Happy new year! In the first part of this episode I talk to Nina Mingya Powles – a London-based writer and zinemaker from Aotearoa New Zealand, whose first collection Magnolia 木蘭 came out with Nine Arches Press in 2020 – about how she got into poetry.
And in the second part I talk to Caroline, a nurse with a new baby, about Nina's poem 'Mid-Autumn Moon Festival, 2016'. Caroline tells me that although she likes the idea of poetry, and even writes some herself: "it's just something that gets forgotten about" because when you're busy or tired "it's easier to switch on the TV".
I'm really glad Caroline made the time to come and talk to me about this poem, which she said gave her "shivers" and is going to print out to stick on her wall!
Read the poem in full here:
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CREDITS
Producer/host: Annie Muir ~ @time41poem
Editor: Jack Rientoul ~ @jackrientoul
Music: JANSKY ~ @radiojansky
Artwork: Max Machen ~ @maxymachen
This podcast was made using funding from the National Lottery, through Creative Scotland.
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More about Nina: https://www.ninapowles.com/
