04 Claudia Volpe and Tyree Daye
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Welcome to the fourth episode of Dickens and Quips!
This week we have Claudia Volpe on the show and I shall be reading from River Hymns by Tyree Daye..
Find Claudia at Claudia Volpeon Facebook
@_claudnine_on Instagram
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Prompt for this week is "chicken" and you don't have to be an established poet to submit a poem.
Featured poems:
I Like It Like That
You turned the lights off
saying you like it like that
and I wonder
what’s there to like
if I don’t see what
I’m touching,
kissing,
holding,
if I don’t see where my skin ends and yours begins
and I can’t connect the dots on your stomach,
then how do I know
what’s my favourite constellation
to spot when we lay together
in this private garden
of pillows
and blankets
and more pillows because
you like it like that.
You said
You want your body on a soft cloud
to follow your head
all the times it goes up there
and doesn’t come down any more;
You said
it’s so far you can never reach it,
always an inch away from your grasp,
from your heart,
From all the do’s and the don’ts
And all the pros and cons lists you make -
Hanging around your room
because you like it like that.
You said
they remind you of every decision you had to face,
of what’s best for you
but hurting others;
and happiness has a price
sometimes -
But, darling -
I like it like that.
I say
I’m ready to pay any price
for your happiness
and your lists
and your clouded head
and the pillows where you rest your face at night
and the blankets we hide under
I say
Leave on all the lights,
Because I like it like that.
I say
I want to see the curve of your smile
Right before I hold your face,
kiss your freckles,
touch every single inch of you,
and make you
my everlasting supernova.
Claudia Volpe
She Tells Her Love
She tells her love while half asleep,
In the dark hours,
With half-words whispered low:
As Earth stirs in her winter sleep
And put out grass and flowers
Despite the snow,
Despite the falling snow.
Robert Graves
Chicken and Bun
After Tyree Daye
“chop the chicken,
just so”.My auntie Veronica
said the bones added to
the flavour.
When she died, I
could only ever
picture her in
sundaygloves and hat.
Until I cooked her curry.
I remembered
the way the sun reflected
off the strands of hair
fighting to stay
in the tight bun at the nape
of her neck.
The way her hands
wafted steam from
burned sugar and tomato
towards us.
How much pepper
we needed,a whispered secret.
I remember her laugh
was a waterfall,
a river,
a splash of water on
hot oil.
Dee Dickens
River Hymns and more information about Tyree Daye
Prompt for this week is Fire Extinguisher
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12.5 Announcement
Hello everyone. As is said in the announcement, I have been quite unwell over the last few weeks, so am going to take a rest and go on hiatus until the new year.
Thank you so much for all your support so far, I am grateful to each and every one of you.
Have a great December and I will see you all in January.
Make good choices, write great poetry.
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12 Hannah Edge Collection Release Special!
Welcome to the twelfth episode of Dickens and Quips!
This week we have a Hannah Edge special on the show and I shall be reading from her upcoming collection Those Days, These Days along with a bit of Anne Sexton.
You can preorder Hannah's ebook here and I will update these show notes when the paperback is available for preorder too!
Find Hannah at
observeandmuse_ehjee on Insta
@edge_hannah on twitter
We are at
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Prompt for this week is "Football" and you don't have to be an established poet to submit a poem.
11 Connor Sansby and Hannah Lowe
Welcome to the eleventh episode of Dickens and Quips!
It is a bumper episode this week with some juicy language but it is well worth listening to us go down some amazing poetry rabbit holes.
This week we have Whisky and Beards own Connor Sansby on the show and I shall be reading from Chick by Hannah Lowe
Find Connor at Connor Sansby Wordstuff on Facebook
@whiskybeards on Insta
@whiskybeards on Twitter
Whisky and Beards Publishing on Facebook
Hannah Lowe can be found here
And on twitter @hannahlowepoet
We are at
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Email: [email protected]
Prompt for this week is "all bears are gud boisl" and you don't have to be an established poet to submit a poem.
Featured collections:
Chick by Hannah Lowe
So You Want To Be a Writer by Charles Bukowski
10 Seterah Ebrahimi and Carrie Etter
Welcome to the tenth episode of Dickens and Quips!
This week we have Seterah Ebrahimi on the show and I shall be reading from Imagined Sons by Carrie Etter
You can buy Seterah's pamphlet In My Arms here
You can buy Carrie Etter's Imagined Sons here
Carrie Etter can be found here twitter.com/carrie_etter
We are at
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Prompt for this week is "I wait and wonder" and you don't have to be an established poet to submit a poem.
Featured collections/poems:
Imagined Sons by Carrie Etter
Skeleton by Rosemary McLeish
Line that makes you go OOOOOH!
Imagined Sons 29: The Friend (Part 4)
“I press my lips to each letter of his name”
09 Dervla O'Brien and Joe Thomas
Welcome to the ninth episode of Dickens and Quips!
This week we have Dervla O'Brien on the show and I shall be reading from Cake, Liberty and Other Inexplicable Phenomena by Joe Thomas
Find Dervla at
DervlaOBrien on Insta
DervlaOBrien on Twitter
The festival she was talking about is accepting proposals here
Joe Thomas can be found @Joefishthomas on twitter and insta and Joe Thomas Writer on Facebook
You can buy his book Here
We are at
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Prompt for this week is "sticky floors" and you don't have to be an established poet to submit a poem.
Thank you to Roger Waldron for your poem this week.
Invite
inviting me round
to talk overyour
world beating veggie lasagna
you apologise for the kitchen
carefuldon’t stick to the floor
we talk about
being married
that B&B in Scarborough
where they askedif we wanted
dessertwhich turned out
to be Pears in sticky Rice Pudding
you asked
if we’d ever be a pair
againyou asked if I would like
puddingaftersetc
I declined all 3careful not to stick
to your floorwondering
what makesyou think like that
Featured poets:
Paige Lewis
Sarah Kay