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Episode 70 Drinking Ode by Matthew Buckley Smith   Matthew Buckley Smith reads ‘Drinking Ode’ and discusses the poem with Mark McGuinness. https://media.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/content.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/70_Drinking_Ode_by_Matthew_Buckley_Smith.mp3 This poem is from: Homunculus Available from: Midlife is available from: The publisher: Measure Press Amazon: UK | US Bookshop.org: US   Drinking Ode by Matthew Buckley Smith for R Drink with me, old man — there’s no time And no use trying to be good. Our flesh was supple, our thoughts sublime ..read more

Episode 69 The Great Fire of London, from Annus Mirabilis by John Dryden Mark McGuinness reads and discusses a passage about the Great Fire of London from Annus Mirabilis by John Dryden. https://media.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/content.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/69_The_Great_Fire_of_London_from_Annus_Mirabilis_by_John_Dryden.mp3 Poet John Dryden Reading and commentary by Mark McGuinness The Great Fire of London, from Annus Mirabilis By John Dryden Such was the rise of this prodigious fire,     Which, in mean buildings first obscurely bred, From thence did soon to ..read more

Episode 68 Pregnant Teenager and Her Mama by Carrie Etter   Carrie Etter reads ‘Pregnant Teenager and Her Mama’ and discusses the poem with Mark McGuinness. https://media.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/content.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/68_Pregnant_Teenager_and_Her_Mama_by_Carrie_Etter.mp3 This poem is from: Grief’s Alphabet Available from: Grief’s Alphabet is available from: The publisher: Seren Books Amazon: UK | US Bookshop.org: UK | US   Pregnant Teenager and Her Mama by Carrie Etter You eat and eat and tremble. You tremble and eat, and your mother watches you ..read more

Episode 67 To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell Mark McGuinness reads and discusses ‘To His Coy Mistress’ by Andrew Marvell. https://media.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/content.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/67_To_His_Coy_Mistress_by_Andrew_Marvell.mp3 Poet Andrew Marvell Reading and commentary by Mark McGuinness To His Coy Mistress By Andrew Marvell Had we but world enough and time, This coyness, lady, were no crime. We would sit down, and think which way To walk, and pass our long love’s day. Thou by the Indian Ganges’ side Shouldst rubies find; I by the tide Of Humber would complain. I ..read more

Episode 66 Homunculus by the Shore by Luke Palmer   Luke Palmer reads ‘Homunculus by the Shore’ and discusses the poem with Mark McGuinness. https://media.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/content.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/66_Homunculus_by_the_Shore_by_Luke_Palmer.mp3 This poem is from: Homunculus Available from: Homunculus is available from: The publisher: Broken Sleep Books Amazon: UK | US Bookshop.org: US   Homunculus by the Shore by Luke Palmer at the tideline with my father              we are the only uprights sea ..read more

Episode 65 Sextain by William Drummond of Hawthornden Mark McGuinness reads and discusses ‘Sextain’ by William Drummond of Hawthornden. https://media.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/content.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/65_Sextain_by_William_Drummond_of_Hawthornden.mp3 Poet William Drummond of Hawthornden Reading and commentary by Mark McGuinness Sextain By William Drummond of Hawthornden The Heaven doth not contain so many stars, So many leaves not prostrate lie in woods When autumn’s old and Boreas sounds his wars, So many waves have not the ocean floods, As my rent mind hath torments all ..read more

Episode 64 DIY Sestina: What Would You Ask the Artist? by Terrance Hayes   Terrance Hayes reads ‘DIY Sestina: What Would You Ask the Artist?’ and discusses the poem with Mark McGuinness. https://media.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/content.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/64_DIY_Sestina_What_Would_You_Ask_the_Artist_by_Terrance_Hayes.mp3 This poem is from: So To Speak Available from: So To Speak is available from: The publisher: Penguin Amazon: UK | US Bookshop.org: UK | US   DIY Sestina: What Would You Ask the Artist? by Terrance Hayes Dear Painter, can you share how ..read more