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Planet Poetry @planetpoetry.bsky.social · Jul 31

It's a wrap for Season 5 . Your pals @robinhoughton.bsky.social and @peter-kenny.bsky.social repair to Beachy Head to celebrate. Happy Summer Holidays everyone! A humongous THANK YOU to all our stellar guests and wonderful listeners over the last five years. www.buzzsprout.com/1414696/epis...

Season 5 | Finale - with Robin Houghton & Peter Kenny - Planet Poetry

Join your podcast pals at a table at the Beachy Head pub. Enjoying a view of  sloping fields down to the Belle Tout Lighthouse and the sea beyond and take a moment to reflect on another season of...

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Planet Poetry @planetpoetry.bsky.social · Jul 11

*New episode!* A 4-way interview with @cglauder.bsky.social‬
and Jo Colley of Blueprint Press, plus our usual nattering (and Peter even warms to some Frank O'Hara)...
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The Way | The Blueprint - with Jo Colley and Charles G Lauder, Jr - Planet Poetry

It's a tag team episode! With Robin and Peter meeting poet Charles G Lauder, Jr  and publisher poet Jo Colley of Blueprint Poetry Press - who have published his 2025 pamphlet Year of the Rat, a p...

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Planet Poetry @planetpoetry.bsky.social · Jun 6

Here's Erica McAlpine discussing her new book 'Small Pointed Things' from @carcanet.bsky.social in our latest episode...with @robinhoughton.bsky.social and @peter-kenny.bsky.social

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Points | Divergences - with Erica McAlpine - Planet Poetry

What was that? A bat or swallow? Something flitted past, but we can't agree on what we've just seen ... Erica McAlpine reads from Small Pointed Things (just published by Carcanet) that makes that unce...

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Planet Poetry @planetpoetry.bsky.social · May 17

Poems that tremble with tension and beauty, cupping darkness and secret trauma. Richard Scott shares from his new collection 'That Broke into Shining Crystals, from @faberbooks.bsky.social. Hosted by @robinhoughton.bsky.social and @peter-kenny.bsky.social www.buzzsprout.com/1414696/epis...

Still Life | Still Shining - with Richard Scott - Planet Poetry

Still life? Not as we know it. Trembling with tension and beauty, and roses that cup darkness and secret trauma... Hear Richard Scott share from his extraordinary new collection That Broke into Shinin...

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Planet Poetry @planetpoetry.bsky.social · May 17

You're welcome Milena! We loved your poem. Robin

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Planet Poetry @planetpoetry.bsky.social · Apr 17

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Chaos | Coded - with Isabelle Baafi - Planet Poetry

Chaos? We love it! Time to meet Isabelle Baafi and hear about her-hotly anticipated first full collection Chaotic Good just published by Faber. Among other things, it grapples with what it means ...

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Planet Poetry @planetpoetry.bsky.social · Apr 17

New episode! Isabelle Baafi, Lewis Carroll plus @milenawilliamson.bsky.social @rialtopoetry.bsky.social @magmapoetry.bsky.social and looking forward to Free Verse... www.buzzsprout.com/1414696/epis...

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Planet Poetry @planetpoetry.bsky.social · Mar 7

Thanks for posting this, @richchad.bsky.social !

Richard Chadburn @richchad.bsky.social · Feb 25

The big poems in A God At The Door are not at all heavy because they are garnished with the magical light touch of a dancer. They are an absorbing joy to read, and to revisit over and over.

Tishani Doshi is the 2nd find (after Isabel Galleymore) I came to via @planetpoetry.bsky.social

Listen up!

Cover of Tishani Doshi's 'A God At The Door'

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Planet Poetry @planetpoetry.bsky.social · Mar 7

New episode! Ellen Cranitch discusses her
@bloodaxebooks.bsky.social
collection 'Crystal' and we shoot for the stars with John Donne, Odysseus Elytis and Tomas Transtromer... with your hosts @robinhoughton.bsky.social
& @peter-kenny.bsky.social www.buzzsprout.com/1414696/epis...

Crystal | Clarity - with Ellen Cranitch - Planet Poetry

A gleam of love in hard times. Our guest Ellen Cranitch shares poems from her Bloodaxe collection  Crystal, a subtle, multifaceted work arising from the discovery that her partner was addicted to...

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Peter Kenny @peter-kenny.bsky.social · Feb 14

Loved talking to @ruthpadel.bsky.social about her fabulous collection Girl, and hearing her exquisite poems. From the annunciation to a serpent goddess glimpsed from a London bus. Plus poignant work by Siegfried Baber listen to @planetpoetry.bsky.social here www.buzzsprout.com/1414696/epis...

Girls | Snakes - Planet Poetry

Psssssssssst!  We've invited Ruth Padel to share work from her recent Chatto Poetry collection Girl. She talks about the power of girls, the mythologies woven around them and the responsibilities...

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Planet Poetry @planetpoetry.bsky.social · Jan 23

Our first episode of 2025 is live - we talk to the brilliant Tishani Doshi, debate Chat GPT and Bad Kid Catullus - where else do you get this variety?? @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @sidekickbooks.bsky.social planetpoetry.buzzsprout.com/1414696/epis...

Oppression | Optimism - with Tishani Doshi - Planet Poetry

What's that knocking? It's the multi-talented Tishani Doshi, sharing her Bloodaxe collection A God at the Door. You'll hear supple, powerful poems fuelled by a controlled rage at the continuing oppres...

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Planet Poetry @planetpoetry.bsky.social · Jan 13

New episode coming soon, so meanwhile here's another gem of an interview from the archive: calebparkinpoet.bsky.social on the pod in 2022 talking with robinhoughton.bsky.social
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From the Archive: Caleb Parkin - Planet Poetry

A revisit of Robin's interview with Caleb Parkin back in May 2022. Read a description and listen to the full episode here.

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Mat Riches @matriches.bsky.social · Dec 18

I think Oulipo Bants writes a column for the Telegraph. HT to @andrewmale.bsky.social for the origin of the "gag".

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Planet Poetry @planetpoetry.bsky.social · Dec 19

Our Christmas episode is up! Listen to daigeorge.bsky.social talking with us about his book 'How to think like a poet' from @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social , plus all kinds of festive banter including Santa Express, carol singing &more www.buzzsprout.com/1414696/epis...
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Planet Poetry @planetpoetry.bsky.social · Dec 18

Just knitting together our Christmas episode which is going live tomorrow! Featuring our interview with daigeorge.bsky.social , OuLiPo bants, Tennyson, Santa and festive larks. Listen wherever you get your podcasts!

Dai George (@daigeorge.bsky.social)

Poet, academic, other writings. Young and easy under the apple boughs. How to Think Like a Poet (Bloomsbury Continuum), out now

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Planet Poetry @planetpoetry.bsky.social · Dec 18

Thanks so much Amelia!

Dr Amelia Dowler @ameliadowler.bsky.social · Dec 2

@planetpoetry.bsky.social has arrived! Great poetry podcast - really interesting interviews and discussions #poetry

Planet Poetry @planetpoetry.bsky.social · Dec 2

Just getting started on here. Thank you to everyone who's following us back!

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Planet Poetry @planetpoetry.bsky.social · Dec 18

Thank you Eilin!

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Planet Poetry @planetpoetry.bsky.social · Dec 2

Just getting started on here. Thank you to everyone who's following us back!

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