Episode 4. Birds of Prey or Politics? In this episode we hold Claude McKay's poem 'Birds of Prey' up to the light, alongside Ted Hughes' 'Hawk Roosting'.

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

Neil Elder

9 episodes

5 hours ago

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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Episode 4. Birds of Prey or Politics? In this episode we hold Claude McKay's poem 'Birds of Prey' up to the light, alongside Ted Hughes' 'Hawk Roosting'.

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

15 minutes 32 seconds

2 months ago

Episode 4. Birds of Prey or Politics? In this episode we hold Claude McKay's poem 'Birds of Prey' up to the light, alongside Ted Hughes' 'Hawk Roosting'.

Put 'Birds of Prey' by Claude McKay next to 'Hawk Roosting' by Ted Hughes and boy, do they sing to each other!

Are we really reading poems about birds? Yes - and no! Let's see how how politics, dictators and the ruthless desire for power is really at the heart of these poems.

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