Some days, although we cannot pray, a prayer
utters itself. So, a woman will lift
her head from the sieve of her hands and stare
at the minims sung by a tree, a sudden gift.
Carol Ann Duffy
#PoetryPlease
utters itself. So, a woman will lift
her head from the sieve of her hands and stare
at the minims sung by a tree, a sudden gift.
Carol Ann Duffy
#PoetryPlease
Prayer by Carol Ann Duffy | Poemist
Prayer by Carol Ann Duffy
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April 25, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Some days, although we cannot pray, a prayer
utters itself. So, a woman will lift
her head from the sieve of her hands and stare
at the minims sung by a tree, a sudden gift.
Carol Ann Duffy
#PoetryPlease
utters itself. So, a woman will lift
her head from the sieve of her hands and stare
at the minims sung by a tree, a sudden gift.
Carol Ann Duffy
#PoetryPlease
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@poems-not-opinions.bsky.social & @niallpoetry.bsky.social shortlisted for @forwardprizes.bsky.social; @pascalepetit.bsky.social on #PoetryPlease; #FleurAdcock's Dragon Talk on #AGoodRead; #JaneCommane & #KayceeHill @societyofauthors.bsky.social awards; & much more!
@poems-not-opinions.bsky.social & @niallpoetry.bsky.social shortlisted for @forwardprizes.bsky.social; @pascalepetit.bsky.social on #PoetryPlease; #FleurAdcock's Dragon Talk on #AGoodRead; #JaneCommane & #KayceeHill @societyofauthors.bsky.social awards; & much more!
July 23, 2025 at 9:43 AM
July news: shorturl.at/RkCCz
@poems-not-opinions.bsky.social & @niallpoetry.bsky.social shortlisted for @forwardprizes.bsky.social; @pascalepetit.bsky.social on #PoetryPlease; #FleurAdcock's Dragon Talk on #AGoodRead; #JaneCommane & #KayceeHill @societyofauthors.bsky.social awards; & much more!
@poems-not-opinions.bsky.social & @niallpoetry.bsky.social shortlisted for @forwardprizes.bsky.social; @pascalepetit.bsky.social on #PoetryPlease; #FleurAdcock's Dragon Talk on #AGoodRead; #JaneCommane & #KayceeHill @societyofauthors.bsky.social awards; & much more!
‘When the teacher read out ‘Ode to a Nightingale’, I think I was sixteen then, I instantly knew I wanted to be a poet…’ the wonderful @pascalepetit.bsky.social . Samuel West reading #Keats = a brilliant half hour of #poetry
#PoetryPlease
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#PoetryPlease
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Poetry Please - Pascale Petit - BBC Sounds
Roger McGough talks to French British poet Pascale Petit.
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June 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
‘When the teacher read out ‘Ode to a Nightingale’, I think I was sixteen then, I instantly knew I wanted to be a poet…’ the wonderful @pascalepetit.bsky.social . Samuel West reading #Keats = a brilliant half hour of #poetry
#PoetryPlease
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#PoetryPlease
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She'll get her kicks vicariously through Hannah and Chris #TheArchers #PoetryPlease
March 18, 2024 at 9:54 PM
She'll get her kicks vicariously through Hannah and Chris #TheArchers #PoetryPlease
Happy 88th Birthday to the irrepressible Roger Mcgough! #poetryplease @bbcradio4
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Roger McGough: ‘How often do I have sex? Hang on, I’ll find out … Alexa, how often do I have …’
The poet on running across a minefield, being bewitched at a bus stop, and his 88th birthday celebrations
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January 14, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Happy 88th Birthday to the irrepressible Roger Mcgough! #poetryplease @bbcradio4
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📖🔥🔥🔥❤️🔥🐺👨🌾🐀 #PoetryPlease #audioonly "Rodent!"
June 7, 2026 at 12:45 PM
📖🔥🔥🔥❤️🔥🐺👨🌾🐀 #PoetryPlease #audioonly "Rodent!"
I've always been a bit thick regarding poetry. Never really "got" it. And yet here I am, listening to #poetryplease crying my eyes out at a poem called "Armada." Maybe I get it after all, I just needed the right poem.
June 30, 2026 at 3:33 PM
I've always been a bit thick regarding poetry. Never really "got" it. And yet here I am, listening to #poetryplease crying my eyes out at a poem called "Armada." Maybe I get it after all, I just needed the right poem.
I hate the modern way of reading out poetry. #PoetryPlease could be just the thing to see the radio oofftt out of the window.
January 25, 2026 at 5:48 PM
I hate the modern way of reading out poetry. #PoetryPlease could be just the thing to see the radio oofftt out of the window.
I was delighted to hear Addlestrop read on #Radio4 's #PoetryPlease, just now, although Edward Thomas’s depiction of peaceful inactivity was quite misplaced, as I reveal in my short story “It Was Late June,” to be found in “Moments of Consequence” amzn.to/4jiJgk9 free on (#KindleUnlimited)
Moments of Consequence: short stories
A collection of short stories: comedies, tragedies and histories. What is the true value of an old tea pot? What happened on an uneventful day in Gloucestershire? Has anyone stopped to look at a monum...
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June 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I was delighted to hear Addlestrop read on #Radio4 's #PoetryPlease, just now, although Edward Thomas’s depiction of peaceful inactivity was quite misplaced, as I reveal in my short story “It Was Late June,” to be found in “Moments of Consequence” amzn.to/4jiJgk9 free on (#KindleUnlimited)
Anyone want to have a go at RFK-ifying some classic poetry?
Pam Ayres - “oh I wish I’d looked after my queef”
Dylan Thomas - “Do not go genital into that good night”
Lewis Carol - “Jabbercocky”
#PoetryPlease
Pam Ayres - “oh I wish I’d looked after my queef”
Dylan Thomas - “Do not go genital into that good night”
Lewis Carol - “Jabbercocky”
#PoetryPlease
November 28, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Anyone want to have a go at RFK-ifying some classic poetry?
Pam Ayres - “oh I wish I’d looked after my queef”
Dylan Thomas - “Do not go genital into that good night”
Lewis Carol - “Jabbercocky”
#PoetryPlease
Pam Ayres - “oh I wish I’d looked after my queef”
Dylan Thomas - “Do not go genital into that good night”
Lewis Carol - “Jabbercocky”
#PoetryPlease
June 7, 2026 at 12:48 PM