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Inspired by William Blake’s Songs of Innocence, a moving story of love and inheritance. Read by Kay McAllister Show more
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Inspired by an anonymous Gaelic poem, Iain Finlay Macleod’s witty contemporary story. Read by Fiona MacNeil. Show more
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Jessie Greengrass takes inspiration from Jubilate Agno by Christopher Smart in this moving story of the healing power of nature. Read by Jessica Hardwick. Show more
James Robertson's powerful story inspired by Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem Ozymandias. Show more
Oliver Emanuel's entrancing story inspired by Thomas Hardy's poem about life after death. Show more
Salley Vickers' poignant story inspired by John Donne's poem about love and immortality. Show more
An uplifting story by Janice Galloway, inspired by Walt Whitman's poem Song of Myself. Show more
The Between: Louise Stern's thoughtful meditation on silence inspired by the Tao Te Ching, Laozi's ancient text. Show more
Merryn Glover's uplifting story inspired by Gerard Manley Hopkins' poem about the glory of nature. Show more
Engaging short story by Garrett Carr, inspired by the Homeric Hymn to Apollo. Show more
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Lucy Ribchester's story, inspired by Thomas Hardy, takes a sidelong glance at a potential romance. Read by Catriona McFarlane. Show more
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Louise Welsh's evocative story inspired by Christina Rossetti's poem about goblins who sell enchanted fruit. Show more
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Kathryn Simmonds' poignant story inspired by Emily Dickinson's poem about hope stirring, even in the darkest of times. Show more
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Linda Cracknell's captivating story inspired by Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem about the journey from life to death. Show more
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Writers choose poems as inspiration for new stories. An artist is exposed in Beatrice Colin's witty story inspired by DH Lawrence's poem Grey Evening. Read by Cal MacAninch. Show more
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PK Lynch's enchanting story inspired by WB Yeats' poem about how we express love. Show more
14 minutes
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Available for 8 months
Writers choose poems as inspiration for new stories.
Cathy Forde takes inspiration from Horace's famous ode to write a moving story about the reality of being a carer. Show more
14 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for 9 months
Fred D’Aguiar’s potent story inspired by the work of Phillis Wheatley, the first African- American writer to have a collection of poems published. Show more
14 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for 9 months
Jenni Fagan's dreamlike story inspired by the work of Anne Finch, one of the first published female poets whose pieces were a precursor to the English Romantic movement. Show more
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Eugene O’Hare’s meditative response to Emily Brontë’s poem about a woman suspended in time. Read by Caitrìona Balfe. Show more
