Caleb Parkin
Poet Caleb Parkin joins Roger McGough to share some favourite poems from amongst our listeners' requests and recommendations.
Caleb Parkin selects some favourite poems from amongst our listeners' requests and recommendations. His picks include poems by William Carlos Williams, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Kei Miller, Gail McConnell, Billy Collins, and more...
Caleb Parkin is the current Bristol City Poet, where his poem commissions react to local politics, work with migrant communities in the city, and more recently have responded to Pride and the Platinum Jubilee. His debut poetry collection, This Fruiting Body, is a playful invitation to a queer eco-poetics, which plunges us into octopus raves and beyond...
With special thanks to all the poets who recorded their poems for us, and to The Poetry Archive for their permission to use their recording of 'Earth Cries' by Jean Binta Breeze.
Photo credit: Paul Samuel White
Produced by Becky Ripley
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This Week's Poems
鈥楧anse Russe鈥�
by William Carlos Williams
Taken from 鈥淐ollected
Poems Volume I: 1909-1939鈥�
Published by Carcanet
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鈥楳eals of Grief and Happiness鈥�
by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Taken from 鈥淥ceanic鈥�
Published by Copper Canyon Press
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鈥楻辞产辞产濒补肠办产颈谤诲鈥�
by Suzannah Evans,
Taken from 鈥淣ear Future鈥�
Published by Nine Arches
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鈥楬ere Where Run the Wild Deer鈥�
by Kei Miller
Taken from 鈥淚n Nearby Bushes鈥�
Published by Carcanet
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鈥楥耻迟迟濒别蹿颈蝉丑鈥�
by Gail McConnell
Taken from 鈥淔othermather鈥�
Published by Ink, Sweat & Tears
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鈥楨ight Kinds of Love鈥�
by Caleb Parkin
Taken from 鈥淭his Fruiting Body鈥�
Published by Nine Arches
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鈥楢s if to Demonstrate an Eclipse鈥�
by Billy Collins
Taken from 鈥淣ine Horses鈥�
Published by Picador
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鈥楨arth Cries鈥�
by Jean Binta Breeze
Taken from 鈥淭he Arrival of Brighteye鈥�
Published by Bloodaxe
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鈥業f the Earth is My Mother鈥�
by Caleb Parkin
Taken from 鈥淭his Fruiting Body鈥�
Published by Nine Arches Press
鈥楾he Weighing鈥�
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Taken from Each Happiness Ringed by Lions: Selected Poems (2005)听
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