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Poem Stories: A Potion by Jacob Polley

A Potion

A Potion by Jacob Polley

BBC Radio 4 - Poem Stories, A Potion by Jacob Polley

Poet Jacob Polley unpacks one of his poems into an original short story.

Jacob Polley unpacks his poem ‘The Remedy’ from his collection ‘The Brink’ into an original short story. Read by Bryan Dick.

An original short story by the poet Jacob Polley, read by Bryan Dick. 

A new series in which poets adapt their own poems into short stories. 'A Potion' springs from Jacob Polley's poem 'The Remedy', from his 2003 collection 'The Brink'. 

Jacob Polley was born in Carlisle, Cumbria. He is the author of four books of poems, The Brink (2003), Little Gods (2006), The Havocs (2012) and Jackself (2016) all published by Picador, as well as a novel, Talk of the Town. 

Written by Jacob Polley
Read by Bryan Dick
Produced by Mair Bosworth

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