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Some poetry websites have a great YouTube page. Follow these links to see some great poetry being read by the poets themselves, book launches, open mics, book readings, poetry films, and programmes about poetry. Please get in touch if you want Bob to add your poetry YouTube page. Regularly checked for broken links. Links to: Poetry on YouTube Click: Bob and Poetry.com: Short poetry clips - YouTube Updated regularly Click: Longer clips such as readings and films. Updated regularly The YouTube Channels Here are some the YouTube Channels worth visiting: Once you go to the Channel's page choose the 'Videos' option to see the upload archive. Click on the underlined title to go to that YouTube page A-Z Putting poets under their surnames looked wrong, so the alphabetisation begins with the Channel's name, not the poet's. Alchemy Spoon 'A new poetry magazine for 2021.' Presently shows the magazine's four launches. A Love In Verse 'Every day for 25 years Peter wrote Alison a poem and put it under her pillow. Alison died in 2016 Peter spent six months sorting through more than 8500 poems and made a selection. These can be found at aloveinverse.com. He continues to write for her.' Anurag Jain Anurag Jain: My channel is to help students revise GCSE and A-Level English. Bamboo Dart Press Bamboo Dart Press is a collaboration between independent publishing company Pelekinesis and independent record company Shrimper. This collaboration will publish a series of unique chapbooks starting in 2021, each accompanied by a short video. Batsirai E Chigama 'Batsirai E Chigama is a name largely associated with spoken word is Zimbabwe. Her work is featured in several poetry anthologies in USA, England and New Zealand.' Bloodaxe Books Bloodaxe Books YouTube channel. Button Poetry 'Button Poetry is a Minnesota-based organization dedicated to developing a coherent and effective system of production, distribution, promotion and fundraising for performance poetry.' Cambridge Literary Review 'The CLR is a UK-based magazine, publishing poetry, stories, essays, and criticism since 2009, with a focus on the avant-garde.' Carcanet Press 'Videos from an award-winning independent literary publisher of modern and classic poetry in English and in translation for over fifty years.' Caroline Hardaker Poet. Chill Pill Shorts A collection of poems from Chill Pill, one of London's finest spoken word collectives. Featuring: Mr Gee (host of Radio 4's Bespoken Word and Rhyme and Reason), Raymond Antrobus, Deanna Rodger, Simon Mole and Adam Kammerling, Chuck the Poet Chuck the Poet is a purveyor of short snappy, some times snippy, sharp witted poems. Themes include bodily fluids, insects and cheese! Most poems end in a punchline. Chuck has circumnavigated the planet, has twenty five years of broadcasting experience. He watches local football, wears socks and prefers the music that no one else likes. Clare's Poetry Circle (Clare Pollard poet) 'Join #ClaresPoetryCircle every Monday 11am GMT for a free, short poetry workshop and exercise. Clare Pollard is a poet, reader and teacher. Latest poetry collection: Incarnation (Bloodaxe).' Coarsemarvelous Videos of poetry being read by the authors. Darren J Beaney 'Me reading some of my poems. I am part of a collective that host a bi-monthly spoken word night in Brighton - Flight of the Dragonfly. I have had poems published by The Hedgehog Poetry Press, Indigo Dreams Publishing, Parthian Books, Dempsey & Windle, Poetry NI, Four Parts Press & The Angry Manifesto.' He has a hamster called Hamirez. Doctor G 'Adventures in the arts.' DREICH VID CHANNEL The visual arm of the Driech universe Edward Thomas Literary Festival Petersfield Museum's YouTube page has a number of videos from the Edward Thomas Felloiwship including the Literary Festival in 2021 Faber and Faber 'Faber and Faber is one of the great independent publishing houses in London. We were established in 1929 by Geoffrey Faber and our first editor was T. S. Eliot. We are proud to publish prize-winning fiction and non-fiction, as well as an unrivalled list of modern poets and playwrights.' Fay Roberts 'Mostly poetry, music, and stuff I find interesting.' Fly On The Wall Press The YouTube channel of Fly On The Wall Press. Fowler Poetry (SJ Fowler poet) Over 2000 videos of contemporary literary and experimental poetry, based around the curatorial and performance work of SJ Fowler www.stevenjfowler.com . This channel has been running for over a decade, documenting the great energy of 21st century live poetries, based in London.' Get Fresh Books - Roberto Garcia 'Get Fresh Books LLC is a cooperative press, where our authors, editors, and the publisher create and pursue a vision for the writer's work. I'm frustrated by the poetry book contest system, the near impossibility of landing a literary agent, and the constant fees for submitting. My goal is to run a publishing press where the publisher and the author work together to edit, publish, promote, and contribute to the literary conversation.' The Gloucestershire Poetry Society 'This is the official brand channel for The Gloucestershire Poetry Society. We provide an all-inclusive space for poets, writers and spoken word performers to share their work, learn through peer support, general and critical workshop and take part in online and offline event and festivals.' The Greek Neek A channel intended to help all Greek to GCSE students out there doing the OCR course. Particular focus on grammar and language past paper walkthroughs. More recently, Ted Hughes poetry analysis! Griffin Poetry Prize 'The Griffin Poetry Prize is Canada's most generous poetry award. It was founded in 2000 by businessman and philanthropist Scott Griffin. The awards go to one Canadian and one international poet who writes in the English language. Each winner receives $65,000 (Cdn).' Hay Festival 'Hay Festival brings readers and writers together to share stories and ideas in sustainable events around the world. The festivals inspire, examine and entertain, inviting participants to imagine the world as it is and as it might be.' Home Stage - YouTube 'Our mission is to bring folk music and poetry to a new generation, making it accessible to all. With support from well-known names in the folk and poetry worlds we showcase talented, undiscovered artists through regular streamed programmes, live events, podcasts, festivals and tours. Using regular Zoom discussion groups we engage the growing creative community.' Ilkley Literature Festival 'Typically, Ilkley Literature Festival is held over 17 days at the start of October in this miniature Victorian spa town at the foot of Ilkley Moor – surrounded by beautiful countryside. The Festival is supported by Arts Council England and Bradford Metropolitan Council and is proud to have University of Leeds Cultural Institute as our Higher Education Partner.' Jackanory (in the merrie city) - YouTube Host of Jackanory. Facilitator of Women's poetry group. Jerwood Compton Poetry Takeover For Autumn 2020 we invited the Jerwood Compton Poetry Fellows to take over the Jerwood Arts channels. The Fellows for this edition Hafsah Aneela Bashir , Anthony Joseph and Yomi Sode , celebrated the end of a year of mentorship, reflection and development through the Fellowship programme with a new digital programme of online events, content and social media takeovers. Kae Tempest 'This is Kae Tempest's channel, where you can see performances and videos.' The Keats and Shelly House 'The museum, located at the foot of the Spanish Steps in Rome, Italy, was the last home of John Keats and contains the rooms in which he lived and died in the winter of 1820-1821.' Kelsay Books 'Kelsay Books publishing chapbooks and full-length poetry collections.' Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen 'This is the official Michael Rosen video channel. All videos and playlists on this channel have been approved by Michael Rosen and are safe to watch.' Lannan Foundation 'Lannan Foundation is a family foundation dedicated to cultural freedom, diversity and creativity through projects which support exceptional contemporary artists and writers, as well as inspired Native activists in rural indigenous communities. Lannan hosts a series of love events each year in Santa Fe, New Mexico.' Lighthouse Writers Workshop 'A nonprofit literary center and beacon for readers and writers in Colorado and beyond.' Live Canon Poetry For fourteen years Live Canon have been publishing, performing, promoting, celebrating and sharing poetry. We publish anthologies, debuts and collections. Our ensemble perform poetry at theatres, festivals and events, and record poetry for radio, digital projects and interdisciplinary collaborations. Magma Poetry Magma Poetry's YouTube channel. Michelle Moloney King Experimental poet and visual poet. Editor of Beir Bua Journal. Likes to ask questions with poets, editors, readers, and maybe share some of my own work. Co. Tipperary, Ireland. Mr Tobin Leaving Cert English 'I am an English teacher making revision videos and materials for the Leaving and Junior Cert exams.' MPT Magazine MPT Magazine's YouTube channel National Poetry Day 'National Poetry Day is a mass annual celebration that brings people together to enjoy, share and discover poetry on the first Thursday in October.' New Writing North Video content by New Writing North, the literature development agency for the north of England Ó Bhéal - YouTube Festival reviews and videos from 2007 to the present can be found here. (Also See Welcome to Ó Bhéal - Fáilte go dtí Ó Bhéal) The On Being Project - YouTube The On Being Project is an independent non-profit public life and media initiative with radio, podcasts, digital, poetry, and live event offerings. We pursue deep thinking and social courage, moral imagination and joy, to renew inner life, outer life, and life together. OrangeApple Press - YouTube OrangeApple is a small press run between Scotland and Canada, founded and edited by T.Person and Meredith Grace Thompson. Pat Boran 'Pat Boran is an Irish poet, living and working in Dublin. He is the author of more than a dozen books of poetry and prose, many of them translated into other languages. He has worked as a presenter of poetry programmes on radio, as a creative writing tutor and as a literary editor.' The YouTube page has his poetry films. Poem Analysis 'Are you a fan of poetry or just curious and drawn to learn more? Well, you’re at the right place. Here are ten cool, fun and interesting facts about poetry that will intrigue and ignite your interest.' Poet in the City 'Poet in the City exists to explore how poetry can develop understandings of complex socio-political issues. We do this through producing an ambitious programme of multi-disciplinary events and commissioning projects that bring poets and communities closer together.' Poetry Archive 'The Poetry Archive is a not-for-profit organisation that makes and acquires recordings of poets from around the English-speaking world and makes substantial excerpts from them freely available online.' Poetry Book Society 'Set up by T S Eliot and friends in 1953 ‘to propagate the art of poetry’, the Poetry Book Society is a unique poetry society, providing information, reviews and discounts on the best contemporary poetry for an international community of readers.' Poetry London 'Poetry London is an arts charity and leading international poetry magazine where acclaimed contemporary poets share pages with exciting new names. Published three times a year in February, May and September, each issue contains new poetry, incisive reviews and features.' The Poetry Society (vimeo.com) 'Founded in 1909 to 'promote "a more general recognition and appreciation of poetry". Since then, it has grown into one of Britain's most dynamic arts organisations, representing British poetry both nationally and internationally. It publishes the leading poetry magazine, Poetry Review.' Poetry Translate The Poetry Translation Centre gives the best poems from Africa, Asia and Latin America a new life in the English language, working with diaspora communities for whom poetry is of great importance. Poets & Players Poets & Players was started in 2004 by poet Linda Chase (who died in 2011) with Musical Director Chris Davies and is run by volunteers. It is known for its programming of complementary arts — poetry with music, dance and visual art, in Manchester, UK. All the events are free to attend. Poets and Writers International Studio - Don Krieger See videos for recordings of the past Poets and Writers International Conclave. Poets.org (Academy of American Poets) 'The Academy of American Poets is a non-profit organization with a mission to support American poets at all stages of their careers and to foster the appreciation of contemporary poetry. Our membership is nearly 9,000 strong and growing.' Pop Up Poet 'Meet The Voices After Dark Interviewing poetry night hosts and the poets themselves. Finding out what they feel and why they write?' Puzzle Poetry Puzzle Hall Poets is one of West Yorkshire’s longest running monthly spoken word events. We meet every first Monday each month (with the exception of Bank Holidays in which case it’s the second of each month). Entry is completely free and we have a featured guest as well as a welcoming and varied open mic. We meet at the Navigation Inn, Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire Rattle Poetry 'Rattle is a publication of the Rattle Foundation, an independent 501(c)3 non-profit organization whose mission is to promote the practice of poetry, and is not affiliated with any other organization.' Sign up to join in the Rattlecasts, which are all later archived on this page. The Reader 'We are the pioneers of Shared Reading – a simple idea that changes lives. By bringing people together to read great literature aloud we are improving well-being, reducing social isolation and building stronger communities across the UK and beyond. We want to make Shared Reading so widespread that everyone, can access one of our groups.' Royal Society For Arts 'We are RSA. The royal society for arts, manufactures and commerce. We unite people and ideas to resolve the challenges of our time.' Salmon Poetry (Fergus Tighe's channel) Look at the videos to see the Salmon Poetry Garden, Ennisymon, County Clare Saqi Books 'Saqi Books are a publishing house based in Bayswater, West London where they've been creating international fiction and non-fiction titles across three imprints - Saqi, Telegram and the Westbourne Press - since 1983. Championing minority voices and progressive thinkers from the start, Saqi means 'waterseller' in Arabic.' Sandra Rennie Re-purposing, Re-imagining and Reviving with Art SarahJamespoet The poet, Sarah James Sasha Volokh (See his playlist Sasha Reads) Every Monday Sasha reads a classic poem which is added to his playlist. Seamus Heaney HomePlace 'Seamus Heaney HomePlace, Bellaghy. A home for inspiration, echoing the life, literature and legacy of Seamus Heaney, poet, Nobel Laureate and one of Ireland's literary greats.' Sheaf Poetry 'Sheaf Poetry Festival is an annual poetry festival based in Sheffield, UK. We bring exciting poetry events to Sheffield as well as celebrating the city's brilliant & vibrant poetry scene.' Stay-At-Home! Literary Festival 'A digital event that brings together writers and readers to celebrate their love of books, without judgement or criticism. Now in its second year, the festival hosts workshops, panels, readings and talks. Here you can watch recordings of #SAHLF2021 events.' Steve Pottinger (poet) 'Here is where you'll find videos of some of (his) poems. I hope you enjoy them. If you do, please, share them with your friends.' Studio 3 Arts Barking 'Studio 3 Arts is a non-profit organisation that puts local people at the centre of everything that we do. Our mission is to be ambitious and create brilliant, challenging, relevant work that acknowledges and responds to the barriers that prevent arts participation.' S ee the open mic poetry podcasts. Sue Finch Sue Finch is a poet. She loves all kinds of coasts, peculiar things and the scent of ice-cream freezers. Tom Priestley - YouTube Poet based in Leeds. T.S. Eliot Prize Check out the videos and playlists of the many poets who have been shortlisted for the prize, reading their own poetry. UCD Press 'Publishers of the best contemporary non-fiction writing. Peer-reviewed for academic excellence. North American sales, marketing and distribution representation with University of Chicago Press' VerseCycle (Ecopoetry) 'Caroline Burrows @VerseCycle is a writer of poetry, prose: fiction and non-fiction, thematically ranging from cycling; trying to be environmentally friendly; comedy, fairy tales, love and heartbreak; and mental health.' VerseFirst VerseFirst is a Media project, dedicated to showing the world the best of what West Midlands Poetry has to offer. Via our YouTube Channel, VF Poetry Podcast and The Brand New Poetry Birmingham Literary Journal. Wet Grain Poetry 'Wet Grain is a new journal interested in the lyric grooves that channel and redirect our apprehension of the world and the ideas implacably fankling themselves within it' Writers' Kingston Writer’s Kingston is Kingston University's literary cultural institute dedicated to creative writing in all its forms, with an annual programme of events from talks to workshops and festivals. YourShelf The official YouTube channel for YourShelf, The YourShelf Podcast and The YourShelf Press. P.S. Not a YouTube site, but for many links to poetry in film - see Moving Poems | The best poetry videos on the web Last minor update 5 March 2026

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Some poetry websites have an excellent Soundcloud page. These links will take you there. Listen to some great poetry by read by the poets, interviews with poets, and general programmes about poetry. Please get in touch if you want a link to your poetry Soundcloud page added here. Regularly updated to clear broken links. Links to: Poetry on Soundcloud A to Z Click the underlined titles to go to the homepages. Burning Eye Podcast We are a small independent publisher in the South West (U.K.) predominately specialising in promoting spoken word artists. We aim to dispel the assumption that performance poetry does not transfer well to page as well as give emerging and established artist opportunities to be published where they might be rejected from other traditional poetry publishers. Chestnut Review Many individual poets recordings from Chestnut Review. Culture Recordings Spoken word on Soundcloud. Faber Books at Soundcloud Scroll down the Faber Book page to see the specific poetry podcast. Fay Roberts on SoundCloud 'Fay has performed poetry in pubs, clubs, theatres, tents, shopping centres and stately gardens, in Open Mic, showcases, features, support, collaboration, competition and costume. Sometimes she bangs a drum, and sometimes she performs in silence, while the words flutter in front of her...' Gillian Clarke 'Here, in the order in which they were first published between 1978 and 1993, are readings of the fifteen poems featured in the Cambridge IGCSE exam syllabus. I introduce each poem with a brief introduction.' Lunar Poetry Podcasts (soundcloud.com) A series of discussions, interviews and live recordings with poets from the UK and abroad in which we examine the writing process. Now hosted by Peter deGraft-Johnson a.k.a The Repeat Beat Poet, the series was founded by David Turner in October 2014 in south east London. Modern Poetry in Translation Magazine - Free Listening on SoundCloud When Ted Hughes & Daniel Weissbort founded MPT in 1965 they had two principal ambitions: to get poetry out from behind the Iron Curtain into a wider circulation in English and to benefit writers and the reading public in Britain and America by confronting them with good work from abroad. For more than 50 years MPT has continued and widened that founding intent. Moonstone Arts Center music | SoundCloud Moonstone Arts Center podcast series, from Philadelphia, U.S. The Arts Center produces about 100 programs, mostly poetry readings and publishes about 30 books a year. NAWE (National Association of Writers in Education): SoundCloud Poetry read by the authors. See here for organisation's homepage. National Poetry Library on SoundCloud The National Poetry Library is the largest public collection of modern poetry in the world. Founded by the Arts Council in 1953 and opened by poets T.S. Eliot and Herbert Read, we have been at the heart of the nation’s poetry community ever since. New Writing North 'New Writing North is a development agency for creative writing and creative reading based in the north east of England. We specialise in the development of talent and act as a dynamic broker between writers, agents and producers across the creative industries.' There is a number of poetry podcasts here. Pamenar Press on Soundcloud Regular posts of poems by the poets by Pamenar Press. Poetry Ireland | Free Listening on SoundCloud 'Poetry Ireland connects poetry and people. We are committed to achieving excellence in the reading, writing and performance of poetry throughout the island of Ireland.' PoetryJukebox Quotidian | Free Listening on SoundCloud 'We want to create the opportunity to encounter poetry in surprising ways and unexpected places.' Poetry Non-Stop on SoundCloud Poetry Non-Stop is a poetry podcast presented by Patrick Widdess The Poetry Society Soundcloud Page Essential places to visit for plenty of poetry programmes and clips. Including, podcasts from The Poetry Review. Rattle Poetry The Soundcloud archive of the Rattlecasts made by Rattle Magazine. Small Machine Talks music The Small Machine Talks is a monthly conversation that explores the poetry scene of Central Canada and beyond. Its hosts are Ottawa poets, Amanda Earl and a.m. kozak. The Soundscape Poetry Project (soundcloud.com) 'Pairing spoken word poetry with bespoke audio environments, The Soundscape Poetry Project showcases thirteen exhilarating new performances by five of the UK's most innovative and exciting poets. This ground-breaking album pushes the boundaries of how poetry can be experienced and sets a new standard for the future of recorded spoken word poetry.' Sugar House Review 'In an effort to avoid verbosity, we'll put it succinctly: we love poetry. Our name is based on both our location and desire to publish sticky, heart-racing, sweet, sweet addictive poetry. Sugar House is a neighborhood within Salt Lake City. It was named after the sugar beet factory of the Deseret Manufacturing Company which operated in Sugar House from 1851–1855.' Most recent full update 5 April 2026

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Every month Bob chooses a poetry quotation based on things read over the previous month. This is a full archive of every quote since the website began. Home Poetry Events Poetry Online Poets Wordy Word Words About Bob Contact Search Please Read More Quote of the Month (archive) July 2026 "You know the truth You wish you didn't have it " From 'The Loneliness of the Long Distance Poet' in Motormouth by Tom Priestley, Great Britain, 2021. See Motormouth: Amazon.co.uk: Priestley, Tom: 9798767834211: Books June 2026 "aunties chopping ginger; aunty licking haldi off her finger " From 'inventory of aunties' by Cia Mangat. Seen in the North issue No.71 , page 88 May 2026 "We're drowning in our paradise. " From ' Driftwood' by Ian Curtis (1979). Seen in Touching from a Distance. Ian Curtis and Joy Division by Deborah Curtis Faber abd Faber, London, 2001 April 2026 "TAKE. UP. SPACE . " From 'Witch Club' in Invocation by Izzy Brittain. Yaffle's Nest, Horsforth, 2025 See Shop — I Z Z Y B R I T T A I N March 2026 "She wore her world in possibilities Just like Pelé's final pass . " From 'Mexico '70' by Ralph Dartford in House Anthems Valley Press, Scarborough, 2024 House Anthems – Valley Press February 2026 "Haiku # 34 Dear enthusiast, thank you for contributing . You will not be paid. " From Killing the Piano by Joe Williams Half Moon Books, Otley 2017 Killing the Piano – Joe Williams: Writer, Poet, Performer With thanks to Joe Williams for allowing the use the whole Haiku. January 2026 "I asked a sea-gull on a see-saw what's it all for?, what's it all about? He said nowt and flew away." From 'An unkindness' by Matt Nicholson in Side-Eye Yaffle, Leeds 2025 www.yafflepress.co.uk With thanks to Matt Nicholson for allowing the use the longer quote. December 2025 "( ... and no one wears halos due to carbon concerns) . " From 'Revelations 1:14-16 from the Book of the After Life Circus (Illustrated Parenthetical Edition)' by Airea d. Matthews in Bread and Circus Picador, London, 2023 November 2025 "He sees beyond her face another face. " From 'Hesitant' by Brian Patten Collected Love Poems Harper Perennial, London, 2007 R.I.P. Brian Patten October 2025 "He aerosolled his name. And it was mine . " From V. by Tony Harrison Bloodaxe Books, Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2nd edition, 2nd impression 1991. R.I.P. Tony Harrison September 2025 "Girassol Rasga a tua indecisão E liberta-te." "Sunflower Renounce your indecision Free Yourself" From 'Girassol / Sunflower' by Corsino Fortes Translated by Daniel Hahn and Sean O'Brian in Poetry London Spring 2025 Issue 110, pp 24-25 August 2025 "Strike it down, that other boughs may flourish Where that perished sapling used to be; Thus, at least, its mouldering corpse will nourish That from which it sprung - Eternity. " From 'Death' by Emily Brontë No Coward Soul Is Mine Penguin Classics, London, 2025 July 2025 "A thousand people I could be for you and you hate the ****ing lot " From 'Messy' by Lola Young and Connor Dickinson, single from the album This Wasn't Meant For You Anyway Island, 2024. (I promise I won't over do lyrics, poets get little enough exposure as it is!) June 2025 "She'd rather weep all day than never weep again, and for some folk that really is a straight choice . " From 'Feeling Things' by Don Paterson in Zonal Faber and Faber Ltd, London, 2020 May 2025 "Love is to be full in all that needs filling. " From 'wicked she wicked [Benny's Ballad]' by Caleb Femi The Wickedest 4th Estate, London, 2024 April 2025 "If I eat Jesus will he want to eat me? " From 'Second Communion' by Victoria Kennefick Eat Or We Both Starve Carcanet, Manchester, Great Britain 2021 March 2025 "I must become a menace to my enemies . " From 'I Must Become a Menace to My Enemies' by June Jordan in Haruko/Love Poems Serpent's Tail, UK, 2023 February 2025 "beyond the light of memory behind your life there might be other lives, waiting - . " From 'So I step inside' by Seán Hewitt in Rapture's Road Cape Poetry, UK, 2024 January 2025 "You were not there only everything else was yours: saris in the alna, lipstick, hair clips, hairbrush on the dressing table, finger marks on the mirror... " From 'To Have My Sister Back' by Mir Mahfuz Ali Midnight, Dhaka December 2024 "That our bodies are dangerous things." From '6.' by Kim Moore in All the Men I Never Married Seren, Bridgend, Wales, 2021 November 2024 "you were a boy. i was a boy." From 'You: The Many Adams of Adam' by Gboyega Odubanjo in Adam Faber and Faber, London, 2024 October 2024 "and the wind can't unwind itself from the rose" From 'Mural' by Mahmoud Darwish Translated by John Berger and Rema Hammami in Mural Verso, London, 2024 September 2024 "We all have lives that go on without us. " From 'England' by Zaffar Kunial in England's Green Faber and Faber, London 2022 August 2024 "Everyone is writing about a country as if a country existed." From 'The Invention of America' by Katie Farris in Standing in the Forest of Being Alive Liverpool University Press, Liverpool, UK, 2023 July 2024 "I want to tell him how, minutes from here, someone else's child, made of the same material as me, was made immaterial." From 'Someone Else's Child' by Kostya Tsolakis in Greekling Nine Arches Press, Rugby, UK, 2023 June 2024 " another leaf uncomplicates" From ' I. The Infant ' by Katharine Towers in Oak Picador, London, 2021 May 2024 "At the award shows they are dancing gender." From 'Third Gender Sonnet' by Kandace Siobhan Walker in Cowboy Cheerio Poetry, Great Britain, 2023 April 2024 "On Silence: The deaf don't believe in silence. Silence is the invention of the hearing. " In the end notes of Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky Faber and Faber, London, 2019 March 2024 "the way you say I enter a room: deer-like, tentative then definite." From 'Rain Twice: II. NIGHT RAIN' by Helen Mort in The Illustrated Woman Chatto Poetry, Penguin Random House UK, 2022 February 2024 "Dick's duck dived as deep as Dick's dog dug" From 'Dick's Dog' by Trevor Millum in Read Me and Laugh Poems chosen by Gaby Morgan, Macmillan Children's Books , London, 2005 January 2024 "Schnee ist gefallen, lichtlos. (Translation: Snow fell, lightless.) From the poem 'Schwarze Flocken (Black Flakes)' by Paaul Celan. See “Black Flakes / Schwarze Flocken:” Celan & Ukraine – Nomadics (pierrejoris.com) December 2023 "We can all be refugees Nobody is safe " From 'We Refugees' by Benjamin Zephaniah RIP 7 December 2023. See Three poems by Benjamin Zephaniah | Books | The Guardian November 2023 "Terror is incredibly pedantic ." From 'Utterance Shared Only with the Dishwasher She Sinks Her Hands Into' by Momtaza Mehri in The Poetry Review Volume 113:2, Summer 2023 . October 2023 ... "it is forbidden to love where we are not loved." From 'Material Ode' by Sharon Olds in Stag's Leap . Jonathan Cape, London, 2012 September 2023 " i could call a cat a meowopotamus, who would care?" From 'Day 71: Honiton' by Stephen Lightbown in The Last Custodian Burning Eye Books, Portishead, 2021 August 2023 ..."the minutes crawl the way dust gathers on its victims. " From Pepper Sed by Malika Booker Peepal Tree, 2013 July 2023 "It's easier with instructions; Moses would tell you. But he wasn't the poet." From 'If asked to write an elegy - ' Shannon Smith-Meekings in The Poetry Review Vol. 113:1, Spring 2023 June 2023 'It's not true that our shadows disappear at at night. They're released like a breath.' From 'A Shadow on the House' by Philip Gross in The Thirteenth Angel Bloodaxe Books, Hexham, 2022 Quote of the Week Archive Week Commencing 24th April 2022. 'not one of my friends was allowed to live in her body unaccompanied' 'C+nto' by Joelle Taylor in C+nto & Othered Poems The Westbourne Press, London, 2021 Week Commencing 17th April 2022. 'They're looking people at the factory,' you tell me, 'to put the crying in the crying dolls' 'Headcheese' by Scott McKendry in The Poetry Review: Volume 112:1 Spring 2022 Week Commencing 10th April 2022. 'I often regret the time that I've devoted to regret: thereby sustainably re-wasting wasted time time and again ' 'My Plans for the Past' by Sam Willetts in The Poetry Review: Volume 112:1 Spring 2022 Week Commencing 3rd April 2022. 'One fine thought makes more light than bare fire' Ramayana A Retelling by Daljit Nagra Faber and Faber, London, 2013 Week Commencing 27th March 2022. 'All my favourite flowers are weeds spreading from stone slab crack to tumbling wall to road edge to bed, a long string of common names, and when they are torn at their stalks they spring back green with more cunning and wit. 'All my favourite flowers' by Mish Green in Magma Poetry 81 Winter 2021 Week Commencing 20th March 2022. 'But who would stand in hempen band Upon a scaffold high, And through a murderer's collar take His last look at the sky? It is sweet to dance to violins When Love and Life are fair: To dance to flutes, to dance to lutes Is delicate and rare: But it is not sweet with nimble feet To dance upon the air!' 'From The Ballad Of Reading Gaol' by Oscar Wilde see Poetry Foundation Week Commencing 13th March 2022. 'now literate with demolition. how sinister and reverent, the touch that builds a new bohemian amenity. raised, from the silence of your seizures. everybody singing: attrition, contrition, mass- market ambition.' 'Délire' by Fran Lock in Hyena! Jackal! Dog!' Pamenar Press, 2021 Week Commencing 6th March 2022. 'Alone with their songs and calls, birds could hear one another at greater distances. They began to chirp more softly, astonished by how loud they had become. ' 'Distancing' by Laboni Islam in Magma Poetry 81, Winter 2021 Week Commencing 27th February 2022. 'Hold your ear to the ground: you can hear the voices caught in the earth, chattering, and the rain typing on puddles and the wind wiping them clean .' 'I Sit and Eavesdrop the Trees' by Seán Hewitt in The Poetry Review Vol. 104: 2 Summer 2014 Week Commencing 20th February 2022. 'I never liked Mr Carmichael, who seemed to be made from pale grey plasticine and stretched too much. His fingers fluttered. He oozed words and always stayed too long.' 'Through the Letterbox' by Chrissy Banks in The Rialto no.97 Winter 2021 Week Commencing 13th February 2022. 'Randy Rhoads and Kurt Cobain, Patsy Cline and Ronnie Laine. Poly Styrene, Teena Marie. Timor mortis conturbat me.' (Translation: fear of death disturbs me) 'Not Fade Away' by Michael Robbins in The Poetry Review Vol. 104:1 Spring 2014 Week Commencing 6th February 2022. 'The months and the seasons just slip by. My diary's blank on every page. We follow rules; try to comply. Now Rishi pays most of each wage.' 'Pandemic Poem' by John Miles in acumen Literary Journal No. 100 May 2021 Week Commencing 30 January 2022 'And Johnson says it hasn't happened, so it hasn't. Hospitals are as safe as houses and our graves are rose gardens.' '54' by Owen Lowery The Crash Wake Carcanet 2021 Poem featured in Poetry Book Society Winter Bulletin 2021, issue 271 Week Commencing 23 January 2022 'This flat, Too small to hold both you and your anxiety. One must go.' 'Countdown' by Hibaq Osman Poetry London Autumn 2021. No.100 Week Commencing 16 January 2022 'I can't help but learn again, the dirty truth, hatred brings pleasure to multitudes .' 'Alas, My Compass' by Stanley Moss The Poetry Review Vol. 111:4, Winter 2021 Week Commencing 9 January 2022 'With tomahawk and knife we hacked the flyblown tatters of old meat, gagged at their carcass-smell, and threw the scraps and watched the hungry eat .' 'To Another Housewife' by Judith Wright 101 Poems by 101 Women edited by Germaine Greer Faber and Faber 2001 edition Week Commencing 2 January 2022 'I know not what to do: will the sound break, rending the night with rift on rift of rose and scattered light? will the sound break at last as the wave hesitant, or will the whole night pass and I lie listening awake?' Fragment Thirty-Six by H.D. S ee poetrynook.com Week Commencing 26 December, 2021 'The Greeks thought of language as a veil which protects us from the brightness of things. I think poetry is a tear in that veil.' Alice Oswald in an interview in Poetry Review Vol 103: 4 Winter 2013 Week Commencing 19 December, 2021 'So tired, so tired, my heart and I ! Though now none takes me on his arm To fold me close and kiss me warm Till each quick breath end in a sigh Of happy languor. Now, alone, We lean upon this graveyard stone, Uncheered, unkissed, my heart and I.' See: 'My Heart and I' by Elizabeth Barrett Browning | Poetry Foundation Week Commencing 12 December, 2021 'as now, we lie together, after making love, quiet, touching along the length of our bodies, familiar touch of the long-married, and he appears—in his baseball pyjamas.' 'After Making Love We Hear Footsteps’ by Galway Kinnell See: Poems | poets.org Week Commencing 5 December, 2021 'And anyone who begins a sentence, "As a poet I...", can't possibly be one. That's like calling yourself a saint.' Michael Longley in interview. Poetry Review Volume 103:3, Autumn 2013. Week Commencing 28 November, 2021 'Love is the boy I broke up with years ago. He lived on a grey estate in Upton Heights. He bought me tins of cider and Marlboro Lights...' 'Love' Hannah Lowe The Kids Bloodaxe Books, 2021 Week Commencing 21 November, 2021 'I want to be friends with everyone, and yet know I must have enemies too, if only in order to maintain my friendships.'.' 'Cities and Memories' Richard Gwyn in Poetry Review 103:2 Summer 2013. Week Commencing 14 November, 2021 'The clock's reached six and you know what that means it means the end of the working day. Not for us. I place my hand on the radiator - and nothing: nothing has changed.'.' 'In Memory of My Lack of Feelings' Tara Bergin in Poetry Review 103:2 Summer 2013. Week Commencing 07 November, 2021 'Let the sky rain potatoes!' Falstaff in The Merry Wives of Windsor , Act 5, Scene 5. William Shakespeare. Week Commencing 31 October, 2021 'Absorbed was righteousness As of the raging flood; Satan in his excess Sucked up the guiltless blood ' 'The Ballad which Anne Askew made and sang when she was in Newgate' Anne Askew (1546) in 101 Poems by 101 Women Edited by Germaine Greer Faber and Faber, 2001. Week Commencing 24 October, 2021 'In this pain I was a charred donkey in the office chair - stupid and unusual' 'from God Complex' Rachael Allen in The Poetry Review , Volume111:3 Autumn 2021 Week Commencing 17 October, 2021 'To walk away from poetry Is poetry, too ' 'Różewicz: A Farewell' in Invisible (Bilingual Edition) Jacek Gutorow, translated by Piotr Florczyk. Week Commencing 10 October, 2021 'When the weather comes on, we'll feel the sweet relief and sorrow at seeing all the days of snow that lie ahead.' ' Ganfer', Roseanne Watt in Poetry London, Summer 2021, Issue 99. Ganfer: the apparition of a living person thought to be a portent of that person's death... Week Commencing 3 October 2021 'but i feel i will never be fluent in bureaucracy so all i have is a tesco tortilla, spotify playlists and my name in an english accent ' 'My Name In An English Accent', by Carmina Masoliver in The Rialto , no 96. Week Commencing 26 September 2021 'and the devil said no god isn't the ice he's under the ice but you have to be very very very hot to burn your way through to him '' 'Witch and the Devil', in Witch by Rebecca Tamás Penned in the Margins, 2019. Week Commencing 19 September 2021 'I grab the fellow by his tail, but he still escapes through the gap in my throat.'' 'A Lizard by my Hospital Bed', Mir Mahfuz Ali in Poetry Review Vol 102:4 Winter 2012. Week Commencing 12 September 2021 'And then it was all over, the rain stopped, the earth drank, and the lawn steamed in the sun: all of it tut-tutting.' 'The Storm (Coleshill 2013)', Neil Rollinson in Talking Dead Cape Poetry, 2015. Week Commencing 5 September 2021 'Better than Batman's robin Rougher than Robin's bat Faster than Spiderman's spider Cooler than Catwoman's cat' 'Superman's Dog', Paul Cookson in Read Me (Collection of poems chosen by Gaby Morgan) MacMillan Children's Books, 1998. Week Commencing 29 August 2021 'The Swan hisses, hisses. Even her neck is a twisted S. She's resident, common, depressed. She was once a princess.' 'Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe', Clare Pollard in Changeling Bloodaxe Books, 2011. Week Commencing 22 August 2021 'Ponder mulled it over Wonder merely thought Whilst Maybe didn't commit And Stubborn wouldn't try.' 'One Morning', by John Linney in Huddle of Poems Amazon , 2013. Week Commencing 15 August 2021 'In my fantasy I am badly hurt but not so bad that I cannot text her, from the ambulance, "I've just been hit by a car." ' 'Filter', by Luke Kennard in Truffle Hound Verve Poetry Press, 2018. Week Commencing 8 August 2021 'and so we mark up bench or skin or book with blade or blood or ink, for good; come look.' 'Dymock vi', by Antony Dunn in Take This One To Bed Valley Press, 2016. Week Commencing 1 August 2021 ' so she brings down birds and tears from the sky mourns them, transforms them, relearns how to fly.' 'Sonnet for a twelve year old', by Sonya Smith in every robin i never quite saw tall-lighthouse, 2021. Week Commencing 25 July 2021 ' I just stopped running and my soul grew calmer as the air grew cleaner.' 'Brigaki Djilia: Sorrow Songs', by Karen Downs-Barton in the North Issue 65 January 2021. Week Commencing 18 July 2021 'Given a month of outrageous privacy what a mouthy collection of cells I am.' 'Phallus Impudicus', Tiffany Atkinson in Poetry Review Volume 102:3, Autumn 2012. Week Commencing 11 July 2021 'I am lucky not to be absent from my mind like a baldhead.' 'King David Cooks Ital in Port Antonio', by Fred D'Aguiar, in Letters to America , Carcanet, Manchester 2020. Week Commencing 4 July 2021 'It's coming home It's coming home It's coming Football's coming home. ' 'Three Lions' Song composed by Ian Broudie; lyrics by David Baddiel and Frank Skinner. (Indulge me, poetry and football are my two passions.) Week Commencing 27 June 2021 'It's my turn Tagay! When I get home my bag will burst with Toblerone and Cadbury' 'Tagay! [Drinking Lambanog with my Filipino Colleagues]' by Romalyn Ante, in Antiemetic for Homesickness , Chatto & Windus, London, 2020. Week Commencing 20 June 2021 'Look, the flamingos have returned to Bombay. Look how this carpet of pink brightens the day.' 'Hope is the Thing' Tishani Doshi in Magma Poetry 79. Week Commencing 13 June 2021 'Maybe your too-hasty breath flustered the tea leaves' 'Everything you told me came untrue' Geraldine Clarkson in The Poetry Review Vol 111: 1 Spring 2021.) Week Commencing 6 June 2021 'They bleat and bleat and bleat as if they were men. They blather nonsense, and we believe them.' 'This is an age of goats' Barbara Cumbers in Acumen: A Literary Journal January 2021. Thank you to Barbara Cumbers for allowing the use of the whole final verse on request. Week Commencing 30 May 2021 'i love it when cows eat the floor' 'Hello' Crispin Best (the opening line) in Hello Partus Press, Oxford, 2020. Week Commencing 23 May 2021 'and weed and warm and warm and weed - ' 'Nudibranch' by Jen Hadfield in The Stone Age Picador Poetry, London, 2021. Week Commencing 16 May 2021 'One day. One day. One day. One day.' 'The One Day Plan' by Ramona Herdman in The Rialto 95 Click: Bob and Poetry.com: Short poetry clips - YouTube Updated regularly Click: Longer clips such as readings and films. Updated regularly

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