The Litpoetry Podcast

The Litpoetry Podcast

Come with us on a journey of discovery at Litpoetry where we read, analyze and discuss inspirational poetry from around the world by established, new, and emerging poets. The Litpoetry Podcast aims is to fire up your love of poetry and give you the understanding required to more fully appreciate this magnificent art. Featuring an intoxicating mix of poetry and music, join our host and published poet-in-residence, James Laidler, as he walks you through a tangled labyrinth of mysterious words each and every week. Poetry is worth it because the reading and writing of poetry is a revolutionary act that has the potential to transform both the listener and our world.

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March 20, 2024 10 mins

This Podcast contains a reading of ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’ by Robert Frost. Used under Fair Usage for Educational purposes.   Source: Collected Poems, Prose, & Plays (Library of America, 1995) https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42891/stopping-by-woods-on-a-snowy-evening  Poetry recital performed by Mattie Overall.  (A big thanks to Mattie. Please check out his fantastic YouTube channel via the link below.) So...

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This Podcast contains a reading of ‘We Wear the Mask by Paul Laurence Dunbar. Used under Fair Usage for Educational purposes.   Source: Paul Laurence. Dunbar, "“We Wear the Mask.”" from The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar. (New York: Dodd, Mead and Company) We Wear the Mask by Paul Laurence Dunbar | Poetry Foundation Poetry recital performed by Mattie Overall.  (A big thanks to Mattie. Please check out his fantastic YouTube ...

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This Podcast contains a reading of [i carry your heart with me(i carry it in] by e. e. cummings. Used under Fair Usage for Educational purposes. Source: Complete Poems: 1904-1962 (Liveright Publishing Corporation, 1991) [i carry your heart with me(i carry it in] by E. E.… | Poetry Magazine (poetryfoundation.org)

Poetry recital performed by Richard Armitage

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This Podcast contains a reading ‘Invictus’ by William Ernest Henley. Used under Fair Usage for Educational purposes.   Invictus by William Ernest Henley | Poetry Foundation Poetry recital performed by Mattie Overall.  (A big thanks to Mattie. Please check out his fantastic YouTube channel via the link below.) Source: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2Qa1ZWlQZs  For more videos and podcasts on poetry visit the Litpoetry webs...

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This Podcast contains a reading of ‘O Captain! My Captain!’ Evening’ by Walt Whitman. Used under Fair Usage for Educational purposes.   Source:   https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45474/o-captain-my-captain  Poetry recital performed by Mattie Overall.  (A big thanks to Mattie. Please check out his fantastic YouTube channel via the link below.) Source: YouTube   (2) 🎬"O Captain! My Captain!" by Walt Whitman - Read by Mattie Ov...

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This Podcast contains a reading of ‘Daddy’ by Sylvia Plath. Used under Fair Usage for Educational purposes.   First published in Ariel, 1965. Reprinted in The Collected Poems, 1981. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48999/daddy-56d22aafa45b2  Poetry recital performed by ‘Sylvia Plath’  (used under ‘fair usage’ for teaching purposes and as a work of art that is ‘transformative’ of its original source material).   For more video...

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Litpoetry: Poetry analysis resources & study guides of famous poems. Giving definition and foundation to poetic knowledge through lessons, videos and podcasts.

This podcast contains a reading of ‘Hope is a thing with feathers’ by Emily Dickinson. Used under Fair Usage for Educational purposes. “Hope” is the thing with feathers by Emily… | Poetry Foundation   

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Litpoetry: Poetry analysis resources & study guides of famous poems. Giving definition and foundation to poetic knowledge through lessons, videos and podcasts. This podcast contains a reading of ‘In Flanders Fields’ by John McCrae. Used under Fair Usage for Educational purposes.  https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47380/in-flanders-fields  Poetry recital performed by Mattie Overall.  (A big thanks to Mattie. Please check ou...

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This Podcast contains a reading of ‘If’ by Rudyard Kipling. Used under Fair Usage for Educational purposes.   Source: A Choice of Kipling's Verse (1943)  https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46473/if---  Poetry recital performed by ‘Roger Moore’  (used under ‘fair usage’ for teaching purposes and as a work of art that is ‘transformative’ of its original source material).    For more videos and podcasts on poetry visit the Litpoet...

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This Podcast contains a reading of ‘Still I Rise’ by Maya Angelou. Used under Fair Usage for Educational purposes.   Source: The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou (1994) https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46446/still-i-rise

Poetry recital performed by ‘Joyce Marie’  (used under ‘fair usage’ for teaching purposes and as a work of art that is ‘transformative’ of its original source material). https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

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This Podcast contains a reading of ‘The Pulley’ by George Herbert Used under Fair Usage for Educational purposes. Source:  https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44370/the-pulley   For more videos and podcasts on poetry visit the Litpoetry website at https://www.litpoetry.com/     This audio adaptation, video and podcast is copyrighted, © James Laidler (Litpoetry) Litpoetry Podcast editor, Sound Engineer and Designer: James Laidler...

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This Podcast contains a reading of 'Dover Beach' by Matthew Arnold https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43588/dover-beach   For more resources and information on poetry visit the Litpoetry website at https://www.litpoetry.com/  This audio adaptation and podcast is copyrighted, © James Laidler (Litpoetry) Litpoetry Podcast editor, Sound Engineer and Designer: James Laidler   Email: jamesdlaidler@gmail.com 

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This Podcast contains a reading of ‘Medusa’ by Carol Ann Duffy. Used under Fair Usage for Educational purposes.   Source: https://genius.com/Carol-ann-duffy-medusa-annotated  For more videos and podcasts on poetry visit the Litpoetry website at https://www.litpoetry.com/    This audio adaptation, video and podcast is copyrighted, © James Laidler (Litpoetry) Litpoetry Podcast editor, Sound Engineer and Designer: James Laidler Email:...

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For more videos and podcasts on poetry visit the Litpoetry website at https://www.litpoetry.com/     This Podcast contains a reading of ‘The River Merchant’s Wife’ by Ezra Pound. Used under Fair Usage for Educational purposes.  Source:  https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47692/the-river-merchants-wife-a-letter-56d22853677f9   Poetry recital performed by ‘Jodie Foster’  (used under ‘fair usage’ for teaching purposes and as a wor...

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This video contains a reading of ‘God’s Grandeur’ by Gerard Manly Hopkins Used under Fair Usage for Educational purposes.  Source:   https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44395/gods-grandeur

Poetry recital performed by ‘King Charles’  (used under ‘fair usage’ for teaching purposes and as a work of art that is ‘transformative’ of its original source material).

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This Podcast contains a reading of ‘Preludes’ by T. S. Eliot. Used under Fair Usage for Educational purposes.   https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44214/preludes-56d22338dc954   Poetry recital performed by ‘Jeremy Irons’  (used under ‘fair usage’ for teaching purposes and as a work of art that is ‘transformative’ of its original source material). For more videos and podcasts on poetry visit the Litpoetry website at https://www....

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This Podcast contains a reading of ‘‘The Solitary Reaper’ by William Wordsworth. Used under Fair Usage for Educational purposes.   Source: The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats (1989) https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45554/the-solitary-reaper   Poetry recital performed by ‘Michael Sheen’  (used under ‘fair usage’ for teaching purposes and as a work of art that is ‘transformative’ of its original source material). For more videos...

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Poetry recital performed by ‘John Lithgow’ from the audio recording: ‘The Poets' Corner’, 2007 (used under ‘fair usage’ for teaching purposes and as a work of art that is ‘transformative’ of its original source material. For more resources and information on poetry visit the Litpoetry website at https://www.litpoetry.com/   This audio adaptation and podcast is copyrighted, © James Laidler (Litpoetry) Litpoetry Podcast editor, Sound...

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This Podcast contains a reading of ‘To a Skylark’ by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Read by Michael Sheen. Used under Fair Usage for Educational purposes.  https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45146/to-a-skylark   For more videos and podcasts on poetry visit the Litpoetry website at https://www.litpoetry.com/      This audio adaptation and podcast is copyrighted, © James Laidler (Litpoetry) Litpoetry Podcast editor, Sound Engineer and Des...

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'Song: Sweetest Love, I Do Not Go' by John Donne (The Litpoetry Podcast: Season 5, Episode 3) Litpoetry: Poetry analysis resources & study guides of famous poems. Giving definition and foundation to poetic knowledge through lessons, videos and podcasts. This Podcast contains a reading of ‘Song: Sweetest Love, I do not go’ by John Donne. Poetry recital performed by Richard Burton.  Used under Fair Usage for Educational purposes.  Fo...

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