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British poet Helen Wing has spent the past 20 years living between the UK, China and the Middle East, experiencing first-hand the human impact of poetry across borders. On The Elixir Poetry Podcast, she asks anonymous individuals from around the world to read the poem that has touched them the most, and to unveil why. (Each episode includes original music)
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Update frequency:
every 18 days
Average audio length:
21 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
47 episodes
since May 29, 2024
episodic
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In this episode of Elixir, Helen is talking to Andrea about the Old English poem called ‘Wulf and Eadwacer’ which appears in the Exeter Book (c.1000)
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In this episode of Elixir, Helen is talking to Laurier Tiernan about his poetry book Fifty-Five Ways to Survive, Cinquante-cinq voies de survie (Poésie visuelle pour la résilience | Graphic Poetry for Strength | English and French. En français et en anglais)
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In this episode of Elixir, Helen is talking to Carlotta about the poem ‘Yo misma fui mi ruta’ by the Puerto Rican poet Julia de Burgos (1914-1953)
Carlotta and Helen explore themes of identity, belonging, and the personal connection she feels to the poem having travelled to Latin America from the U…
In this moving episode, Helen talks with Rana, a teacher and poet from Gaza, who shares her heartfelt poem“My Motherland.” Written during her first journey away from home, the poem captures her love and longing for Palestine.
Rana reflects on poetry as a way to heal, remember, and resist, and share…
In this episode of Elixir, Helen is talking to Sunny about his own poems.
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Support The Elixir Poetry Podcast, buy Helen a coffee buymeacoffee.com/helenwing The Podcast is Produced by Tom Platts at Sound SapienAll Music Composed by Tom Plattssoundsapi…
In this episode of Elixir, Helen is talking to Dawn McMahon about the poem ‘How to Triumph Like a Girl’ by Ada Limón (1976-).
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In this episode of Elixir, Helen is talking to Tad about the poem ‘The Darkling Thrush’ by Thomas Hardy (1840-1928).
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Support The Elixir Poetry Podcast, buy Helen a coffee buymeacoffee.com/helenwing The Podcast is Produced by Tom Platts at Sound Sapi…
In this episode of Elixir, Helen is talking to Meron Berhanu about her poetry. Meron is from London with Ethiopian heritage.
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In this episode of Elixir, Helen is talking to the translator Nicky Harman about the Chinese poet Han Dong (1961-)
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In this episode of Elixir, Helen is talking to Mark Saunders, a writer and broadcaster, about ‘She Walks in Beauty’ by Lord Byron (1788—1824)
Topics:
Physical & inner beauty
Beauty in the world around us
How Poetry got Mark into reading books
No one should tell you how you should interpret Sh…
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