Send us a text A selection of poems by the esteemed Indian polymath, Rabindranath Tagore.

Send us a text Three Poems by John Milton.

Send us a text We get even more boggled than usual tackling three head-scratchers by American modernist Wallace Stevens (1879-1955). Domination of Black The Emperor of Ice Cream 13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird

Send us a textRobert Frost, Alfred Lord Tennyson and William Carlos Williams hang their Christmas stockings and get a full serving of Versify rambling. Shorter than a usual episode. It's a Christmas miracle!

Send us a textVersify record their first live podcast in the beautiful Sussex village of Alfriston, tackling the poetry of British literary titan, Thomas Hardy (1840-1928).Poems: The Voice, The Convergence of the Twain, At Castle Boterel.

Send us a textWe cautiously dip our toe in Rilke's 'Duino Elegies' and get immediately swept out of our depth.

Send us a textWe blunder our way through our first ever poet in translation with predictably confused results. Our victim this time is revered Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926).Poems:EveningThe PantherArchaic Torso of Apollo

Send us a textWe discuss the life and poetry of Maya Angelou (1928-2014).

Send us a textWe tackle one of the almighty greats of English poetry with predictably sketchy results.'Reading King Lear', and odes on 'Melancholy' and 'A Grecian Urn' befuddle us plenty.

Send us a textA Very Merry Versify Xmas 2023Poetrye e cummingsJames MerrillHenry Longfellow

Send us a textPoetry discussionLouis MacNeice Louis MacNeice - MuseumsLouis MacNeice - Alcohol Louis MacNeice- Soap Suds

Send us a textAfter an unacceptable delay waiting for Rob to edit this episode, it is finally available!Three poems by American poet Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979)

Send us a textThree poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Send us a textThree oafish English guys tackle the Poet Laureate of the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes (1901-1967).

Send us a textThree poems by the former poet laureate, Carol Ann Duffy.

Send us a textBetjeman, Bly, Hardy - Three Christmas Poems and Seasons Greetings from the Versify Podcast.

Send us a textPhilip Larkin. The North Ship; Mr Bleaney; The Explosion.

Send us a textRobert Frost - The Tuft of Flowers; On a Tree Fallen Across the Road; Acquainted with the Night

Send us a textHigh excitement on the pod as we interview actual living poet Mai Black.Mai's book Thirty Angry Ghosts takes figures from across the world and gives their anger voice.In this Episode, we meet Anne Boleyn; Henry VIII and the Unknown Soldier.From Mai:'Thirty Angry Ghosts' is the result of my year in lockdown. Someone on 'Suffolk Writers Group' Facebook challenged us all to write from the point of view of a famous person's ghost. I did Anne Boleyn and loved it, so the n...

Send us a textThree of Shakespeare's sonnets get dusted off and stared at for a bit.