Hosted by Joe · 🇺🇸 US · EN-GB · 34 episodes
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Poetry read in a fitting setting, by teacher and poet of no great renown: Joe Riley. Great poems from a range of eras read aloud in a place that befits them. No lectures, not too many long words or academic pretence; a chance to sketch out how a poem reaches your heart. Want me to sketch a poem? thesketchpoet@gmail.com
Joe hosts Sketch Poetry, a arts show with 34 episodes published.
Send us Fan Mail 'Out of the night that covers me, black as the pit from pole to pole/ I thank whatever Gods may be for my unconquerable soul...' Joe goes back to his childhood rugby club (Eastleigh RFC) and talks about
Send us Fan Mail 'In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan...' Joe is back with some poetry for you. In this episode he walks the ancient York city walls and reads this festive masterpiece from Rossetti. He also acc
Send us Fan Mail "No diggin' 'ere." Support the show https://bsky.app/profile/sketchpoetry.bsky.social Want to hear a poem? Pitch it (and the setting in which you think it could be read) to me here: thesketchpoet@gmail.c
Send us Fan Mail Merry Christmas! God bless us, everyone. Support the show https://bsky.app/profile/sketchpoetry.bsky.social Want to hear a poem? Pitch it (and the setting in which you think it could be read) to me here:
Send us Fan Mail Scrooge is shown his future, and eventually (though it takes some time) realises he needs to change his ways. Support the show https://bsky.app/profile/sketchpoetry.bsky.social Want to hear a poem? Pitch
Send us Fan Mail Scrooge is shown his present, and it's not what he was expecting. Support the show https://bsky.app/profile/sketchpoetry.bsky.social Want to hear a poem? Pitch it (and the setting in which you think it c
Send us Fan Mail Boo! This story needs no introduction. Once again, I found this recording from 2022 and I wanted to share it. If you want to hear the other Staves then please get in touch with me via email/subscribe. Su
Send us Fan Mail Scrooge is shown his past. Support the show https://bsky.app/profile/sketchpoetry.bsky.social Want to hear a poem? Pitch it (and the setting in which you think it could be read) to me here: thesketchpoet
Send us Fan Mail 'Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness...' Joe takes a stroll in his hometown and kicks through some autumn leaves in keeping with the wonderful John Keats. Support the show https://bsky.app/profile/sk
Send us Fan Mail ' Hill-warded haven, creek well found...' Joe takes a stroll in West Bay, Dorset and reads this little-known gem by William Barnes. Locals at the beginning deserve their own show, what a double-act! Supp
Send us Fan Mail Four Larkin poems for my former teacher, mentor, and friend Mr. Pete Winfield. Poems: High Windows, Days, Church Going, An Arundel Tomb. Miss you, Pete. Support the show https://bsky.app/profile/sketchpo
Send us Fan Mail 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?' Joe takes a stroll to the theatre and discusses this summer sonnet by Shakespeare. Support the show https://bsky.app/profile/sketchpoetry.bsky.social Want to hea
Send us Fan Mail 'Gather ye rosebuds while ye may...' Joe talks about Carpe Diem, and Robin Williams. Support the show https://bsky.app/profile/sketchpoetry.bsky.social Want to hear a poem? Pitch it (and the setting in w
Send us Fan Mail 'Cut grass lies frail...' Recorded last year originally for the Philip Larkin Society's 'Joe Riley Presents' mini-series. A great lyric poem, best enjoyed in young-leafed nature. Support the show https:/
Send us Fan Mail 'Higher than the handsomest hotel...' Joe has, through some tricky circumstances, been visiting a particular building and thinks you should wander the corridors with him. If it doesn't come through in th
Send us Fan Mail 'The mower stalled, twice...' I've been asked to mow the lawn this weekend. Here's a throwback to late spring 2024, when I recorded my first sketch for the Philip Larkin Society. If you are a lover of La
Send us Fan Mail 'Let faxes butter-curl on dusty shelves...' Joe rings in spring by sitting in a sunny space and reads this wonderful poem for turbulent times. Ros Barber kindly agreed to be interviewed about this poem a
Send us Fan Mail 'I wander thro' each chartered street, near where the chartered Thames does flow And mark in every face I meet, marks of weakness, marks of woe...' Joe heads to the Big Smoke and speaks with John Riordan
Send us Fan Mail 'Whose woods these are I think I know...' Happy 2025! Get your coat, get your gloves, get your...horse. We're going for a very bracing journey through the wintery landscape of this lovely poem. Audio at
Send us Fan Mail 'Once upon a midnight dreary...' A bumper Christmas episode. Enjoy during this bleak December! NEVERMORE! *Re-uploaded due to initial sound level issues. Support the show https://bsky.app/profile/sketchp
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