helen Mort and academic Stewart Mottram join Matthew Sweet in Hull to discuss the language of love and the politics underpinning Marvell's poem in a special recording for National Poetry Day. Readings are performed by Matt Sutton. Published posthumously in 1861, the poem has been seen as following traditions of carpe diem love poetry exhorting the female reader to seize the day and respond more quickly to the poet/lover but it has also been argued that the metaphors are ambiguous and the poem can be read as an ironic version of sexual seduction. Many of the phrases and ideas about time in the poem have inspired other authors and been re-used as book titles and lines in films including within A Matter of Life and Death, The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock and the writing of Ursula K Le Guin. Recorded with an audience at the University of Hull as part of the BBC's festival Contains Strong Language. Producer: Fiona McLean.

Benny Andersson, the musical mastermind behind all those Abba hits and the musical Chess, talks to Kirsty about his new album on which he presents solo piano versions of many of his best loved tunes.Sophie Wu is known as an actor for her roles in series such as 'Fresh Meat' and the film 'Kick Ass'. Now she has written a play. Ramona Tells Jim is about two teenage outsiders who fall for one another, before Ramona tells Jim something that changes everything. Sophie talks to Kirsty Lang about exploring how a single decision can have life-changing consequences.A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian is the best-selling 2005 novel by Marina Lewycka which has now been adapted for the stage and is playing at the Hull Truck Theatre. Sam Marlowe reviews.To mark National Poetry Day, William Sieghart discusses the healing power of poetry. Presenter: Kirsty Lang Producer: Helen Fitzhenry.