Scottish poet Michael Pedersen on poems, people and old age
Scottish super-poet reads “Gravity” and talks about poems, people, and his future old age. Recorded November 2019 NZ and still as fresh as a purple thistle head
Continue readingPodcasts
Young poet, old poet
A young poet reads a poem to an old poet. An old poet learns about eating green apples with chili, and a new snack is invented. You can read the original poem on my blog.
Continue reading
Poetic therapy: two poems for when you break or are haunted
In a storm of regrets or negative thoughts, sometimes a poem can help you to mend. That’s informal poetic therapy. What poems do you turn to?
Continue reading
Poems for friends and relatives
Today I’m reading poems that I wrote for particular friends or relatives—not love poems exactly, just a message celebrating them.
Continue reading
How children think: 3 poems
Wonder what children think about hell, careers and catastrophes? Sit back and listen to three poems with some insights into their private worries.
Continue reading