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Myths to nourish your life: poetry with Ian McMillan and Angie Hobbs, Rishi Dastidar, Bradley Taylor, Samantha Wynne Rhydderch
Ian McMillan with life-nourishing, mythic poetry from guests Word Angie Hobbs, Rishi Dastidar, Bradley Taylor and Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch.
What happens when a myth or a Greek God finds its way into a new poem - what energy do they give to a poem and to us?
Ian McMillan is joined by Zeus, Poseidon, the Green Man, the trees of Under Milk Wood, and Wordsworth's favourite flower - courtesy of Verb guests - the philosopher Angie Hobbs, and poets Rishi Dastidar, Bradley Taylor, and Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch.
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