Planet Poetry
Love poetry? Join Robin and Peter and their guests as they read poems, chat about all things poetry and generally explore the bedazzling world of Planet Poetry. Since we started this podcast in 2020 we've interviewed dozens of poets and poetry editors, discussed all the thorny issues about the poetry world and delved into our favourite poetry past and present. We don't have sponsors and we don't interrupt the flow with ads, so if you like what we do, please buy us a coffee or two at buymeacoffee.com/planetpoetry to help keep the poddy going! Thanks!
Podcasting since 2020 • 64 episodes
Planet Poetry
Latest Episodes
Afropessimism | Affirmation - with Danez Smith
Kerpow! The poetry fireworks are back. We spark our fifth season into life with Danez Smith – who shares poems from their astonishing collection
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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1:06:36
Vigils | Confabulations - with Robin Houghton & Peter Kenny
Rrrrrrrip! Yikes! That’s the sound of the Planet Poetry rulebook being wantonly torn in half for our Season 4 finale. For one episode only Robin and Peter abandon their solemn vow and share some of their own poetry from forthcoming
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Season 4
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Episode 13
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47:13
Lost trades | Lost songs - with Jane Commane
Grip the square steering wheel of your Austin Allegro and let Jane Commane navigate you through the haunted places of the post-industrial Midlands. She treats us to poems from As...
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Season 4
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Episode 12
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1:05:40
Fathers | Frontiers - with Rory Waterman
Hear Rory Waterman describe his experience of being stuck in quarantine in Korea, where (as well as doing press ups) he used his time to begin his fourth collection
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Season 4
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Episode 11
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59:10
Bold Lines | Black Pages - with Seni Seneviratne
Silent faces and displaced lives. Seni Seneviratne gives voice to overshadowed Black children, exotic pages and servants in the portraits of nobility and the mercantile class in 18th Century paintings. Other of her poised and beautiful po...
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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48:29