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

Episode 64 A Crocodile by Thomas Lovell Beddoes Mark McGuinness reads and discusses ‘A Crocodile’ by Thomas Lovell Beddoes. https://media.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/content.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/63_A_Crocodile_by_Thomas_Lovell_Beddoes.mp3 Poet Thomas Lovell Beddoes Reading and commentary by Mark McGuinness A Crocodile By Thomas Lovell Beddoes Hard by the lilied Nile I saw A duskish river-dragon stretched along, The brown habergeon of his limbs enamelled With sanguine almandines and rainy pearl: And on his back there lay a young one sleeping, No bigger than a mouse; with eyes li ..read more

Episode 61 The Maldive Shark by Herman Melville Mark McGuinness reads and discusses The Maldive Shark by Herman Melville. https://media.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/content.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/61_The_Maldive_Shark_by_Herman_Melville.mp3 Poet Herman Melville Reading and commentary by Mark McGuinness The Maldive Shark By Herman Melville About the Shark, phlegmatical one, Pale sot of the Maldive sea, The sleek little pilot-fish, azure and slim, How alert in attendance be. From his saw-pit of mouth, from his charnel of maw They have nothing of harm to dread, But liquidly glide on h ..read more

Episode 60 The Future of A Mouthful of Air Mark McGuinness takes you behind the scenes of the podcast, with an update on what’s coming next for the show – and how you can help us connect more poets with more listeners. https://media.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/content.blubrry.com/amouthfulofair/60_The_Future_of_A_Mouthful_of_Air.mp3 Podcast transcript Hello, it’s Mark , with an interlude between our usual episodes. Today is a special episode, it is not only our 60th episode but it is also just over 2 years since we started the podcast. And that means we are entering a new phase of A Mouthf ..read more

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