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Caleb Parkin

Poet Caleb Parkin joins Roger McGough to share some favourite poems from amongst our listeners' requests and recommendations.

Caleb Parkin selects some favourite poems from amongst our listeners' requests and recommendations. His picks include poems by William Carlos Williams, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Kei Miller, Gail McConnell, Billy Collins, and more...

Caleb Parkin is the current Bristol City Poet, where his poem commissions react to local politics, work with migrant communities in the city, and more recently have responded to Pride and the Platinum Jubilee. His debut poetry collection, This Fruiting Body, is a playful invitation to a queer eco-poetics, which plunges us into octopus raves and beyond...

With special thanks to all the poets who recorded their poems for us, and to The Poetry Archive for their permission to use their recording of 'Earth Cries' by Jean Binta Breeze.

Photo credit: Paul Samuel White

Produced by Becky Ripley

28 minutes

Last on

Sat 11 Jun 2022 23:30

This Week's Poems


鈥楧anse Russe鈥

by William Carlos Williams

Taken from 鈥淐ollected Poems Volume I: 1909-1939鈥
Published by Carcanet

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鈥楳eals of Grief and Happiness鈥

by Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Taken from 鈥淥ceanic鈥

Published by Copper Canyon Press

鈥楻辞产辞产濒补肠办产颈谤诲鈥

by Suzannah Evans,

Taken from 鈥淣ear Future鈥

Published by Nine Arches

鈥楬ere Where Run the Wild Deer鈥

by Kei Miller

Taken from 鈥淚n Nearby Bushes鈥

Published by Carcanet

鈥楥耻迟迟濒别蹿颈蝉丑鈥

by Gail McConnell

Taken from 鈥淔othermather鈥

Published by Ink, Sweat & Tears

鈥楨ight Kinds of Love鈥

by Caleb Parkin

Taken from 鈥淭his Fruiting Body鈥

Published by Nine Arches

鈥楢s if to Demonstrate an Eclipse鈥

by Billy Collins

Taken from 鈥淣ine Horses鈥

Published by Picador

鈥楨arth Cries鈥

by Jean Binta Breeze

Taken from 鈥淭he Arrival of Brighteye鈥

Published by Bloodaxe

Recording听漏听The Poetry Archive, used by permission of The Poetry Archive

鈥業f the Earth is My Mother鈥

by Caleb Parkin
Taken from 鈥淭his Fruiting Body鈥
Published by Nine Arches Press

鈥楾he Weighing鈥

by Jane Hirshfield听听听听听听听听听听
Taken from Each Happiness Ringed by Lions: Selected Poems (2005)听

Published by Bloodaxe Books听

Broadcasts

  • Sun 5 Jun 2022 16:30
  • Sat 11 Jun 2022 23:30