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	Title	Pub. Date	Duration
	Thomas Hardy - Live in Alfriston	19 Nov 2024	01:25:45
Send us a text Versify record their first live podcast in the beautiful Sussex village of Alfriston, tackling the poetry of British literary titan, Thomas Hardy (1840-1928). Poems: The Voice, The Convergence of the Twain, At Castle Boterel.
	Rainer Maria Rilke - Part 02	22 May 2024	01:52:05
Send us a text We cautiously dip our toe in Rilke's 'Duino Elegies' and get immediately swept out of our depth.
	Rainer Maria Rilke - Part 01	17 Apr 2024	01:45:11
Send us a text We blunder our way through our first ever poet in translation with predictably confused results. Our victim this time is revered Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926). Poems: Evening The Panther Archaic Torso of Apollo
	Maya Angelou	27 Mar 2024	01:35:46
Send us a text We discuss the life and poetry of Maya Angelou (1928-2014).
	John Keats	12 Feb 2024	01:54:05
Send us a text We tackle one of the almighty greats of English poetry with predictably sketchy results. 'Reading King Lear', and odes on 'Melancholy' and 'A Grecian Urn' befuddle us plenty.
	A Very Merry Versify Xmas 2023	21 Dec 2023	01:15:16
Send us a text A Very Merry Versify Xmas 2023 Poetry e e cummings James Merrill Henry Longfellow
	Louis MacNeice	15 Dec 2023	02:17:08
Send us a text Poetry discussion Louis MacNeice Louis MacNeice - Museums Louis MacNeice - Alcohol Louis MacNeice- Soap Suds
	Elizabeth Bishop	28 Sep 2023	01:53:14
Send us a text After an unacceptable delay waiting for Rob to edit this episode, it is finally available! Three poems by American poet Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979)
	Percy Bysshe Shelley	30 Jun 2023	01:27:54
Send us a text Three poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley
	Langston Hughes	05 Mar 2023	01:37:01
Send us a text Three oafish English guys tackle the Poet Laureate of the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes (1901-1967).
	Carol Ann Duffy	27 Jan 2023	01:48:58
Send us a text Three poems by the former poet laureate, Carol Ann Duffy.
	A Very Merry Versify Xmas	27 Dec 2022	01:32:37
Send us a text Betjeman, Bly, Hardy - Three Christmas Poems and Seasons Greetings from the Versify Podcast.
	Philip Larkin	25 Nov 2022	01:40:44
Send us a text Philip Larkin. The North Ship; Mr Bleaney; The Explosion.
	Robert Frost	24 Jul 2022	01:54:10
Send us a text Robert Frost - The Tuft of Flowers; On a Tree Fallen Across the Road; Acquainted with the Night
	Mai Black	13 May 2022	00:52:19
Send us a text High excitement on the pod as we interview actual living poet Mai Black. Mai's book Thirty Angry Ghosts takes figures from across the world and gives their anger voice. In this Episode, we meet Anne Boleyn; Henry VIII and the Unknown Soldier. From Mai: 'Thirty Angry Ghosts' is the result of my year in lockdown. Someone on 'Suffolk Writers Group' Facebook challenged us all to write from the point of view of a famous person's ghost. I did Anne Boleyn and loved it, so the next day I wrote a poem in the voice of Helen of Troy. I've always loved history as well as poetry so it was the perfect project for me. I'm so pleased with the finished book and with the response it's had so far. Next, I'm hoping to share it with local high schools as it seems a fairly natural follow-on from the popular 'Horrible Histories' series and fits in well with quite a few curriculum areas. Currently I'm writing and researching a novel set in 18th Century London. I'm also running a variety of poetry courses on Zoom and leading writing workshops for the well-being charity 'Inside Out Community'. Details of the book and the courses I run can be found at www.suffolkwritersgroup.com
	Shakespeare's Sonnets	25 Mar 2022	01:28:39
Send us a text Three of Shakespeare's sonnets get dusted off and stared at for a bit.
	Andrew Marvell (1621-1678)	29 Jan 2022	01:29:26
Send us a text Three poems by Andrew Marvell go under the blurry microscope.
	Stephen Spender	22 Dec 2021	01:17:10
Send us a text Three poems by Sir Stephen Spender. "Hamburg, 1929" "An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum" "I Think Continually of Those Who Were Truly Great"
	Edna St Vincent Millay	15 Aug 2021	01:45:13
Send us a text Departure Recuerdo Dirge Without Music The pod reads and reflects on three poems by Edna St Vincent Millay
	Theodore Roethke	28 Jun 2021	01:26:58
Send us a text Three Poems by Theodore Roethke (1908-1963).
	Alfred, Lord Tennyson	17 Apr 2021	01:50:02
Send us a text Three poems by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892). email: poetrypodcats@gmail.com Twitter: @poetrypodcats
	A.E. Housman	27 Feb 2021	01:19:25
Send us a text Three poems by A.E. Housman (1859 – 1936).
	Emily Dickinson	23 Jan 2021	01:37:41
Send us a text Versify - The Poetry and English Literature Podcast Three poems by Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) Safe in their Alabaster Chambers I Dreaded That First Robin So A Precious - Mouldering Pleasure 'Tis poetrypodcats@gmail.com Twitter: @poetrypodcats
	RS Thomas	23 Dec 2020	01:45:03
Send us a text Three poems by the Welsh poet RS Thomas (1913-2000): The Country Cleregy A Welsh Testament To A Young Poet poetrypodcats@gmail.com Twitter: @poetrypodcats
	William Carlos Williams	11 Nov 2020	01:43:42
Send us a text A sampling of poems by the acclaimed US poet-physician William Carlos Williams (1883-1963) are tackled by the bungling co-hosts.
	Wendy Cope	29 Sep 2020	01:47:35
Send us a text A selection of poems from 'Making Cocoa For Kingsley Amis' and 'Serious Concerns' Apologies to anybody who downloaded an earlier file that was out of synch.
	W H Auden	30 Aug 2020	02:09:36
Send us a text Discussion of W H Auden Poems: The Novelist The Fall of Rome September 1st 1939 poetrypodcats@gmail.com
	Sylvia Plath	05 Aug 2020	01:58:11
Send us a text Discussion of Sylvia Plath Mushrooms You're Crossing the Water
	Edgar Allan Poe	13 Jul 2020	02:13:47
Send us a text The Pod considers Edgar Allan Poe's Romance, The City in the Sea and The Conqueror Worm. Do email us with comments or suggestions (or corrections!) at: poetrypodcats@gmail.com
	Lord Byron	16 Jun 2020	01:35:24
Send us a text The pod considers Lord Byron's 1816 poem The Darkness.
	Christina Rossetti	28 May 2020	01:45:56
Send us a text We discuss three poems by Christina Rossetti Heart's Chill Between 'Aloof' (from The Thread of Life) In an Artist's Studio
	Seamus Heaney	10 May 2020	01:44:34
Send us a text The crew discuss three Seamus Heaney poems: Follower Scaffolding Badgers
	W.B. Yeats	28 Apr 2020	01:38:23
Send us a text The team dive in to three poems by WB Yeats. Second Coming Sailing to Byzantium Long Legged Fly Comments/suggestions welcomed at poetrypodcats@gmail.com
	John Donne	19 Apr 2020	02:00:48
Send us a text A first encounter with three John Donne poems. Apparition Song St Lucie's Day Poetrypodcats@gmail.com
	Sir John Betjeman	08 Apr 2020	01:50:01
Send us a text Slough On a Portrait of a Deaf Man Youth and Age on Beaulieu River Hants A Subaltern's Love Song
	Robert Graves	28 Mar 2020	01:47:24
Send us a text More of major poets being encountered by amateurs. Dead Cow Farm The Cool Web A Childs Nightmare
	Edward Thomas	02 Jan 2020	01:21:43
Send us a text More of major poets being encountered by amateurs. The Manor Farm Haymakin As the Teams Head Brass
	Ted Hughes	17 Oct 2019	01:05:12
Send us a text We read and discuss three Ted Hughes poems: The Bear Hawk Roosting Meeting
	Love Conquers All Shakespeare's Sonnet	13 Oct 2019	00:30:25
Send us a text This is a reading and some discussion of Shakespeare's sonnet Love Conquers All.It is also the first episode of the pod in which technical and structural issues are discussed!

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