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Series about the world of spoken word poetry and how it is gaining popularity in the UK.

Poets and performers explore the escalating popularity of spoken word poetry and see how it has become the breeding ground for a whole new generation of writers.

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Power Lines: Coast

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Cecilia Knapp talks to poets from coastal towns and cities around Britain.

Cecilia Knapp talks to poets from around the UK about their relationship with the sea and the coastal towns and cities where they live.

From a windswept Brighton beach, the poet Cecilia Knapp asks how growing up by the sea has influenced her writing, pulling her back to the shoreline. 

Exploring the very different coastal worlds of Shetland, St Ives, Liverpool, Dunbar and Brighton, Cecilia and her fellow poets discuss the beauty and boredom of a coastal upbringing and the things that inspire them, from teenage beach parties and the cold of the Atlantic, to dead jellyfish, phosphorescence and the vibrancy of port cities.  

Poets:
Ella Frears
Ciarán Hodgers
Hannah Lavery
Roseanne Watt

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Power Lines: Series 3

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The most dynamic poets in the UK bring their insightful poetry to Radio 4.

The most dynamic poets in the UK bring their inventive and insightful poetry and distinctive perspectives to Radio 4 from the places where they live and write.

The most dynamic poets in the UK bring their inventive and insightful poetry and distinctive perspectives to Radio 4 from the places where they live and write. Poets whose work is rooted in performance explore the link between poetry being written now and music, the body and the coast.

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