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The Elixir Poetry Podcast
Helen Wing
Fréquence : 1 épisode/12j. Total Éps: 41
British poet Helen Wing has spent the past 20 years living between the UK, China and the Middle East, experiencing first-hand the human impact of poetry across borders. On The Elixir Poetry Podcast, she asks anonymous individuals from around the world to read the poem that has touched them the most, and to unveil why. (Each episode includes original music)
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36. Thomas Hardy's ‘The Darkling Thrush’ Read & Chosen By Tad
mercredi 1 octobre 2025 • Durée 15:32
In this episode of Elixir, Helen is talking to Tad about the poem ‘The Darkling Thrush’ by Thomas Hardy (1840-1928).
Free texts of the poems and extra episode info!
Support The Elixir Poetry Podcast, buy Helen a coffee buymeacoffee.com/helenwing
The Podcast is Produced by Tom Platts at Sound Sapien
All Music Composed by Tom Platts
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35. Meron Berhanu’s Poetry From The Ethiopian Diaspora
mercredi 17 septembre 2025 • Durée 36:11
In this episode of Elixir, Helen is talking to Meron Berhanu about her poetry. Meron is from London with Ethiopian heritage.
Free texts of the poems and extra episode info!
Support The Elixir Poetry Podcast, buy Helen a coffee buymeacoffee.com/helenwing
The Podcast is Produced by Tom Platts at Sound Sapien
All Music Composed by Tom Platts
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26. Vietnamese American Poet Ocean Vuong: The Pain & Joy In Making Art with Actor Chris Kelham
mardi 4 mars 2025 • Durée 32:26
In this episode of Elixir, Helen is talking to Chris Kelham about the poem ‘Ars Poetica as The Maker’ by Ocean Vuong
Topics of discussion:
- The pain and joy in making art - a challenge to God
- How human creativity beats AI
- The emotional depth of Chinese drama students compared to Western students
- “Everyone is in exile in their own skin and strives for contact and connection.”
Discover poetry through the heart of another…
Free texts of the poems and extra episode info!
Support The Elixir Poetry Podcast, buy Helen a coffee buymeacoffee.com/helenwing
The Podcast is Produced by Tom Platts at Sound Sapien
All Music Composed by Tom Platts
soundsapien.com
25. African Literature, Language, and Cultural Identity with Silindiwe from Zimbabwe
mercredi 19 février 2025 • Durée 25:54
In this episode of Elixir, Helen is talking to Silindiwe, who is from Zimbabwe, about the Birthday Song she wrote in Ndebele for her son, Mbulelo, when he was born.
- The languages in Zimbabwe
- English is considered the language of the elite in post-colonial Zimbabwe
- Spreading awareness of African literature
- Silindiwe: an ambassador for African literature
- Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
- The politics of cultural identity in Africa
- What the hell a kind of name is Jack?
- The power of music to bridge linguistic, cultural and racial boundaries.
- The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born - Ayi Kwei Armah
Silindiwe's African Literature recommendations
Discover poetry through the heart of another…
Free texts of the poems and extra episode info!
Support The Elixir Poetry Podcast, buy Helen a coffee buymeacoffee.com/helenwing
The Podcast is Produced by Tom Platts at Sound Sapien
All Music Composed by Tom Platts
soundsapien.com
24. Parental Love vs Romantic Love & Why We Need the Arts in Schools! Rozâ Reads Her Own Poems
mardi 11 février 2025 • Durée 35:02
In this episode of Elixir, Helen is talking to Rozâ about two of her own poems ‘Mother’ & ‘My grandfather’s socks’:
Topics of discussion:
- Parental vs Romantic Love
- Teaching Music
- Motivating children with creative projects
- The way creative teachers wish they could teach children
- The importance of the arts in schooling
- The vital importance of practising writing
Discover poetry through the heart of another…
Let us know what you think of the episodes by replying to our emails or in the comments or our DMs on Instagram @elixirpoetry.podcast
Free texts of the poems and extra episode info!
Support The Elixir Poetry Podcast, buy Helen a coffee buymeacoffee.com/helenwing
The Podcast is Produced by Tom Platts at Sound Sapien
All Music Composed by Tom Platts
soundsapien.com
23. Liberté: "Take The Brave Step By Putting Your Thoughts Into Writing" with Quitterie
mercredi 5 février 2025 • Durée 30:44
In this episode of Elixir, Helen is talking to Quitterie about the poem ‘Liberté’ by Paul Éluard (1895-1952).
Discover poetry through the heart of another…
Let us know what you think of the episodes by replying to our emails or in the comments or our DMs on Instagram @elixirpoetry.podcast
Free texts of the poems and extra episode info!
Support The Elixir Poetry Podcast, buy Helen a coffee buymeacoffee.com/helenwing
The Podcast is Produced by Tom Platts at Sound Sapien
All Music Composed by Tom Platts
soundsapien.com
22. Archangel: "I Breathed In The Angel And The Words Came To Me". Helen Wing's Own Poetry with Alegria
mercredi 30 octobre 2024 • Durée 49:03
Helen always asks her guests to read a poem that means a lot to them, and this week, Alegria flipped the switch by asking Helen to read her own poems from her book Archangel.
This special episode is the last of this season. We deeply thank all of you who have listened, and we will return in the New Year!
This week they discuss:
- Feminism, and Sexual Freedom
- Identity Politics
- Catholicism
- The Vitality Writing Provides Helen
- Archangel by Helen Wing
Discover poetry through the heart of another…
Let us know what you think of the episodes by replying to our emails or in the comments or our DMs on Instagram @elixirpoetry.podcast
Free texts of the poems and extra episode info!
Support The Elixir Poetry Podcast, buy Helen a coffee buymeacoffee.com/helenwing
The Podcast is Produced by Tom Platts at Sound Sapien
All Music Composed by Tom Platts
soundsapien.com
21. "The Netherlands' Favourite Poem!" Nelleke reads Hendrik Marsman's ‘Memories of Holland’
mercredi 23 octobre 2024 • Durée 17:22
In this episode of Elixir, Helen is talking to Nelleke about a Dutch poem called ‘Memories of Holland’ by Hendrik Marsman.
They discuss:
- Immigrants staying in touch with their cultural heritage, or not
- Will Dutch survive as a language?
- Are the British incurious about other cultures?
- Marsman's tragic tale
- The best Dutch poem of the 20th century
- The Dutch experience of WW2
Discover poetry through the heart of another…
Let us know what you think of the episodes by replying to our emails or in the comments or our DMs on Instagram @elixirpoetry.podcast
Free texts of the poems and extra episode info!
Support The Elixir Poetry Podcast, buy Helen a coffee buymeacoffee.com/helenwing
The Podcast is Produced by Tom Platts at Sound Sapien
All Music Composed by Tom Platts
soundsapien.com
20. Lily Reads ‘The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock’ by T.S. Eliot
mercredi 16 octobre 2024 • Durée 10:30
In this episode of Elixir, Helen is talking to Lily about ‘The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock’ by T.S. Eliot.
Discover poetry through the heart of another…
Let us know what you think of the episodes by replying to our emails or in the comments or our DMs on Instagram @elixirpoetry.podcast
Free texts of the poems and extra episode info!
Support The Elixir Poetry Podcast, buy Helen a coffee buymeacoffee.com/helenwing
The Podcast is Produced by Tom Platts at Sound Sapien
All Music Composed by Tom Platts
soundsapien.com
19. "The KGB Could Have Got Me For Reading This Poem". Growing Up In The Soviet Union (with artist Varvara Keidan Shavrova)
mercredi 9 octobre 2024 • Durée 27:42
In this episode of Elixir, Helen is talking to Varvara Keidan Shavrova about a poem called ‘An autumn evening in the modest square’ by the Russian poet, Joseph Brodsky (1940-1996)
They discuss:
- Growing up in the Soviet Union
- The difficulty of being a migrant living away from your original home
- Families hiding their intellectualism from the state and their peers in the Soviet Union
- Vavara’s parent’s special way they brought her up in Soviet Russia
- Timelessness, Eternity, Space and Time
- Joseph Brodsky
Discover poetry through the heart of another…
Find out more about the poems on Elixir and read them here!
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The Elixir Poetry Podcast website: https://www.helenwing.com/the-elixir-poetry-podcast
Let us know what you think of the episodes by replying to our emails or in the comments or our DMs on Instagram @elixirpoetry.podcast
Free texts of the poems and extra episode info!
Support The Elixir Poetry Podcast, buy Helen a coffee buymeacoffee.com/helenwing
The Podcast is Produced by Tom Platts at Sound Sapien
All Music Composed by Tom Platts
soundsapien.com
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