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Waterskiing on Poetry - Waving hello to poems and poets with Neil Elder

Waterskiing on Poetry - Waving hello to poems and poets with Neil Elder

Von: Neil Elder
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 A light-touch exploration of poems and poetry with Neil Elder, long-time English teacher and prize-winning poet. Taking inspiration from the Billy Collins poem, 'An Introduction To Poetry', Neil puts poems alongside each other to see how life looks when seen through the lenses of different poets. There will be poems everyone knows, and plenty that are new to listeners. Not heavy, but certainly illuminating.Neil Elder Kunst
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  • 5. Leaving innocence. Carol Ann Duffy and Seamus Heaney under the spotlight.

    5. Leaving innocence. Carol Ann Duffy and Seamus Heaney under the spotlight.
    Oct 27 2025

    Leaving school and getting out into the big wide world - exciting or terrifying? Let's see what Carol Ann Duffy says in her poem 'In Mrs Tilscher's Class' and also what Seamus Heaney has to say in 'Death of a Naturalist', two terrific poems that might make us long for the past when life seemed a little easier.


    I'm on Instagram at WaterskiingonPoetry

    https://www.instagram.com/waterskiingonpoetry?igsh=MXVhcnJ5MXI0aTNiNg==
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    21 Min.
  • Episode 4. Birds of Prey or Politics? In this episode we hold Claude McKay's poem 'Birds of Prey' up to the light, alongside Ted Hughes' 'Hawk Roosting'.

    Episode 4. Birds of Prey or Politics? In this episode we hold Claude McKay's poem 'Birds of Prey' up to the light, alongside Ted Hughes' 'Hawk Roosting'.
    Oct 12 2025

    Put 'Birds of Prey' by Claude McKay next to 'Hawk Roosting' by Ted Hughes and boy, do they sing to each other!

    Are we really reading poems about birds? Yes - and no! Let's see how how politics, dictators and the ruthless desire for power is really at the heart of these poems.

    I'm on Instagram at WaterskiingOnPoetry

    https://www.instagram.com/waterskiingonpoetry?igsh=MXVhcnJ5MXI0aTNiNg==


    https://neilelderpoetry.wordpress.com/
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    16 Min.
  • Episode 3 - Look up, here comes Icarus!

    Episode 3 - Look up, here comes Icarus!
    Oct 3 2025

    In this episode, Neil waves hello to WH Auden's 'Musée Des Beaux Arts' and considers how this poem still connects with the busy lives we lead. Also in the programme is 'Icarus', by the American poet George Bilgere, with a lesson to us all to look up from our phones.


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    15 Min.
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