Poetry Pause

About Poetry Pause

Join us, two poetry nerds, as we investigate a great poem and try to get inspired by it.

Publisher

Philippa Davies

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

29 Feb 2020

Latest episode

26 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

26 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   26 Aug 2026

   Great Poems: William Blake's The Tyger

   In this episode, Philippa champions William Blake's poem The Tyger, but Mark and Lorna are not convinced... The poet, bookseller and psychologist discuss awe and awesomeness in literature, including Mary Oliver, Kazuo Ishiguro's Remains Of The Day, and Olga Tozarczuk's Drive Your Plough Over The Bones Of The Dead. Specificity as a writing tip gets considered, and in what ways William Blake was ahead of his time.

2. 

   17 Jun 2026

   Great Poems: Anne Bradstreet's The Author To Her Book

   In this episode we discuss Puritan poet Anne Bradstreet's 'The Author To Her Book'. We share experiences of launching books into the word, and Lorna chats about the bookseller's take on this. We rebutt the inner critic and end by encouraging writers to go for it.

3. 

   27 Apr 2026

   Great Poems: Dylan Thomas's Among Those Killed

   In this episode, poet Mark Lewis champions Dylan Thomas's 'Among Those Killed In The Dawn Raid Was A Man Aged One Hundred,' as a great poem. Psychologist Philippa suggests other Dylan Thomas poems and a reason for their popularity, while bookseller Lorna describes the interest in Dylan Thomas, from book buyers.

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Spotify

4.8 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 34 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

55

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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