Poetry

Ep. 11 Reading: John Keats‘ First Poem: Imitation of Spenser

Reading and discussion of John Keats' first poem, 'An Imitation of Spenser'. This is embedded in our new Google Earth map: The Life, Times and Places of John Keats.

Ep. 10 Giovanni Keats: The Story of John Keats and Italy

To mark the 200th anniversary of John Keats first setting foot on Italian soil on 31st October 1820 – his 25th birthday – the Keats-Shelley Podcast presents a podcast telling the story of his arrival in Italy means for us two centuries later.
Read about 2021’s Keats-Shelley Prize.
Read about 2021’s Young Romantics Prize.

Ep. 9 Winner of 2020‘s Young Romantics Poetry Prize: Senbazuru by Joyce Chen (read by Dinah Roe)

Joyce Chen's Senbazuru won 2020's Young Romantic Poetry Prize.
The poem was read by Dinah Roe, Reader in 19th Century Literature at Oxford Brookes University, as part of our online awards ceremony.

Ep. 8 Winner of 2020‘s Keats-Shelley Poetry Prize: Indian Paradise Flycatcher by Pascale Petit (read by Will Kemp)

Pascale Petit's Indian Paradise Flycatcher won 2020's Keats-Shelley Poetry Prize. The poem was read by Will Kemp, one of the Poetry Prize Judges, as part of our online announcement.

Ep. 3 At the Grave of John Keats: Part 2 (recorded in Rome’s Cimitero Acattolico)

An older podcast, recorded in December 2014 beside the grave of John Keats. To commemorate the death of John Keats on 23 February 1821, @Keats_Shelley (James Kidd) shares some thoughts on Keats' epitaph: 'Here lies one whose name was writ in water.' Listeners of a sensitive disposition should beware: there is a reference to the TV show Cheers.

Ep. 2 At the Grave of John Keats: Part 1 (recorded in Rome’s Cimitero Acattolico)

An older podcast, recorded in 2014 beside the grave of John Keats. To commemorate the death of John Keats on 23 February 1821, @Keats_Shelley shared some thoughts on Keats, death, life, cats, and poetry from beside his grave in Rome's Cimitero Acattolico. Oh, and one ambulance and one crying child...

Ep. 1 Poetry Reading: John Keats’ To Autumn read by heart

Poetry Reading by Heart: John Keats' To Autumn
Seven years ago, Keats-Shelley Twitter (aka James Kidd) was challenged to learn and read John Keats' great ode To Autumn by heart. After days, and even weeks of work, of trying and failing, we eventually got from A to B, or from Seasons of mists and mellow fruitfulness to gathering swallows tweeting. Phew.