Pelé’s Poetry Podcast

with Pelé Cox & Richard Uridge

Series 1: episode 1

The first in a series of talks in which the poet Pelé Cox and her pupil, the former journalist Richard Uridge, discuss poetry, its practice and potential as a tool for a creative life.

In this eclectic opening episode they explore the differences between writing news reports and writing poetry with the help of another journalist – Dylan Thomas and in particular his poem Fern Hill.

Plus why it’s important to read widely in order to write well and stand any chance of finding one’s own poetic voice.

Oh, and why a sonnet is like a Cornish pasty. Yes, really!