Mark McGuinness reads and discusses The Maldive Shark by Herman Melville. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/the-maldive-shark-herman-melville

Mark McGuinness takes you behind the scenes of A Mouthful of Air, telling the story of the creation of the... more

Judy Brown reads ‘The Larder’ and discusses the poem with Mark McGuinness. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/the-larder-judy-brown

Mark McGuinness reads and discusses Astrophil and Stella, Sonnet 1 by Sir Philip Sidney. For a full episode transcript go to:... more

Isobel Dixon reads ‘Bede’s Sparrow’ and discusses the poem with Mark McGuinness. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/bedes-sparrow-isobel-dixon

Harry Man and Endre Ruset read ‘As I push the door’ and discuss the poem with Mark McGuinness. CONTENT WARNING: the... more

Mark McGuinness reads and discusses ‘Futility’ by Wilfred Owen. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/futility-wilfred-owen

Mark McGuinness reads and discusses a passage from The Triumph of Life by Percy Bysshe Shelley. For a full episode transcript... more

Luke Samuel Yates reads ‘Song about putting a bird in a pie’ and discusses the poem with Mark McGuinness. For a... more

Mark McGuinness reads and discusses ‘The Tyger’ by William Blake. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/the-tyger-william-blake

Tom Sastry reads ‘In the stillness of his moment, deciding’ and discusses the poem with Mark McGuinness. For a full episode... more

Mark McGuinness reads and discusses ‘For I will consider my cat Jeoffry’ from Jubilate Agno by Christopher Smart. For a full... more

Edward Doegar reads ‘The Sanctioned State’ and discusses the poem with Mark McGuinness. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/the-sanctioned-state-edward-doegar

Mark McGuinness reads and discusses ‘The Windhover’ by Gerard Manley Hopkins. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/the-windhover-gerard-manley-hopkins

Caleb Parking reads extracts from Iarnród Éireann and discusses the poem with Mark McGuinness. For a full episode transcript go to:... more

Mark McGuinness reads and discusses ‘The Wild Swans at Coole’ by W. B. Yeats. For a full episode transcript go to:... more

Caleb Parking reads ‘Two Tablespoonfuls’ and discusses the poem with Mark McGuinness. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/two-tablespoonfuls-caleb-parkin

Mark McGuinness reads and discusses ‘Verses upon the Burning of Our House’ by Anne Bradstreet. For a full episode transcript go... more

Rishi Dastidar reads an excerpt from Saffron Jack and discusses the poem with Mark McGuinness. For a full episode transcript go... more

Mark McGuinness reads and discusses the anonymous poem ‘I Sing of a Maiden’. For a full episode transcript go to: https://amouthfulofair.fm/i-sing-of-a-maiden-anonymous