Musical Poetry is a poetry podcast where poems become music, reflection and conversation.
Each episode brings one poem and then recites it in the form of a song. Words and music intertwine to create moments of reflection, beauty, and peace.
Podcast Overview
Musical Poetry is a poetry podcast where poems become music, reflection and conversation. Each episode brings one poem and then recites it in the form of a song. Words and music intertwine to create moments of reflection, beauty, and peace.
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Publishing Since
9/10/2025
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Recent Episodes
June 11, 2026
The Still, Sad Music: Wordsworth, Harmony and the Tired Soul
<p>In this second contribution to our Musical Poetry series linking poetry with King Charles III’s concept of Harmony, we turn to William Wordsworth’s “Lines Written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey.”</p><p>This episode explores nature, memory, exhaustion of the soul, and the hope of restoration. Wordsworth’s phrase “the still, sad music of humanity” becomes the emotional centre of the discussion and inspires the song featured at the end of the episode.</p><p>Our colleagues from Google’s NotebookLM discuss the attached letter, which reflects on Wordsworth, King Charles’s idea of Harmony, and the need not only to cope with the world we have created, but to become bearers of harmony ourselves.</p><p>Featuring the song: “The Still, Sad Music.”</p><p><br></p><p>Read the full companion letter attached to this episode here:<a href="https://michaelappelt.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/wp-1781176806492.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">The Still, Sad Music: Wordsworth, Harmony and the Tired Soul</a></p>
May 10, 2026
Each and All — after Ralph Waldo Emerson
<p>In this episode of Musical Poetry, we begin a new series on harmony, inspired in part by the documentary Finding Harmony: A King’s Vision, which explores King Charles III’s lifelong concern for nature, sustainability, and the idea that humanity is part of nature, not apart from it. That idea led us to Ralph Waldo Emerson’s poem “Each and All.” At its heart are the unforgettable lines:“All are needed by each one;Nothing is fair or good alone.”</p><p>Emerson, who lived from 1803 to 1882, reminds us that beauty does not exist in isolation. A bird needs the river and the sky. A shell needs the shore and the sea. And perhaps we, too, need one another more deeply than we usually admit.</p><p>For this episode, “Each and All” has been transformed into a contemporary Irish folk song, carrying Emerson’s message into a new musical form.</p><p>A reflection on beauty, belonging, nature, community, and the quiet truth that harmony begins when we understand that nothing is fair or good alone.</p>
May 1, 2026
Work, Work, Work (The Song of the Shirt)
<p>A modern adaptation of The Song of the Shirt by Thomas Hood, reimagined as a solemn South African–inspired Afro-soul lament.</p><p>First published in 1843, Hood’s poem exposed the hidden cost of labour: exhaustion, poverty, and lives quietly worn away behind everyday goods. More than a century later, its message still resonates.While workers today benefit from rights fought for over generations, those protections face new pressures. In a world driven by efficiency, automation, and artificial intelligence, the question is no longer only how we treat workers — but whether we still see them at all.</p><p>This song transforms one woman’s silent struggle into a communal voice. The repeated words “Work, work, work” become a chant — not just of labour, but of endurance, dignity, and warning.Released for Labour Day, this piece asks:What is the true cost of work when the worker is slowly broken — or replaced?</p>
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