Versify - Poetry and English Literature

Mar 27 2024 32

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Three genial enthusiasts read and discuss poetry.

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Maya Angelou

Mar 27 2024 95 mins

We discuss the life and poetry of Maya Angelou (1928-2014).

John Keats

Feb 12 2024 114 mins

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

Dec 20 2023 75 mins

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Louis MacNeice

Dec 15 2023 137 mins

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Elizabeth Bishop

Sep 28 2023 113 mins

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

Jun 30 2023 87 mins

Three poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Langston Hughes

Mar 05 2023 97 mins

Three oafish English guys tackle the Poet Laureate of the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes (1901-1967).

Carol Ann Duffy

Jan 27 2023 108 mins

Three poems by the former poet laureate, Carol Ann Duffy.

A Very Merry Versify Xmas

Dec 27 2022 92 mins

Betjeman, Bly, Hardy - Three Christmas Poems and Seasons Greetings from the Versify Podcast.

Philip Larkin

Nov 25 2022 100 mins

Philip Larkin. The North Ship; Mr Bleaney; The Explosion.