In the first part of this episode I talk sean wai keung – a poet, performer and food writer living in Glasgow, whose first full collection, sikfan glaschu, came out with Verve Press in 2021.

And in the second part I talk to Damien, a doctor who loves the great outdoors, about sean's poem 'lanzou noodle'.

Damien tells me that he didn't "grow up with really any art" around the house, and although as an adult he's sort of got into some things, poetry is something he's "just never quite been able to get into" – partly because "it feels quite opaque". Despite this, he says he likes "the idea that [he] would read poetry" – and during our conversation finds out he's actually very good at it!

Read the poem in full here: https://time41poem.wordpress.com/2022/01/19/it-feels-quite-opaque/

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CREDITS

Producer/host: Annie Muir ~ @time41poem

Editor: Jack Rientoul ~ @jackrientoul

Music: JANSKY ~ @radiojansky

Artwork: Max Machen ~ @maxymachen

This podcast was made using funding from the National Lottery, through Creative Scotland.

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More about sean: https://seanwaikeung.carrd.co/

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In the first part of this episode I talk to Hera Lindsay Bird – a poet and children's bookseller from New Zealand whose debut, Hera Lindsay Bird, came out in the UK with Penguin Books in 2017 – about how she got into poetry.

And in the second part I talk to poetry-sceptic Mathias, a lover of pop-divas who works as a care administrator for The No.1 Care Agency, about Hera's poem 'I will already remember you for the rest of my life' – from her pamphlet, Pamper Me to Hell & Back (Smith|Doorstop, 2018).

Although Mathias was impressed when his sister won a prize in school for writing a haiku, as he's got older he's become "sceptical" about reading poetry because he's "just never read it" and thinks he would "rather read a book". Despite this he really enjoys Hera's poem and has some great ideas about it (when I give him a word in!) (I got a bit overexcited this episode, sorry!)

Read the poem in full here: https://time41poem.wordpress.com/2022/01/12/my-sister-once-wrote-a-haiku/

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CREDITS

Producer/host: Annie Muir ~ @time41poem

Editor: Jack Rientoul ~ @jackrientoul

Music: JANSKY ~ @radiojansky

Artwork: Max Machen ~ @maxymachen

This podcast was made using funding from the National Lottery, through Creative Scotland.

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More about Hera Lindsay Bird: http://www.heralindsaybird.com/

More about The No.1 Care Agency: https://www.theno1care.org/

Happy new year! In the first part of this episode I talk to Nina Mingya Powles – a London-based writer and zinemaker from Aotearoa New Zealand, whose first collection Magnolia 木蘭 came out with Nine Arches Press in 2020 – about how she got into poetry.

And in the second part I talk to Caroline, a nurse with a new baby, about Nina's poem 'Mid-Autumn Moon Festival, 2016'. Caroline tells me that although she likes the idea of poetry, and even writes some herself: "it's just something that gets forgotten about" because when you're busy or tired "it's easier to switch on the TV".

I'm really glad Caroline made the time to come and talk to me about this poem, which she said gave her "shivers" and is going to print out to stick on her wall!

Read the poem in full here:

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CREDITS

Producer/host: Annie Muir ~ @time41poem

Editor: Jack Rientoul ~ @jackrientoul

Music: JANSKY ~ @radiojansky

Artwork: Max Machen ~ @maxymachen

This podcast was made using funding from the National Lottery, through Creative Scotland.

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More about Nina: https://www.ninapowles.com/