Episode 67
Poppies in October
A Reading Life, A Writing Life, with Sally Bayley
September 17, 202412m 7s
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Show Notes
‘A gift, a love gift / Utterly unasked for / By a sky’
This week, Sally has been reading Sylvia Plath’s ‘Poppies in October’ (1963). Join her for this brief mediation on living generously and the restorative powers of reading poetry.
The text of the poem can be found here.
This episode was edited and produced by James Bowen.
Special thanks to Andrew Smith, Violet Henderson, Kris Dyer, and Maeve Magnus.