A Mouthful of Air: Poetry with Mark McGuinness
Hosted by Mark McGuinness · Mark McGuinness
4.9from 73 ratings
- 96
- Episodes
- 6
- Transcribed
- 73
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
About A Mouthful of Air: Poetry with Mark McGuinness
Poems to take your breath away. Listen to contemporary poets reading their poems and talking about what went into them. You will also hear Mark McGuinness reading classic poems and sharing his thoughts on what makes them great.
- Publisher
- Mark McGuinness
- Category
- arts · arts · arts
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 12 Jul 2021
- Latest episode
- 9 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
6 of 96 episodes have a transcript.
9 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Crossword by Lewis Buxton
26 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Disciple by Oscar Wilde
28 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
Winter Swimming by Laura Blomvall
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Crossword by Lewis Buxton
Published 9 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Um, But if you only had friends who were poets, you wouldn't have very many friends. There aren't very many of us. And so, yeah, most of my friends obviously are friends that I make playing football or being in the pub or working with them. And I think, yeah, so most of them have not read this book, which I'm kind of fine with. It's for them. But I think it's helpful in terms of, like, keeping stuff in perspective. There are times when within a poetry career, you can feel upset about not getting a particular book published or not winning a competition or not appearing on a reputable podcast. And then you sort of like talk to like I talk to my friend Tom and he's like, oh, I don't know anything about that. […]
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- Lewis Buxton
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- Sophie Hannah
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