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Frank Skinner's Poetry Podcast

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Frank Skinner loves poetry. And he thinks you might like it too. Join Frank each week as he takes you through some of his choice picks of poems. There may be laughter. There may be tears. Th...

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Listen to Frank Skinner's Poetry Podcast, a Arts podcast by Avalon . Stream 88 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.

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George Herbert

Frank gets excited about the brilliant 17th Century poet, George Herbert. The poems referenced are “The Collar” and “The Pulley”, both by Ge...

53:45Apr 29, 2026

Erasure Poetry

Frank explores poems stowed away in prose, as revealed by Nicole Sealey and Emma Filtness. The collections referenced are “The Ferguson Repo...

41:31Apr 22, 2026

Poetry Anthologies

Frank celebrates the joys of wallowing in a big fat poetry anthology, in this case "A Century of Poetry in the New Yorker: 1925-2025". The p...

59:55Apr 15, 2026

Jack Clemo

Frank loves the clay, machinery and scary religion in the poetry of Jack Clemo. The poems reference are ‘A Calvinist in Love’, ‘Christ in th...

37:44Aug 27, 2025

Greta Stoddart

The poet, Greta Stoddart, instructs Frank on the deeper meanings of three tulips in a milk bottle. The poems referenced are ‘Fool’ and ‘Thre...

53:02Aug 20, 2025

Scott McKendry

Frank joins a secret society with Pebbles Flintstone and the poet, Scott McKendry. The poems referenced are ‘Keepers of the Pedigree’ and ‘H...

37:20Aug 13, 2025

Amy Clampitt

Frank finds the beauty in Amy Clampitt's poetry and written-off cars. The poem referenced is ‘Salvage’ from ‘The Kingfisher’. Learn more abo...

36:43Aug 6, 2025

Rebecca Goss

The poet, Rebecca Goss, shows Frank life in a rearview mirror. The poems referenced are ‘Pheasant in Rear-View Mirror’ and ‘Sylvia’ Learn mo...

45:15Jul 30, 2025

RS Thomas

Frank shares a pulpit with RS Thomas. The poems referenced are ‘Border Blues’, ‘Service’ and ‘Poetry For Supper’. Learn more about your ad c...

39:29Jul 23, 2025

Mona Van Duyn

Frank is very moved by what the poet, Mona Van Duyn, can do with an eraser. The poem referenced is ‘The Creation’ by Mona Van Duyn. Learn mo...

50:57Jan 1, 2025

Craig Raine

Frank and the poet, Craig Raine, explore a disused botanical garden. The poems referenced are ‘A Martian Sends a Postcard Home’, ‘Listen Wit...

54:58Dec 25, 2024

Wislawa Szymborska

Frank and the poet, Wislawa Szymborska, discover how many people actually like poetry. The poems referenced are ‘Plato, or Why’ and ‘Some Li...

51:28Dec 18, 2024

Seamus Heaney

Frank spends a day in Belfast, wallowing in the poetry of Seamus Heaney. The poem referenced are ‘Personal Helicon’ from ‘Death of a Natural...

46:26Dec 11, 2024

Ruth Padel

A poem by Ruth Padel results in Frank staring, for 15 minutes, at an embroidery of an elephant. The poem referenced is ‘Mary’s Elephant, Eli...

49:50Dec 4, 2024

Frank O'Hara

Frank is more than slightly besotted with ‘Lunch Poems’ by Frank O'Hara. The poems referenced are ‘Personal Poem’ and ‘The Day Lady Died’ by...

61:47Nov 27, 2024

Rebecca Hawkes

Frank gets very excited about the Rebecca Hawkes collection, ‘Meat Lovers’. The poems referenced are ‘After The Blizzard I Followed My Mothe...

47:03Nov 20, 2024

Dylan Thomas

Frank spends the night in Dylan Thomas' bedroom. The poems referenced are ‘And Death Shall Have No Dominion’, ‘Do Not Go Gentle Into That Go...

54:33Nov 13, 2024

Martin Bell

Frank loves a hard-drinking, hard-smoking Polytechnic lecturer like Martin Bell, especially when he is offering poetic praise to Groucho Mar...

47:38Feb 28, 2024

Jo Shapcott

Jo Shapcott sends Frank, an enthusiastic tree-hugger, into a sap-soaked frenzy. The collection referenced is ‘Of Mutability’. The poems refe...

58:03Feb 21, 2024

Sasha Dugdale

Frank stands in awe as Sasha Dugdale sends a frighteningly honest Valentine’s message. The collection referenced is ‘Joy’ by Sasha Dugdale....

36:41Feb 14, 2024

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