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The Elixir Poetry Podcast

The Elixir Poetry Podcast

By: Helen Wing
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British poet Helen Wing has spent the past 20 years living between the UK, China and the Middle East, experiencing first-hand the human impact of poetry across borders. On The Elixir Poetry Podcast, she asks anonymous individuals from around the world to read the poem that has touched them the most, and to unveil why. (Each episode includes original music)

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Episodes
  • 34. Chinese Poet Han Dong Reads His Own Poetry! With Translator Nicky Harman

    34. Chinese Poet Han Dong Reads His Own Poetry! With Translator Nicky Harman
    May 7 2025

    In this episode of Elixir, Helen is talking to the translator Nicky Harman about the Chinese poet Han Dong (1961-)


    Discover poetry through the heart of another…

    • Find out more about the poems on Elixir and read them here!


    • Receive our newsletter!


    • The Elixir Poetry Podcast website: https://www.helenwing.com/the-elixir-poetry-podcast


    Support The Elixir Poetry Podcast, buy Helen a coffee buymeacoffee.com/helenwing

    The Podcast is Produced by Tom Platts at Sound Sapien
    All Music Composed by Tom Platts
    soundsapien.com
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    36 mins
  • 33. ‘She Walks in Beauty’ by Lord Byron with Mark Saunders: "No One Should Tell You How You Should Interpret Poetry!"

    33. ‘She Walks in Beauty’ by Lord Byron with Mark Saunders: "No One Should Tell You How You Should Interpret Poetry!"
    Apr 30 2025

    In this episode of Elixir, Helen is talking to Mark Saunders, a writer and broadcaster, about ‘She Walks in Beauty’ by Lord Byron (1788—1824)


    Topics:

    • Physical & inner beauty
    • Beauty in the world around us
    • How Poetry got Mark into reading books
    • No one should tell you how you should interpret Shakespeare, any book, or poetry
    • Classism in the arts
    • Poets are the primary victims in times of oppression - the power of the written word
    • Mark reads the poem again after you’ve heard his context with music set to it


    Discover poetry through the heart of another…

    • Find out more about the poems on Elixir and read them here!


    • Receive our newsletter!


    • The Elixir Poetry Podcast website: https://www.helenwing.com/the-elixir-poetry-podcast


    Support The Elixir Poetry Podcast, buy Helen a coffee buymeacoffee.com/helenwing

    The Podcast is Produced by Tom Platts at Sound Sapien
    All Music Composed by Tom Platts
    soundsapien.com
    Show More Show Less
    30 mins
  • 32. The Power of Poetry with Russian-Ukrainian Filmmaker Albina Kovalyova. “Poetry Is An Oral Tradition”.

    32. The Power of Poetry with Russian-Ukrainian Filmmaker Albina Kovalyova. “Poetry Is An Oral Tradition”.
    Apr 23 2025

    In this episode of Elixir, Helen is talking to Albina Kovalyova about two of her own poems, discussing poetry & filmmaking, the Russian & Ukrainian languages, and much more!


    Discover poetry through the heart of another…

    • Find out more about the poems on Elixir and read them here!


    • Receive our newsletter!


    • The Elixir Poetry Podcast website: https://www.helenwing.com/the-elixir-poetry-podcast


    Support The Elixir Poetry Podcast, buy Helen a coffee buymeacoffee.com/helenwing

    The Podcast is Produced by Tom Platts at Sound Sapien
    All Music Composed by Tom Platts
    soundsapien.com
    Show More Show Less
    26 mins
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