Episodes

  • Children's Booker Prize

    Children's Booker Prize
    Nov 16 2025
    In light of the announcement that books for children will be eligible for a new category of the Booker Prize, I turn to a poem by Nicola Davies to discuss why we need to blur the edges between poetry for children and poetry for adults. This isn't so much Just One Poem as it is Just One Poetry Ramble.

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    3 mins
  • How Stars Die

    How Stars Die
    Oct 2 2025
    This is Just One Poem and today's poem is called How Stars Die. It was written by Dom Conlon and published in Caterpillar Magazine and then in The Big Amazing Poetry Book which was edited by Gaby Morgan, illustrated by Chris Riddell, and published by Macmillan.

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    2 mins
  • Moons

    Moons
    Sep 13 2025
    In this episode of Just One Poem, Dom Conlon reads 'Moons' from his collection 'Astro Poetica'.

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    1 min
  • Wild Garlic

    Wild Garlic
    Aug 30 2025
    Dom Conlon reads Wild Garlic, a poem in the Welcome to Wild Town collection which he co-authored with A F Harrold and which was illustrated by Korky Paul.

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    2 mins
  • Between you, me, and the Moon

    Between you, me, and the Moon
    Aug 28 2025
    In this episode, Dom Conlon reads 'Between you, me, and the Moon' from his book, This Rock That Rock.

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    2 mins
  • Blossomise: a CV by Simon Armitage

    Blossomise: a CV by Simon Armitage
    Aug 19 2025
    I'm reading a poem from Blossomise by Simon Armitage which was illustrated by Angela Harding. The poem is called Blossom: a CV.

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    2 mins
  • Flamingo by Cheryl Pearson

    Flamingo by Cheryl Pearson
    Aug 18 2025
    I'm reading a poem from The Book of Bird Poems, an anthology chosen by Ana Simpson and illustrated by Ryuto Miyake. The poem I've chosen to read is called Flamingo, and it was written by Cheryl Pearson.

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    2 mins
  • The Path of Grass by Dan Simpson

    The Path of Grass by Dan Simpson
    Aug 17 2025
    I'm reading a poem from Deborah Alma's beautifully curated Wild Remedy anthology. The poem is called The Path of Grass and it was written by Dan Simpson.

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    1 min