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]]> false Andrew Smith ajsmithy18@yahoo.co.nz 63a0db2785dfa600118c2c4b smith-notes episodic https://assets.pippa.io/shows/63a0db2785dfa600118c2c4b/1752474244441-302cea3f-0642-4f15-b6a6-5f01fba88679.jpeg https://shows.acast.com/poetaster The Poetaster <![CDATA[Philip Larkin, "Solar"]]> Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:00:00 GMT 14:39 69e9979d6e5b90839a610736 false https://shows.acast.com/smith-notes/episodes/philip-larkin-solar 69e9979d6e5b90839a610736 63a0db2785dfa600118c2c4b philip-larkin-solar full 31 Tim and Andrew bid farewell to Andrew's kitchen, at least for a few weeks, and indulge in a semi-professional recording studio. Full of the milk of human kindness as a result, Tim shrugs off his grumpy demeanour, and leads a discussion of the lifegiving qualities of the sun, as described by fellow curmudgeon Philip Larkin in his poem "Solar".

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]]> Tim and Andrew bid farewell to Andrew's kitchen, at least for a few weeks, and indulge in a semi-professional recording studio. Full of the milk of human kindness as a result, Tim shrugs off his grumpy demeanour, and leads a discussion of the lifegiving qualities of the sun, as described by fellow curmudgeon Philip Larkin in his poem "Solar".

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]]> <![CDATA[Selina Tusitala Marsh, "Two Nudes on a Tahitian Beach, 1894"]]> Thu, 16 Apr 2026 19:00:00 GMT 18:49 69e0b08e501ebe6715f7558d false https://shows.acast.com/smith-notes/episodes/selina-tusitala-marsh 69e0b08e501ebe6715f7558d 63a0db2785dfa600118c2c4b selina-tusitala-marsh full 30 More poetry about art - this time from current Commonwealth Poet Laureate, Selina Tusitala Marsh, who is "pissed off" at Paul Gauguin's depictions of nude women on a Tahitian beach.

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]]> More poetry about art - this time from current Commonwealth Poet Laureate, Selina Tusitala Marsh, who is "pissed off" at Paul Gauguin's depictions of nude women on a Tahitian beach.

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]]> <![CDATA[David Gascoyne, "Tenebrae"]]> Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:00:00 GMT 15:25 69cddfeaab5d25f9c999ac4d false https://shows.acast.com/smith-notes/episodes/david-gascoyne 69cddfeaab5d25f9c999ac4d 63a0db2785dfa600118c2c4b david-gascoyne full 29 For Good Friday, Tim and Andy talk about another Easter poem, this time from twentieth-century surrealist David Gascoyne.

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]]> For Good Friday, Tim and Andy talk about another Easter poem, this time from twentieth-century surrealist David Gascoyne.

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]]> <![CDATA[John Donne, "Crucifying"]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 18:00:00 GMT 22:29 69c49b211d78c4aa57f2a22f false https://shows.acast.com/smith-notes/episodes/john-donne 69c49b211d78c4aa57f2a22f 63a0db2785dfa600118c2c4b john-donne full 28 Tim is frantically doing his homework ahead of Easter celebrations, and is keen to bounce some ideas around about John Donne's poem "Crucifying". Metaphysical poets need a fair bit of unpacking but does this limit the emotional connection we feel with the poetry itself?

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]]> Tim is frantically doing his homework ahead of Easter celebrations, and is keen to bounce some ideas around about John Donne's poem "Crucifying". Metaphysical poets need a fair bit of unpacking but does this limit the emotional connection we feel with the poetry itself?

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]]> Alexander Pope Alexander Pope Thu, 19 Mar 2026 18:00:00 GMT 15:10 69bb76b76a048c4e8ef47a5c false https://shows.acast.com/smith-notes/episodes/alexander-pope 69bb76b76a048c4e8ef47a5c 63a0db2785dfa600118c2c4b alexander-pope full 27 Andy is solo for this quick trot through Augustan poetry and the work of its leading writer, Alexander Pope. Balance, harmony, wit, and style are hallmarks of Pope's idea of good poetry, and we have a look at how these come through in the "Essay on Criticism" and "On a Certain Lady at Court".

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]]> Andy is solo for this quick trot through Augustan poetry and the work of its leading writer, Alexander Pope. Balance, harmony, wit, and style are hallmarks of Pope's idea of good poetry, and we have a look at how these come through in the "Essay on Criticism" and "On a Certain Lady at Court".

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]]> <![CDATA[Vincent O'Sullivan, "Blame Vermeer"]]> Thu, 12 Mar 2026 23:25:19 GMT 16:35 69b34b5f6250eadca2f62021 false https://shows.acast.com/smith-notes/episodes/blame-vermeer 69b34b5f6250eadca2f62021 63a0db2785dfa600118c2c4b blame-vermeer full 26 Andy and Tim discuss Vincent O'Sullivan's response to the famous painting "The Milkmaid" by Vermeer. What happened before this woman started pouring the milk; what will happen after; and when did ordinary moments of everyday life become the subject of poetry?

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]]> Andy and Tim discuss Vincent O'Sullivan's response to the famous painting "The Milkmaid" by Vermeer. What happened before this woman started pouring the milk; what will happen after; and when did ordinary moments of everyday life become the subject of poetry?

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]]> <![CDATA[Denis Glover, "Sings Harry (2)"]]> Thu, 05 Mar 2026 18:00:00 GMT 12:37 69a62a41c6f68bd589b0f0c2 false https://shows.acast.com/smith-notes/episodes/glover-sings-harry-2 69a62a41c6f68bd589b0f0c2 63a0db2785dfa600118c2c4b glover-sings-harry-2 full 25 Denis Glover was at the heart of the New Zealand poetry scene in the mid-twentieth century, and in this episode Andrew and Tim discuss one of the poems in Glover's "Sings Harry" sequence, featuring a farmer musing about his place in the world as he works the land.

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]]> Denis Glover was at the heart of the New Zealand poetry scene in the mid-twentieth century, and in this episode Andrew and Tim discuss one of the poems in Glover's "Sings Harry" sequence, featuring a farmer musing about his place in the world as he works the land.

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]]> <![CDATA[John Clare, "The Yellowhammer's Nest"]]> Thu, 26 Feb 2026 18:00:00 GMT 13:50 699fbe92f5ae85b4a2b5eb35 false https://shows.acast.com/smith-notes/episodes/yellowhammers-nest 699fbe92f5ae85b4a2b5eb35 63a0db2785dfa600118c2c4b yellowhammers-nest full 24 Join Tim and Andrew as they dive into the English undergrowth in the company of the Romantic period's version of David Attenborough, Northamptonshire Peasant Poet John Clare.

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]]> Join Tim and Andrew as they dive into the English undergrowth in the company of the Romantic period's version of David Attenborough, Northamptonshire Peasant Poet John Clare.

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]]> <![CDATA[Francis Thompson, "At Lords"]]> Thu, 19 Feb 2026 18:00:00 GMT 13:40 69966070e1d8773119dd4c0e false https://shows.acast.com/smith-notes/episodes/at-lords 69966070e1d8773119dd4c0e 63a0db2785dfa600118c2c4b at-lords full 23 Cricket tragics Tim and Andrew reunite for the first episode of 2026 to discuss Francis Thompson's gently elegiac "At Lords".

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]]> Cricket tragics Tim and Andrew reunite for the first episode of 2026 to discuss Francis Thompson's gently elegiac "At Lords".

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]]> <![CDATA[Carol Ann Duffy, "Letters from Dead Men"]]> Thu, 06 Nov 2025 18:00:00 GMT 18:25 690c166c2f5fdede3460dade false https://shows.acast.com/smith-notes/episodes/carol-ann-duffy 690c166c2f5fdede3460dade 63a0db2785dfa600118c2c4b carol-ann-duffy full 22 How do we hope we'll be remembered after we're dead? Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy imagines the sorts of requests the living might receive from the dead, poking a bit of fun at the expectations, pretensions and delusions of dead men in particular.

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]]> How do we hope we'll be remembered after we're dead? Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy imagines the sorts of requests the living might receive from the dead, poking a bit of fun at the expectations, pretensions and delusions of dead men in particular.

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]]> <![CDATA[Seamus Heaney, "The Turnip Snedder"]]> Thu, 30 Oct 2025 22:08:26 GMT 13:05 6903e1da95ee8b18151bc04a false https://shows.acast.com/smith-notes/episodes/turnip-snedder 6903e1da95ee8b18151bc04a 63a0db2785dfa600118c2c4b turnip-snedder full 21 What on earth is a turnip snedder? Tim and Andrew debate this and other questions in their discussion of this poem from Nobel Prize-winning poet, Seamus Heaney.

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]]> What on earth is a turnip snedder? Tim and Andrew debate this and other questions in their discussion of this poem from Nobel Prize-winning poet, Seamus Heaney.

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]]> <![CDATA[Wilfred Owen, "The Parable of the Old Man and the Young"]]> Thu, 23 Oct 2025 18:00:00 GMT 13:01 68f9876a7f8d776a0bab77b0 false https://shows.acast.com/smith-notes/episodes/wilfred-owen 68f9876a7f8d776a0bab77b0 63a0db2785dfa600118c2c4b wilfred-owen full 20 Tim continues to feel belligerent, and gets a bit biblical with Wilfred Owen's "The Parable of the Old Man and the Young". Some people interpret the story of Abraham and Isaac as one of redemption and grace. But not Owen . . .

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]]> Tim continues to feel belligerent, and gets a bit biblical with Wilfred Owen's "The Parable of the Old Man and the Young". Some people interpret the story of Abraham and Isaac as one of redemption and grace. But not Owen . . .

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]]> Wisława Szymborska, The End and the Beginning Wisława Szymborska, The End and the Beginning Thu, 16 Oct 2025 18:00:00 GMT 13:40 68f020b65fb0875a113c5fba false https://shows.acast.com/smith-notes/episodes/end-and-the-beginning 68f020b65fb0875a113c5fba 63a0db2785dfa600118c2c4b end-and-the-beginning full 19 Tim is in a belligerent mood and introduces Andrew to a poem by Polish Nobel-Prize-winning poet Wisława Szymborska, translated by Joanna Trzeciak. As well as discussing the aftermath of war, Tim and Andrew discuss how poetry in translation works - what stays constant and what you might lose (or gain) by reading poetry in a different language to that in which it was composed.

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]]> Tim is in a belligerent mood and introduces Andrew to a poem by Polish Nobel-Prize-winning poet Wisława Szymborska, translated by Joanna Trzeciak. As well as discussing the aftermath of war, Tim and Andrew discuss how poetry in translation works - what stays constant and what you might lose (or gain) by reading poetry in a different language to that in which it was composed.

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]]> ST Coleridge, Frost at Midnight ST Coleridge, Frost at Midnight Thu, 25 Sep 2025 19:00:00 GMT 26:09 68d1e1667d53f4238e70f418 false https://shows.acast.com/smith-notes/episodes/frost-at-midnight 68d1e1667d53f4238e70f418 63a0db2785dfa600118c2c4b frost-at-midnight full 18 "Frost at Midnight" is one of Coleridge's most well-known poems, and a fantastic example of what has come to be known as the Greater Romantic Lyric. Tim and Andrew discuss Coleridge's attitudes to the natural world, to childhood, and to the imagination - and how the French Revolution inspired poets in this period to imagine a new world.

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]]> "Frost at Midnight" is one of Coleridge's most well-known poems, and a fantastic example of what has come to be known as the Greater Romantic Lyric. Tim and Andrew discuss Coleridge's attitudes to the natural world, to childhood, and to the imagination - and how the French Revolution inspired poets in this period to imagine a new world.

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]]> RS Thomas, Sea Watching RS Thomas, Sea Watching Thu, 18 Sep 2025 19:00:00 GMT 17:53 68cb60e2bcf26cbb56bb4063 false https://shows.acast.com/smith-notes/episodes/sea-watching 68cb60e2bcf26cbb56bb4063 63a0db2785dfa600118c2c4b sea-watching full 17 Tim shares his love for barren, windswept, bleak bird watching in this discussion of R. S. Thomas's poem 'Sea Watching'. Is there music in this scalpel-like poem? How and where do you find God? And why is the poem laid out in funny ways? Listen to find out.

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]]> Tim shares his love for barren, windswept, bleak bird watching in this discussion of R. S. Thomas's poem 'Sea Watching'. Is there music in this scalpel-like poem? How and where do you find God? And why is the poem laid out in funny ways? Listen to find out.

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]]> <![CDATA[Edward Thomas, As the Team's Head Brass]]> Sun, 14 Sep 2025 01:34:22 GMT 17:19 68c61b9f8b1c6a4828c86746 false https://shows.acast.com/smith-notes/episodes/edward-thomas 68c61b9f8b1c6a4828c86746 63a0db2785dfa600118c2c4b edward-thomas full 16 Best known as a World War One poet, Edward Thomas also wrote some beautiful descriptions of English rural life. In "As the Team's Head Brass", he brings these two subjects together and wonders about how war affects those left behind.

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]]> Best known as a World War One poet, Edward Thomas also wrote some beautiful descriptions of English rural life. In "As the Team's Head Brass", he brings these two subjects together and wonders about how war affects those left behind.

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]]> Sylvia Plath, Poppies in July Sylvia Plath, Poppies in July Thu, 04 Sep 2025 19:00:00 GMT 18:56 68b8e5f3ac09b9f650d44de1 false https://shows.acast.com/smith-notes/episodes/sylvia-plath-poppies-in-july 68b8e5f3ac09b9f650d44de1 63a0db2785dfa600118c2c4b sylvia-plath-poppies-in-july full 15 Sylvia Plath is one of the great American poets of the twentieth-century, as famous as much for her personal life as for her poetry. But how far should you allow our knowledge of her biography to influence how we read her poetry? Tim and Andrew think about this as they discuss "Poppies in July".

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]]> Sylvia Plath is one of the great American poets of the twentieth-century, as famous as much for her personal life as for her poetry. But how far should you allow our knowledge of her biography to influence how we read her poetry? Tim and Andrew think about this as they discuss "Poppies in July".

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]]> Peter Bland, Wellington Peter Bland, Wellington Thu, 28 Aug 2025 19:00:00 GMT 18:56 68ad6ab2352b565debebe927 false https://shows.acast.com/smith-notes/episodes/peter-bland-wellington 68ad6ab2352b565debebe927 63a0db2785dfa600118c2c4b peter-bland-wellington full 14 How do you find your bearings in a new place, and can you transplant cultural touchstones from one side of the world to another? Peter Bland has a go at doing just that in "Wellington".

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]]> How do you find your bearings in a new place, and can you transplant cultural touchstones from one side of the world to another? Peter Bland has a go at doing just that in "Wellington".

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]]> George Herbert, Love George Herbert, Love Thu, 21 Aug 2025 19:00:00 GMT 18:30 689a93ba880401ed57c165b1 false https://shows.acast.com/smith-notes/episodes/george-herbert-love 689a93ba880401ed57c165b1 63a0db2785dfa600118c2c4b george-herbert-love full 13 The patron saint of country vicars, George Herbert imagines a conversation with Love as a barmaid. Tim and Andy unpack the poem (and Tim points out the naughty bits), and they discuss how the poem was once shared amongst Herbert's friends as a private, deathbed confession.

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]]> The patron saint of country vicars, George Herbert imagines a conversation with Love as a barmaid. Tim and Andy unpack the poem (and Tim points out the naughty bits), and they discuss how the poem was once shared amongst Herbert's friends as a private, deathbed confession.

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]]> Robert Sullivan, Waka 76 Robert Sullivan, Waka 76 Thu, 14 Aug 2025 19:00:00 GMT 17:00 689a8adb880401ed57bfc2da false https://shows.acast.com/smith-notes/episodes/robert-sullivan-waka-76 689a8adb880401ed57bfc2da 63a0db2785dfa600118c2c4b robert-sullivan-waka-76 full 12 A bar room brawl is brewing but it's not what you might expect. In this poem, Robert Sullivan merges myth and reality, Maori and European and plots a course for New Zealand's future.

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]]> A bar room brawl is brewing but it's not what you might expect. In this poem, Robert Sullivan merges myth and reality, Maori and European and plots a course for New Zealand's future.

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]]> Mary Oliver, Heavy Mary Oliver, Heavy Thu, 07 Aug 2025 19:00:00 GMT 13:47 68901f72c6d705dd3a656aba false https://shows.acast.com/smith-notes/episodes/mary-oliver-heavy 68901f72c6d705dd3a656aba 63a0db2785dfa600118c2c4b mary-oliver-heavy full 11 How do you overcome grief and loss? And what des it feel like when you do? Mary Oliver's "Heavy" tries to answer those questions, and talks about them in some beautifully controlled verse.

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]]> How do you overcome grief and loss? And what des it feel like when you do? Mary Oliver's "Heavy" tries to answer those questions, and talks about them in some beautifully controlled verse.

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]]> LEL, The Factory LEL, The Factory Thu, 31 Jul 2025 19:00:00 GMT 20:58 6871d446fe0897380e11884a false https://shows.acast.com/smith-notes/episodes/lel-the-factory 6871d446fe0897380e11884a 63a0db2785dfa600118c2c4b lel-the-factory full 10 In this episode, Tim and Andrew take a look at one of the Victorian period's most popular poets, LEL - Letitia Elizabeth Landon - and her poem, "The Factory". Bringing together moral outrage against child labour in a popular ballad form, LEL's poem comes from a time when poetry and literature in general was at the forefront of social change.

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]]> In this episode, Tim and Andrew take a look at one of the Victorian period's most popular poets, LEL - Letitia Elizabeth Landon - and her poem, "The Factory". Bringing together moral outrage against child labour in a popular ballad form, LEL's poem comes from a time when poetry and literature in general was at the forefront of social change.

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]]> William Shakespeare, Sonnet 130 William Shakespeare, Sonnet 130 Thu, 24 Jul 2025 19:00:00 GMT 19:10 687c718bba3cbb938c17066a false https://shows.acast.com/smith-notes/episodes/shakespeare-130 687c718bba3cbb938c17066a 63a0db2785dfa600118c2c4b shakespeare-130 full 9 In this episode, Andrew and Tim discuss Sonnet 130, and agree it's a great option for anyone looking for a wedding reading. Along the way, they cover blazons, sonnet structure, and whether Shakespeare is all he's cracked up to be.


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]]> In this episode, Andrew and Tim discuss Sonnet 130, and agree it's a great option for anyone looking for a wedding reading. Along the way, they cover blazons, sonnet structure, and whether Shakespeare is all he's cracked up to be.


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]]> Bill Manhire, Zoetropes Bill Manhire, Zoetropes Thu, 17 Jul 2025 19:00:00 GMT 16:49 685f83ec2f0a31b43b049f05 false https://shows.acast.com/smith-notes/episodes/bill-manhire-zoetropes 685f83ec2f0a31b43b049f05 63a0db2785dfa600118c2c4b bill-manhire-zoetropes full 8 The previous few episodes have been about centre-periphery dynamics, and in this episode former New Zealand Poet Laureate and general all-round legend Bill Manhire offers his thoughts on living as a Kiwi in London. Bonus: you get to find out what a "zoetrope" is.

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]]> The previous few episodes have been about centre-periphery dynamics, and in this episode former New Zealand Poet Laureate and general all-round legend Bill Manhire offers his thoughts on living as a Kiwi in London. Bonus: you get to find out what a "zoetrope" is.

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]]> Ursula Bethell, Mail Ursula Bethell, Mail Thu, 10 Jul 2025 19:00:00 GMT 17:49 685f832a9951fac41b111bbf false https://shows.acast.com/smith-notes/episodes/ursula-bethell-mail 685f832a9951fac41b111bbf 63a0db2785dfa600118c2c4b ursula-bethell-mail full 7 How do you find a place in a rich tradition of English literature stretching back centuries when you're writing in a small colony on the far side of the world? That's the dilemma faced by early twentieth-century New Zealand poet Ursula Bethell in her poem "Mail".

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]]> How do you find a place in a rich tradition of English literature stretching back centuries when you're writing in a small colony on the far side of the world? That's the dilemma faced by early twentieth-century New Zealand poet Ursula Bethell in her poem "Mail".

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]]> John Dennison, The Garden John Dennison, The Garden Thu, 03 Jul 2025 19:00:00 GMT 19:32 685f8242653df36e7b196f82 false https://shows.acast.com/smith-notes/episodes/dennison-the-garden 685f8242653df36e7b196f82 63a0db2785dfa600118c2c4b dennison-the-garden full 6 John Dennison's "The Garden" draws on a long history of writing about gardens, going all the way back to the first garden of them all. Tim and Andrew pontificate about this and much more, while also reminiscing about living in London.

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]]> John Dennison's "The Garden" draws on a long history of writing about gardens, going all the way back to the first garden of them all. Tim and Andrew pontificate about this and much more, while also reminiscing about living in London.

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]]> Gerard Manley Hopkins, The Windhover Gerard Manley Hopkins, The Windhover Fri, 27 Jun 2025 08:17:38 GMT 28:23 685e53a247311de1b63ffb45 false https://shows.acast.com/smith-notes/episodes/gerard-manley-hopkins-the-windhover 685e53a247311de1b63ffb45 63a0db2785dfa600118c2c4b gerard-manley-hopkins-the-windhover full 5 The Reverend Dr Tim McKenzie and the Irreverend Dr Andrew Smith talk Victorian poet Gerard Manley Hopkins, rhyme, rhythm and how to see the divine in the everyday in this discussion of one of Hopkins's most famous poems, "The Windhover".

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]]> The Reverend Dr Tim McKenzie and the Irreverend Dr Andrew Smith talk Victorian poet Gerard Manley Hopkins, rhyme, rhythm and how to see the divine in the everyday in this discussion of one of Hopkins's most famous poems, "The Windhover".

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]]> Anna Livesey, The Owl Cup Anna Livesey, The Owl Cup Sun, 31 Mar 2024 07:23:41 GMT 10:26 66090f7d00483400170f262e false https://shows.acast.com/smith-notes/episodes/livesey-the-owl-cup 66090f7d00483400170f262e 63a0db2785dfa600118c2c4b livesey-the-owl-cup full 4 Do museums enforce a distance from the past or bring it closer to the present? On this episode of The Poetaster, we look at 'The Owl Cup' by New Zealand poet Anna Livesey, from her 2003 collection Good Luck.

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]]> Do museums enforce a distance from the past or bring it closer to the present? On this episode of The Poetaster, we look at 'The Owl Cup' by New Zealand poet Anna Livesey, from her 2003 collection Good Luck.

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]]> P. B. Shelley - Ozymandias; England in 1819 P. B. Shelley - Ozymandias; England in 1819 Wed, 08 Nov 2023 19:19:54 GMT 14:56 654bdf5ad58e860013ab91f8 false https://shows.acast.com/smith-notes/episodes/shelley-ozymandias-england-in-1819 654bdf5ad58e860013ab91f8 63a0db2785dfa600118c2c4b shelley-ozymandias-england-in-1819 full 3 Romanticism is all about walking through daffodils and exploring the growth of your own mind, right? Not according to Shelley. War against France got him wondering about the state of England and whether it would go the way of the Pharoahs.

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]]> Romanticism is all about walking through daffodils and exploring the growth of your own mind, right? Not according to Shelley. War against France got him wondering about the state of England and whether it would go the way of the Pharoahs.

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]]> William Wordsworth, Tintern Abbey (Discussion) William Wordsworth, Tintern Abbey (Discussion) Fri, 06 Jan 2023 09:51:29 GMT 29:32 63b7ef2224f1f9001213ca4b false https://shows.acast.com/smith-notes/episodes/wordsworth-tintern-abbey-discussion 63b7ef2224f1f9001213ca4b 63a0db2785dfa600118c2c4b wordsworth-tintern-abbey-discussion full 2 A discussion of William Wordsworth's "Tintern Abbey".

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]]> A discussion of William Wordsworth's "Tintern Abbey".

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]]> William Wordsworth, Tintern Abbey (Reading) William Wordsworth, Tintern Abbey (Reading) Fri, 06 Jan 2023 09:49:47 GMT 10:25 63b7eebd5c7f640011a1dfab false https://shows.acast.com/smith-notes/episodes/2a-wordsworth-tintern-abbey 63b7eebd5c7f640011a1dfab 63a0db2785dfa600118c2c4b 2a-wordsworth-tintern-abbey full 2 Reading of William Wordsworth's "Lines Written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye During a Tour, 13 July 1798"

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]]> Reading of William Wordsworth's "Lines Written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye During a Tour, 13 July 1798"

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]]> John Clare - Two Gypsy Poems John Clare - Two Gypsy Poems Tue, 20 Dec 2022 00:02:20 GMT 17:56 63a0fb8e48b09000117c571c false https://shows.acast.com/smith-notes/episodes/63a0fb8e48b09000117c571c 63a0fb8e48b09000117c571c 63a0db2785dfa600118c2c4b full 1 We talk about two poems by Romantic poet John Clare - "The Gipsies Evening Blaze" and "The Gipsy Camp". Both sonnets discuss the same subject but in very different ways, and give a sense of how Clare himself had to tread an uncertain line as "the Northamptonshire Peasant Poet".

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]]> We talk about two poems by Romantic poet John Clare - "The Gipsies Evening Blaze" and "The Gipsy Camp". Both sonnets discuss the same subject but in very different ways, and give a sense of how Clare himself had to tread an uncertain line as "the Northamptonshire Peasant Poet".

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