Episodes

  • S4 Ep10: Things I cannot tell my children - Annick Yerem

    S4 Ep10: Things I cannot tell my children - Annick Yerem
    May 7 2022
    An exquisitely beautiful and sad poem by Scottish / German poet Annick Yerem. 

    A bonus episode ahead of the 'Family' themed episode. 
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    3 mins
  • S4 Ep9: Poetry on the theme of Shadows (the shadow self) - soft spoken poetry to help you relax

    S4 Ep9: Poetry on the theme of Shadows (the shadow self) - soft spoken poetry to help you relax
    Apr 11 2022
    Sally Anne rock - Again you fail to turn up dead 
    Soo finch - I can’t send you back, can I ?
    Daniel Duggan - Wolf
    Emily Berry - Freud’s Beautiful Things
    CM Crockford - the train
    Simon Zec - Apex Poeter 
    Louise Mather - The shape of darkness 
    David Hay - A trip down a dark lane 
    Polly Oliver - Moth - a sonnet
    Sarah Connor - Earthed 
    Nikki Dudley - Acceptance
    Paul Brookes - Keeping darkness aflame 
    Melody Wang - Maybe we weren’t meant to witness

    Paula J Lambert - Dreaming the Shadow Self
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    28 mins
  • S4 Ep8: Poetry on the Theme of Poetry - Ars Poetica for World Poetry Day. Soft spoken poetry to help you relax

    S4 Ep8: Poetry on the Theme of Poetry - Ars Poetica for World Poetry Day. Soft spoken poetry to help you relax
    Mar 21 2022
    This episode features a raft of poetry on the theme of poetry from a huge range of brilliant poets. Thank you to all of them for allowing me to feature their work.

    The poems are:

    Misread by Paul Brooks - thewombwellrainbow.wordpress.com
    Words by Sylvia Plath - https://genius.com/Sylvia-plath-words-annotated
    Poem by Marie Little - https://www.marielittlewords.co.uk
    Lang Lee by Jayne Ayres - https://janeayreswriter.wordpress.com
    Consequences by JP Seabright - https://jpseabright.com/forthcoming/
    The problem with poetry - Simon Zec
    The day after by Jayne Ayres - https://janeayreswriter.wordpress.com
    Mobius #5 - S Reeson - https://internetofwords.com
    Stargazing with Bees - Louise Mather - https://louisematheruk.wixsite.com/louisemather
    Must poetry always have meaning  by Swapna @Swapna S28
    Therapy by Audre Lorde
    How poems are made (a discredited view) by Alice Walker
    Crystal Night by Edward Barker
    Ars Poetica by Ann Cuthbert - @anncuthbert5
    Poem for people who don't like poems by Nicole Tallman -https://nicoletallman.com
    She wears a hooded cloak by Soo Finch - http://soopoftheday-soo.blogspot.com
    A poem saved me by Tony Frobisher - https://www.frobipoetry.com
    Ars poetica by Nikki Dudley - https://www.nikkidudleywriter.com
    Ars Poetica by Archibald MacLeish - https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/17168/ars-poetica
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    39 mins
  • S4 Ep7: Poetry on the theme of storms - soft spoken poetry to help you relax

    S4 Ep7: Poetry on the theme of storms - soft spoken poetry to help you relax
    Feb 20 2022
    In this episode, the poems were:

    Melody Wang  - After the storm Melody’s poetry can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09M4YJS54
    Francesca Abbate - unusually warm march day leading to storms https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/41418/unusually-warm-march-day-leading-to-storms
    Tony Frobisher - The Mad Night Wind’s Work https://www.frobipoetry.com
    Ralph Waldo Emerson - The Snow Storm https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45872/the-snow-storm-56d22594aa595
    S Reeson - Blown https://internetofwords.com
    Gillian Winn - Dust to Dust
    Kelli Simpson - Afternoon Storm @NinozenKelli
    Soo Finch - Ghost Seals soopoftheday-soo.blogspot.com
    Paula Aamli - February (II)

    Judith Kingston - The Coming Storm https://www.judithkingston.com/blog
    Beth Brooke - Feral @BethBrooke8
    Daniel Duggan - The moon in your mouth @dandugwriter
    Katy Naylor - Kraken https://www.voidscrawl.co.uk
    Elizabeth M Castillo - Storm Tower https://www.elizabethmcastillo.com
    Kate Holden - Power outage  @PoetKateHolden

    As always, you can find me on Twitter @BlueDoorCosmos  - I'd love to hear from you
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    33 mins
  • S4 Ep6: Tam O'Shanter by Robert Burns - a poem for Burns' Night

    S4 Ep6: Tam O'Shanter by Robert Burns - a poem for Burns' Night
    Jan 23 2022
    A wee reading of Tam O'Shanter ahead of Burns night on the 25th.

    Find me on Twitter @BlueDoorCosmos and on Instagram by searching for Blue Door to the Cosmos. 
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    12 mins
  • S4 Ep5: Poetry on the theme of air / sky / breath - soft spoken poetry to help you relax

    S4 Ep5: Poetry on the theme of air / sky / breath - soft spoken poetry to help you relax
    Jan 10 2022
    This is a bumper episode because I was so fortunate to be given permission to read so many beautiful poems. And they were: 

    Air Flight by Matthew M.C. Smith - https://www.blackboughpoetry.com/matthew-m-c-smith
    Love Letter (Clouds) by Sarah Manguso
    Second sight – a Nature song. by Dr Paula Aamli  - @paulettya
    The Guttural Muse by Seamus Heaney
    High Flight by John Gillespie Magee
    Storms by Sarah Connor  - https://fmmewritespoems.wordpress.com
    Daybreak by Bert Meyers
    Wind Whispers by Tony Frobisher - https://frobisherenglish.com/2021/04/05/a-poem-a-day-2021/
    Earth Always AND Air Lass by Paul Brookes -  https://thewombwellrainbow.com
    The Sheep Who Fastened the Sky to the Ground by Oni Buchanan
    Clouds by Denise Levertov
    Your Laughter - Pablo Neruda
    Frost by Matthew M.C. Smith - https://www.blackboughpoetry.com/matthew-m-c-smith
    Lunar Dust by Louise Mather - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dredging-Rituals-Louise-Mather/dp/B09LH4RXJN
    Salthouse Heath by Chris Hardy
    Snaw Blind by Lynn Valentine - https://lynnvalentine.com
    Watching Crows in the field on a frozen morning by Becky Ciesielski
    Retreating Wind by Louise Glück
    Probability of Landfall by Peach Delphine - @peachdelphine
    and
    It's been winter in Minnesota too long by Kate Holden
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    43 mins
  • S4 Ep4: The Signalman : Ghost Stories for Christmas - softly spoken bedtime stories

    S4 Ep4: The Signalman : Ghost Stories for Christmas - softly spoken bedtime stories
    Dec 24 2021
    Merry Christmas my loves. 

    Let's indulge in my absolute favourite Christmas Eve tradition. - ghost stories by the fire. Tonight I'm reading the exquisite 'The Signalman' by Charles Dickens. 

    I hope you love hearing it as much as I loved reading it. 
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    31 mins
  • S4 Ep3: The Empty House, Part 2: Ghost stories for Christmas - softly spoken bedtime stories

    S4 Ep3: The Empty House, Part 2: Ghost stories for Christmas - softly spoken bedtime stories
    Dec 22 2021
    Join me, and Shorthouse and his aunt for part two of The Empty House by Algernon Blackwood. 
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    17 mins