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Waterskiing on Poetry - Waving hello to poems and poets with Neil Elder

Waterskiing on Poetry - Waving hello to poems and poets with Neil Elder

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 A light-touch exploration of poems and poetry with Neil Elder, long-time English teacher and prize-winning poet. Taking inspiration from the Billy Collins poem, 'An Introduction To Poetry', Neil puts poems alongside each other to see how life looks when seen through the lenses of different poets. There will be poems everyone knows, and plenty that are new to listeners. Not heavy, but certainly illuminating.Neil Elder Art
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  • Episode 6. Past, Present, Future? Edward Thomas with 'Old Man' and 'Blueberries' by James Lasdun

    Episode 6. Past, Present, Future? Edward Thomas with 'Old Man' and 'Blueberries' by James Lasdun
    Nov 7 2025

    Today Neil goes waterskiing across the past, future and present with 'Old Man' by Edward Thomas and 'Blueberries' by James Lasdun. Thoughts about our early memories, and also the question "Where will you be in twenty years?" are brought to the surface in these time-bending poems.

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    Find the poems here -

    Edward Thomas, Old Man https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57210/old-man-56d23a7a628f2

    James Lasdun, Blueberries https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/89519/blueberries
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    27 min
  • 5. Leaving innocence. Carol Ann Duffy and Seamus Heaney under the spotlight.

    5. Leaving innocence. Carol Ann Duffy and Seamus Heaney under the spotlight.
    Oct 27 2025

    Leaving school and getting out into the big wide world - exciting or terrifying? Let's see what Carol Ann Duffy says in her poem 'In Mrs Tilscher's Class' and also what Seamus Heaney has to say in 'Death of a Naturalist', two terrific poems that might make us long for the past when life seemed a little easier.


    I'm on Instagram at WaterskiingonPoetry

    https://www.instagram.com/waterskiingonpoetry?igsh=MXVhcnJ5MXI0aTNiNg==
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    21 min
  • Episode 4. Birds of Prey or Politics? In this episode we hold Claude McKay's poem 'Birds of Prey' up to the light, alongside Ted Hughes' 'Hawk Roosting'.

    Episode 4. Birds of Prey or Politics? In this episode we hold Claude McKay's poem 'Birds of Prey' up to the light, alongside Ted Hughes' 'Hawk Roosting'.
    Oct 12 2025

    Put 'Birds of Prey' by Claude McKay next to 'Hawk Roosting' by Ted Hughes and boy, do they sing to each other!

    Are we really reading poems about birds? Yes - and no! Let's see how how politics, dictators and the ruthless desire for power is really at the heart of these poems.

    I'm on Instagram at WaterskiingOnPoetry

    https://www.instagram.com/waterskiingonpoetry?igsh=MXVhcnJ5MXI0aTNiNg==


    https://neilelderpoetry.wordpress.com/
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    16 min
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