The Dominic Tapes (Poetry, redefined)

The Dominic Tapes (Poetry, redefined)

Classic, modern, and contemporary poetry readings galore...yet with a twist! Whether you enjoy well-known poems, underrated gems, or brand new releases...you'll find something for you here on The Dominic Tapes. New episodes every Wednesday 🖤. Dominic aims to curate a plethora of sensational art within one convenient place. **** Please email all enquiries to: thedominictapes@gmail.com

Episodes

July 16, 2025 • 14 mins

Dominic reads his favourite poet, the genius that is Yeats! Enjoy! Please follow, rate, and share the podcast.


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Piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's piano album 'Songs for John' which was released in February 2021. All rights reserved to the artist. Bla Bla Bla....etc etc.


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#Yeats #Irishpoetry #Morepoems #Daytodaypoetry #pod #poetrypodcast #WilliamButlerYeats #GoldenDawn #57 #np #Output #Ire...

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A bonus Sunday episode for you to enjoy! Dominic explores more of Heaney's stunning work.


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Piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 album 'Songs for John'.


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Introduction: 00:00

Talk of the pod: 00:31

Word of the day (Exogamy): 03: 50

Introduction to the poem: 04:19

The poem in full: 05:05


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July 9, 2025 • 17 mins

Dominic reads one his favourite writers, the mercurial Nabokov!


Enjoy!



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Piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 album, Songs for John. All rights reserved to the artist.


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#Nabokov #Mauve #Russianpoetry #Glory #TheGift #np #TDT #TDTPR #Poetrypodcast #Poetry #Poems #newepisode #DrDavidVernon #AdatoZembla #Blatt #Luzhin #TheLuzhinDefense

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Introduction 00:00

Word of the day (Mauve): 00:23

Background on Nabok...

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July 2, 2025 • 8 mins

Dominic reads Seamus Heaney's vivid poem on Sloe Gin!


Enjoy!




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Piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 solo piano album, 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved to the artist.



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#Heaney #SeamusHeaney #Irishpoetry #Ireland #NorthernIreland #poems #nature #sloes #gin #newpost #np #injustice #lesson #Faber #FaberandFaber #botanicals



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Introduction 00:00

A note...

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June 25, 2025 • 8 mins

Dominic reads Akhmatova's stunning poem, 'In the Evening'.


Enjoy!


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Piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 album 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved to the artist. 2021-2025.



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#poem #daily #weekly #Akhmatova #poetry #np #Russianpoetry #WOTD #Sovietpoets #Stpetersburg #Odessa #beautifulpoems #newpost #twentiethcenturyrussianpoems #Silverage #Childrenofthegolden...

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Dominic reads Spenders' beautiful tribute to Auden. Hope you enjoy! ****Piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 solo piano album 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved to the artist. ****#Spender #Auden #Poetry

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Introduction: 00:00

Background on Stephen Spender: 00:31

Word of the day (Valhalla): 02:07

The Poem in full: 03:28

Further reading and recommendations: 08:48

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June 11, 2025 • 5 mins

Dominic reads Shelley's 'To Night'. Hope you enjoy the poem! The word of the day is Damask.


****Music is Lazarus from Dominic's 2021 piano album 'Songs for John '. All rights reserved. ****#Shelley #Romanticism #poetry #np #englishpoetry #Keats #Wordsworth #night #day ****


Introduction: 00:00

Word of the day (damask): 00:22

Commentary on odes: 00:52

The poem in full: 02:11

Further reading recommendations: 04:17

Up next on The Dominic Tap...

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Dominic reads W. H. Auden's 'In Memory of W. B. Yeats ' as requested by Joe Smith. 

Hope you all enjoy the poem!


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The music is 'Lazarus', from Dominic's 2021 solo piano album 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved to the artist.


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Introduction 00:00

Welcome to episode fifty: 00:13

Word of the day (Bourse): 01:00

Background on W. H. Auden: 01:38

The poem in full: 04:46

Further reading re...

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Dominic reads Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Sonnet no. 43! Hope you enjoy it!


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The music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 solo piano album 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved to the artist.


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Introduction: 00:00

Word of the day (valorous): 00:19

Background of EBB: 00:37

The poem in full: 05:13

Further reading recommendations: 06:38

Up next on The Dominic Tapes, Poetry Redefined: 07:59


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Dominic reads Lord Byron's romantic poem, 'She walks in Beauty'. 


The word of the day is: Tress


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The music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 piano album 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved.


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Introduction: 00:00

Word of the day (Tress): 00:14

Notes on the poem: 00:36

The poem in full: 03:09

Further reading recommendations: 04:35

Review of the podcast: 07:26

Up next on The Dominic Tapes...

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May 14, 2025 • 8 mins

Dominic reads Larkin's sardonic, witty, and luminous poem, Toads. Enjoy!


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Music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 piano album 'Songs for John' All rights reserved to the artist.


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#Larkin #poetry #Spotifypoems #theotherLaureate #Coventry #Midlandspoetry #Hull #Dublin #Oxford #Whitsunweddings #Highwindows #np #toolsofpoetry #discoverpoetry #lovepoetry #bio #read #amreading #poemsforall #spotif...

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Dominic reads and delves into T. S. Eliot's 'Sweeney among the nightingales'

Enjoy!


Music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 piano album 'Songs for John ' all rights reserved. 


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#TSEliot #eliot #modernists #crow #raven #lines #poems #poetry #agamemnon #greek #classics #poetry #mortalblow #Aeschylus 
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Chapters: 

Intro: 00:00

Podcast expansion: 00:45

Word of the day: 02:45

T.S Elio...

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April 30, 2025 • 27 mins

Dominic reads and explores Browning's masterful and disturbing dramatic monologue, Porphyria's Lover.


Word of the day: Idoneous, meaning 'appropriate'.



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Music used is Dominic's 'Lazarus' from his 2021 piano album 'Songs for John.' All rights reserved. Copyright.



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#NP #poetry #Browning #upload #Porphyria #EBB #RB #Wilde #Macbeth #Victorianpoetry #London #Newpost #...

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Dominic reads some Shakespeare on the Bard's birthday!

Please consider commenting, rating, and sharing the podcast with likeminded friends!


(0:00) Introduction

(0:20) Shakespeare on the podcast

(1:56) Macbeth's struggles

(5:37) (Word/phrase of the day is: Walking Gentleman - A player who generally steps in to play the meagre roles in a theatre company (archaic).

(6:09) More detail

(6:31) McKellen's last word of ever...

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April 21, 2025 • 2 mins

Blake's 'The Angel' from his collection of poems entitled: 'Songs of Experience'. Enjoy and please consider following, rating, and sharing this podcast!


Word of the day: Catechumen (noun).


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Music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 piano solo album 'Songs for John.' All rights and copyright reserved to the owner.



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#WilliamBlake #Blake #Poems #Poetry #NP #English...

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Another Blake to feast upon! Enjoy!


Word of the day: Slumberous


The piano music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 album 'Songs for John'. All rights reserved.



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#WilliamBlake #Englishpoetry #Pod #NP #Easterpoetryupload #discoverpoems #Blake #Songs



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(00:00) Introduction

(00:13) A stream of lengthy poems!

(00:59) Some brief information regarding William Blake

(01:57) Word of...

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'For we did not meet in the holy night

But in the shameful day.'


Enjoy this epic poem!


Words of the day:

Rigadoon - A lively dance in duple or quadruple time

Parricide - Murder of a near relative

Seneschal - A steward

Gyves - Shackles

Demirep - A woman of doubtful reputation

Caiaphas - High-Priest from the time of Christ




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Music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 piano album 'Songs for...

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Discover Dylan Thomas and the beautiful sounds of the Crwth in episode 40! Enjoy!


Word of the day: Crwth


Please check out Cass's beautiful playing at https://cassmeurig.com


And thanks also go to the YouTube Channel 'The Stringdom' for the snippet of the Crwth and the wonderfully informative video on the ancient instrument!

Follow The Stringdom here: UCEBmryl7FvdZjudBs5hZdbw


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#Dylanthomas #thomas...

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March 13, 2025 • 25 mins

Dominic reads Wordsworth's incredible delving into nature and the perception of it on the human condition...! Enjoy!


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The words of the day are: Seraphic and Sylvan.


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Music used is Lazarus from Dominic's 2021 piano album. All rights reserved to the artist.


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#Englishpoetry #Wordsworth #Romanticism #WilliamWordsworth #Tintern #Abbey #Tinternabbey #Wales #England #HenryVIII #Monks #Monastery #M...

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Dominic reads Coleridge's great dream poem. Enjoy and feedback!


Word of the day: Xanadu****



Music is 'Lazarus' from Dominic's 2021 piano solo album, 'Songs for John'. Copyright and rights reserved to the artist.


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#Coleridge #SamuelTaylor #Samueltaylorcoleridge #pod #indiepod #kublakhan #Khan #KublaKhan #Xanadu #Ballades #Poems #dreams #Wordsworth #Friends #Dreamscape #China #England...

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