I hate the modern way of reading out poetry. #PoetryPlease could be just the thing to see the radio oofftt out of the window.

Roger McGough: ‘How often do I have sex? Hang on, I’ll find out … Alexa, how often do I have …’ The poet on running across a minefield, being bewitched at a bus stop, and his 88th birthday celebrations

Happy 88th Birthday to the irrepressible Roger Mcgough! #poetryplease @bbcradio4

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Anyone want to have a go at RFK-ifying some classic poetry?

Pam Ayres - “oh I wish I’d looked after my queef”

Dylan Thomas - “Do not go genital into that good night”

Lewis Carol - “Jabbercocky”

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@poems-not-opinions.bsky.social & @niallpoetry.bsky.social shortlisted for @forwardprizes.bsky.social; @pascalepetit.bsky.social on #PoetryPlease; #FleurAdcock's Dragon Talk on #AGoodRead; #JaneCommane & #KayceeHill @societyofauthors.bsky.social awards; & much more!

Poetry Please - Pascale Petit - BBC Sounds Roger McGough talks to French British poet Pascale Petit.

‘When the teacher read out ‘Ode to a Nightingale’, I think I was sixteen then, I instantly knew I wanted to be a poet…’ the wonderful @pascalepetit.bsky.social . Samuel West reading #Keats = a brilliant half hour of #poetry
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Moments of Consequence: short stories A collection of short stories: comedies, tragedies and histories. What is the true value of an old tea pot? What happened on an uneventful day in Gloucestershire? Has anyone stopped to look at a monum...

I was delighted to hear Addlestrop read on #Radio4 's #PoetryPlease, just now, although Edward Thomas’s depiction of peaceful inactivity was quite misplaced, as I reveal in my short story “It Was Late June,” to be found in “Moments of Consequence” amzn.to/4jiJgk9 free on (#KindleUnlimited)

Poetry Please - Danez Smith - BBC Sounds American poet and performer Danez Smith makes a selection from your poetry requests.

The genius who is…
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She'll get her kicks vicariously through Hannah and Chris #TheArchers #PoetryPlease