7. The Mother of Surprises. 'The Raincoat' by Ada Limón meets 'Mother, Diving' by Andrew Forster = Epiphany

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Waterskiing on Poetry - Waving hello to poems and poets with Neil Elder

Neil Elder

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A light-touch exploration of poems and poetry with Neil Elder, long-time English teacher and prize-winning poet. Taking inspiration from the Billy Collins poem, 'An Introduction To Poetry', Neil puts poems alongside each other to see how life looks when seen through the lenses of different poets. There will be poems everyone knows, and plenty that are new to listeners. Not heavy, but certainly illuminating.

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7. The Mother of Surprises. 'The Raincoat' by Ada Limón meets 'Mother, Diving' by Andrew Forster = Epiphany

Waterskiing on Poetry - Waving hello to poems and poets with Neil Elder

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1 month ago

7. The Mother of Surprises. 'The Raincoat' by Ada Limón meets 'Mother, Diving' by Andrew Forster = Epiphany

I've been guilty in my time of taking my mother for advantage, let's face it, we all have. So let's make amends and let's celebrate the mothers in this world who do so much that goes unnoticed by the people they care for... until one day they show people they've still got it!

In this episode. 'The Raincoat' by Ada Limón is put alongside 'Mother, Diving' by Andrew Forster - and the mother of all surprises results.

Find the poems here -

'The Raincoat' by Ada Limónhttps://poets.org/poem/raincoat

'Mother, Diving' by Andrew Forster (see page 6)

https://delasalleenglish.weebly.com/uploads/5/9/0/8/5908529/unit_2_poetry_across_time_specimen_exam__f.pdf

Let me know what you think of the poems on here -- https://www.instagram.com/waterskiingonpoetry/?igsh=MXVhcnJ5MXI0aTNiNg%3D%3D#