Episodes

Mark McGuinness reads and discusses ‘Verses upon the Burning of Our House’ by Anne Bradstreet. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/verses-upon-the-burning-of-our-house-anne-bradstreet

Rishi Dastidar reads an excerpt from Saffron Jack and discusses the poem with Mark McGuinness. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/saffron-jack-rishi-dastidar

Mark McGuinness reads and discusses the anonymous poem ‘I Sing of a Maiden’. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/i-sing-of-a-maiden-anonymous

Quentin S. Crisp reads ‘9th December (Sunday)’ and discusses the poems with Mark McGuinness. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/9th-december-quentin-s-crisp

Mark McGuinness reads and discusses ‘The Sun Rising’ by John Donne. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/the-sun-rising-john-donne

Clare Pollard reads ‘At Peckham Rye’ and discusses the poem with Mark McGuinness. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/at-peckham-rye-clare-pollard

Mark McGuinness reads and discusses ‘In an Artist’s Studio’ by Christina Rossetti. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/artists-studio-christina-rossetti

Matthew Caley reads ‘My Beautiful Comrade from the North’ and discusses the poem with Mark McGuinness. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/my-beautiful-comrade-matthew-caley

Mark McGuinness reads and discusses ‘The Kraken’ by Alfred Tennyson. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/the-kraken-alfred-tennyson

Paul Blake reads ‘Ə [Schwa]’ and discusses the poem with Mark McGuinness. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/schwa-by-paul-blake

Mark McGuinness reads and discusses ‘Kubla Khan’ by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/kubla-khan-samuel-taylor-coleridge

Maggie Sawkins reads ‘Sentience’ and discusses the poem with Mark McGuinness. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/sentience-maggie-sawkins

Mark McGuinness reads and discusses an excerpt from ‘Tintern Abbey’ by William Wordsworth. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/tintern-abbey-william-wordsworth

Denise Saul reads ‘The Room Between Us’ and discusses the poem with Mark McGuinness. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/the-room-between-us-by-denise-saul

Mark McGuinness reads and discusses a passage from Paradise Lost Book VII by John Milton. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/from-paradise-lost-by-john-milton

Ian Duhig reads ‘The Parting Glass’ and discusses the poem with Mark McGuinness. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/the-parting-glass-by-ian-duhig

Mark McGuinness reads and discusses a speech from William Shakespeare’s play Measure for Measure, Act 3 Scene 1. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/measure-for-measure-william-shakespeare

Kathy Pimlott reads ‘Return to the Terminus’ and discusses the poem with Mark McGuinness. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/return-to-the-terminus-by-kathy-pimlott

Mark McGuinness reads and discusses a speech from Christopher Marlowe’s play Doctor Faustus. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/from-doctor-faustus-by-christopher-marlowe

Malika Booker reads ‘The Garden of Gethsemane’ and discusses the poem with Mark McGuinness. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/the-garden-of-gethsemane-by-malika-booker

Mark McGuinness reads and discusses ‘Humming-bird’ by D. H. Lawrence. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/humming-bird-by-d-h-lawrence

Mark Antony Owen reads ‘Nothing the hedgerows say’ and discusses the poem with Mark McGuinness. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/nothing-the-hedgerows-say-by-mark-antony-owen

Mark McGuinness reads and discusses the anonymous ballad ‘The Unquiet Grave’. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/the-unquiet-grave

Selina Rodrigues reads ‘Organza’ and discusses the poem with Mark McGuinness. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/organza-by-selina-rodrigues