Frank Skinner's Poetry Podcast

Frank’s passion for poetry is inspiring to listen to. He balances that difficult line between showing true appreciation for poetry along with approaching it with an analytical eye. Please Frank, if you read this, do an episode on Stephen Dunn. I’d love to hear your thoughts on his work.

Stifling

I stumbled on Frank Skinner’s poetry podcast after searching for Beat poetry. As an American I had no idea who Frank Skinner was (apologies from across the pond!), but immediately I was struck by his discerning eye (and ear) for the poem within Ginsberg’s “Sunflower Sutra.” … Many people look at the rhythm of a poem, others the meaning, some the syntax and the form. Frank Skinner illuminates the all this and also the pulsating soul within each poem. I’ve learned from him that a poem (no matter how old) is a living world unto itself, and the more time spent pondering it, the more fruit it yields; just as a fruit tree may take time to flower and fruit, a (great) poem may do the same. Thanks for this absolutely brilliant podcast!

Podcast series ? Thanks

I read a lot of poetry. And I love some of it, and I hate some of it. I listen to Frank talk about the poetry he loves, and I love it. Even the poetry he reads and talks about that I don’t especially like turns into excellent talk about craft and meaning and value and his enthusiasm becomes my enthusiasm and I end up in love with the poet he features and with poetry in general for the power it has to make a person react the way Frank reacts. Know what I mean?