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John Cooper Clarke and Paul Muldoon

Mary Anne Hobbs loves poetry - John Cooper Clarke delivers part two of his Key of Life interview and Paul Muldoon explains how to write a poem.

Mary Anne Hobbs adds poetry to the mix this weekend with guests and stories from the world of haikus, sonnets and rhymes.
Punk Poet John Cooper Clarke has been delighting audiences with his performances for decades. In his Key Of Life interview he talks to Mary Anne about his childhood, his love of words, music and crafting his poems.
Poetry behemoth Paul Muldoon delivers a Three Minute Epiphany on how to write a poem.

3 hours

Last on

Sun 27 Oct 2013 07:00

Music Played

  • Prince

    I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man

    • Paisley Park/Warner Bros.
  • Big Deal

    Swapping Spit

    • Mute.
  • Thin Lizzy

    Dancing in the Moonlight (It's Caught Me In Its Spotlight)

    • VERTIGO.
  • Tamikrest

    Imanin Bas Zihoun

    • Glitterbeat.
  • Suede

    We Are The Pigs

    • Sony.
  • Kiran Leonard

    Port Aine

    • Hand Of Glory.
  • Love

    Alone Again Or

    • Knight.
  • Sigur R贸s

    Rafstraumur

    • XL Recordings.
  • The Teardrop Explodes

    Treason

    • Island.
  • Luke Sital鈥怱ingh

    Nothing Stays The Same

    • Parlophone.
  • SUNRISER

    • David Bowie

      Love is Lost (Hello Steve Reich Mix by James Murphy for the DFA)

      Remix Artist: James Murphy.
      • Columbia.
  • The Cure

    High

    • Fiction.
  • Arcade Fire

    Afterlife

    • Mercury.
  • James Brown

    Make It Funky

    • Polydor.
  • 3 Minute Epiphany

    • Paul Muldoon: How Does One Write A Poem?

      The Pulitzer Prize winning poet discusses his craft.

  • Cocteau Twins

    Pearly Dewdrops' Drop

    • 4 A.D.
  • Pond

    Giant Tortoise

    • Modular.
  • Donna Summer

    I Feel Love

    • Mercury.
  • Billy Bragg

    Greetings To The New Brunette

    • Go! Discs.
  • Steve Mason

    Fire!

    • Double Six Records.
  • KEY OF LIFE

    • John Cooper Clarke (Part 4)

      The punk poet on his 'Rod Stewart' hairstyle.

  • PJ Harvey

    Dress

    • Too Pure.
  • Nick Mulvey

    Nitrous

    • Fiction.
  • Lana Del Rey

    Blue Jeans

  • Connan Mockasin

    I'm The Man, That Will Find You

  • The Beatles

    Tomorrow Never Knows

    • Parlophone.
  • Joe Goddard

    Taking Over

    • Greco Roman.
  • KEY OF LIFE

    • John Cooper Clarke (Part 5)

      Salford bard gives us a verse or two ...

  • Public Enemy

    Harder Than You Think

    • Public Enemy.
  • Machinedrum

    Rise N' Fall

    • Ninja Tune.
  • Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Exodus

    • Tuff Gong.
  • Drenge

    Nothing

    • Infectious.
  • The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy

    Television The Drug Of The Nation

    • 4 Th And Broadway.
  • The National

    Graceless

    • 4 A.D..
  • Vampire Weekend

    A Punk

    • CD SINGLE.
    • XL.
  • Laura Mvula

    Sing To The Moon

    • RCA.
  • Rokia Traor茅

    Tuit Tuit (Smadj remix)

    Remix Artist: Smadj.
    • Nonesuch.

Broadcast

  • Sun 27 Oct 2013 07:00