This episode includes an interview from Theophilus Qwek, where he discusses his life in poetry, both in Singapore and Oxford and reads from his new Carcanet collection, 'Commonwealth'.

The prompt for submissions was 'borders' and I was grateful to Jane Duran for recording two of her Palestine poems for the episode. There are also poems from Jess Mookherjee, Helen Overell ,Lizzie Ballagher, Isabela Basombrío Hoban, Paul Walton, Jane Thomas, Gwyn Carney, Marco Giudici and John White.

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The theme for this episode was garden. You can find poems from David Constantine, Jane Burn, Paul Surman, Lizzie Ballagher, Simon Maddrell, Trish Broomfield, Dinah Livingstone and Inge Milfull.

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In this episode, you can hear Tony Curtis, the distinguished Welsh poet and Professor Emeritus of Creative Writing at South Wales University, talking about his life in poetry and his new book, Leaving the Hills.

The prompt for this episode was 'moving' which could be interpreted as anything from some kind of physical movement to the power of emotions. There are poems from Maggie Hall, Richard Lister, Dinah Livingstone, Fiona Perry, Heather Moulson, Helen Overell, Kate Young, Michael Klimeš, Adam Shaw and Lizzie Ballagher.

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This episode had the prompt 'rule making and/or rule breaking'.

It includes an interview with pot and playwright,Jack Nicholls, who also gives a short reading from his work. Claire Cox explains the process behind her sonnet sequence which appeared in The Long Poem Magazine, Issue 32 and reads some of the poems. Other poets include Helen Hall, Sean Burke, Anne Bailey, Philippa Ramsden, Derek Sellen, Claire Parker and Trish Broomfield

This episode explores the relationship between poetry and music. Malcolm Atkins talks about setting text to music and includes performances of Blake, Hopkins and contemporary poets. He finishes with Lament for Gaza, put together by the Confluence Collective. We have an extract from Sarah Acton's long poem, Book of the Exe, accompanied by musician, Emma Welton. Diana Sanders curates a selection of poems, music and soundscape from 'I Am Nature'. In addition, there are poems which are not accompanied by music but which are, in different ways, concerned with music. More information can be found at poetryworthhearing.biz and comments and suggestions should be sent to poetryworthhearing@gmail.com

This episode had as its theme 'losing and / or finding'.It includes a poem from David Constantine about losing and finding, as well as apiece from Caroline Maldonado talking about her book, Mirror and Stone , in which, with the artist, Garry Lennard, she 'finds' Michelangelo. There are also poems from Eugene O'Hare, Kate Young, Lizzie Ballagher, Joseph Long, Claire Parker, Eva Wal, Elizabeth Barton, Helen Overell, Rebecca Wheatley, Fokkina McDonnell, Nicholas McGaughey, Jenny Hockey, Jane Newberry and Trisha Broomfield.

This episode has the theme 'canonical' and features an interview with the founder of Live Canon and poems by John Greening, Laura Varnam, Matt Bryden, Beck Reynolds, Margot Myers, Nick Grundy, Rosie Jackson and Inge Milfull. Information on poets and publications and texts of unpublished poems at poetryworthhearing.biz

This episode features the Northern Ireland poet, Matthew Rice, who talks about his poetic journey and reads from his work. The theme for this episode was 'inside / outside' and it includes poems by Alison Jones, John White, Helen Overell, Clare Starling, Pat Winslow, Jane Thomas, Susan Thomas, Guy Jones, Polly Walshe, Maureen Jivani, Julia Webb, John Daniel, Diana Bell, Lizzie Ballagher, Stephen Claughton and Lucy Ingrams.

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