Guardian Poetry Podcast Series

The Guardian Book section has an ongoing series of podcasts for poetry lovers.  It features contemporary poets reading from their own favourite poets’ work.  You can find the series here.  Some of the featured poets are:

Jackie Kay reads verses from Edwin Morgan’s Love and a Life.

David Harsent reads three short poems by the Greek poet Yannis Ritsos, in his own translations.

John Burnside chooses The Retrieval System by Maxine Kumin, a look at doubling mirrored in its intricate rhyme scheme.