Mark McGuinness · Lockdown You should be able to play the recording in the SoundCloud player above, but if not you can find it on SoundCloud here. Lockdown We’re cooped up with ourselves. Alone together for weeks or months until it’s safe to breathe. The virus crosses continents like weather. For now we’re stuck here, […]
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(Audio) A Poem of Hope in Dark Times: The Darkling Thrush by Thomas Hardy
As the UK went into Coronavirus lockdown over the past few days this poem by Thomas Hardy kept coming into my mind. So I thought I’d read it for you and talk about how I think it speaks to us at a time like this. You should be able to play the recording in the […]
(Audio) Listen to Me Read from My Chaucer Translation at the Stephen Spender Prize Reception
I just noticed that the Stephen Spender Trust has added an audio recording to their website, of me reading from my Chaucer translation at the London reception for the 2016 Stephen Spender Prize. Click here to read the text, and here to listen to me read my translation of the opening stanzas of Troilus and […]
(Audio) Mimi Khalvati Interview: Poetry as Discovery
I’ve just released an interview with Mimi Khalvati on my 21st Century Creative podcast, where she reads some of her poems and talks about her creative process. My own poetry has benefitted hugely from Mimi’s teaching and feedback over many years, so I’m delighted to feature her on the podcast. She has a lot of […]
‘Hiroshima’ and Other Poems – Now on My Website
Now that Oxford Poetry XVI.III has sold out, I’ve taken the opportunity to add my poem from the issue, ‘Hiroshima’, to the poetry page of my website, and refresh the selection of my poems there. Here are the links for the individual poems: Hiroshima The Illusionist The Future Proem from Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde (translation) […]
