School of Poetry
11 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 4 years ago -‘School of Poetry’ is a podcast dedicated to discussing and analysing the good – and the not so good – within the world of poetry. With fresh poems and new themes to discuss in each episode, Loughborough University’s Dr Oli Tearle and other guest academics will bring their knowledge and expertise to this fun, yet educational, new show.Interact with Oli and guests on Twitter by following @LboroEnglish.
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Episodes
Episode 8 - AI Poetry, Unexpected Coal-Trucks and Milton
June 08, 2020 08:00 - 51 minutes - 35.5 MBHost Dr Oli Tearle is joined by Dr Barbara Cooke and Dr Kerry Featherstone to for the first-ever video version of the show, where they discuss John Milton's 'On His Blindness' ('When I consider how my light is spent'), poetry by artificial intelligence that is 'So Bad, It's Good' and a (not so) contemporary poem by Carolyn Forché - 'The Visitor'.
Episode 7 - Transport, Autogeddon and Fire Eating with Bob Hoskins
October 30, 2019 10:00 - 55 minutes - 37.9 MBDr Oliver Tearle hosts another episode of 'School of Poetry', and is joined by returning guests Dr Sarah Parker and Dr Andrew Dix. The trio discusses transport poetry, including 'Ballade of an Omnibus' by Amy Levy, Heathcote Williams's 'Autogeddon', some interesting entries from Henry David Thoreau... and the works of Hope Mirrlees.
Episode 6 - Poets and their Pets, including Cats, Dogs and Byron's Bear...
August 14, 2019 13:00 - 1 hour - 47.2 MB“For secondly”... School of Poetry’s second episode of season two looks at Christopher Smart from Jubilate Agno, A Popular Personage at Home by Thomas Hardy and more as part of Poets and their Pets...
Episode 6 - Poets and their Pets, including Cats, Dogs and Byron's Bear...
August 14, 2019 13:00 - 1 hour - 47.2 MB“For secondly”... School of Poetry’s second episode of season two looks at Christopher Smart from Jubilate Agno, A Popular Personage at Home by Thomas Hardy and more as part of Poets and their Pets...
Episode 5 - First poems, a Beautiful Bowel Movement and is rap poetry?
March 21, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 33.3 MBDr Oli Tearle is joined by Anne-Marie Beller and Dr Andrew Dix for the new season of School of Poetry, kicking off on World Poetry Day with a bumper edition featuring the likes of Lewis Carroll, Anne Bradstreet, T. E. Hulme, Sterling A Brown and John Updike.
Episode 5 - First poems, a Beautiful Bowel Movement and is rap poetry?
March 21, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 33.3 MBDr Oli Tearle is joined by Anne-Marie Beller and Dr Andrew Dix for the new season of School of Poetry, kicking off on World Poetry Day with a bumper edition featuring the likes of Lewis Carroll, Anne Bradstreet, T. E. Hulme, Sterling A Brown and John Updike.
Episode 4 - Treasonous Mince Pies, Bleak Midwinters... and Not So Happy Christmas
December 12, 2018 08:00 - 49 minutes - 22.7 MBDr Oli Tearle is joined by Dr Sara Read and Dr Barbara Cooke for the School of Poetry Christmas special... though there seems to be a lot of doom and gloom... Find out why.
Episode 3 - Brontë, Break-ups and Royal Raps
September 18, 2018 04:00 - 47 minutes - 22 MBDr Oli Tearle is joined by guests Dr Sarah Parker and Dr Claire O'Callaghan for another entertaining discussion. This episode, the trio focus on Emily Jane Bronte’s 'If Grief for Grief Can Touch Thee', the works of Iris Tree and a Royal rap poem penned for Prince William's 21st birthday.
Episode 2 - Cat Poetry, Dickinson, Symons and Why 'Plop and Flop' Lacks Tragic Grandeur
June 01, 2018 04:00 - 56 minutes - 26.1 MBReturning for the second episode of ‘School of Poetry’, host Dr Oli Tearle is accompanied by guests Dr Carol Bolton and Dr Nick Freeman to discuss Emily Dickinson, Arthur Symons, cats and share a laugh over our ‘So Bad, It’s Good’ moment.‘School of Poetry’ is a podcast dedicated to discussing and analysing the good – and the not so good – within the world of poetry. With fresh poems and new themes to discuss in each episode, Loughborough University’s Dr Oli Tearle and other guest academics wi...
Episode 1 - Spring, a 'Dairy Ode' and Leicestershire Poetry
March 21, 2018 04:00 - 46 minutes - 21.8 MBAs March draws to a close, host Dr Oli Tearle is accompanied by guests Dr Sarah Parker and Dr Kerry Featherstone to contemplate the theme of spring. Kicking off with a reading of ‘Spring’ by Edna St. Vincent Millay, our experts discuss an interesting ‘Dairy Ode’ that is So Bad It’s Good, when you should read aloud to your cat, and the modern poetry of Leicestershire. Featured poem: To what purpose, April, do you return again? Beauty is not enough. You can no longer quiet me with the re...
School of Poetry - Welcome
March 12, 2018 04:00 - 29 seconds - 323 KBSchool of Poetry is a podcast dedicated to discussing and analysing the good – and the not so good – within the world of poetry. Our first show launches on World Poetry Day, 21 March 2018, so hit the subscribe button to listen in.Follow us on Twitter - @LboroEnglish