The Elixir Poetry Podcast
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)
The Elixir Poetry Podcast
21. "The Netherlands' Favourite Poem!" Nelleke reads Hendrik Marsman's ‘Memories of Holland’
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…
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The Podcast is Produced by Tom Platts at Sound Sapien
All Music Composed by Tom Platts
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