Poetry
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The Whole Nine Yards Episode 268 With Roy Stannard On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM Sunday 15th February 2026 3-5pm www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen Leaving is Believing We all leave something at some point. Sometimes it arrives quietly, like a tide slipping out. Other times it hits with the force of a slammed door. It can be sad. Goodbyes… Read more
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Leaving is Believing We all leave something at some point. Sometimes it arrives quietly, like a tide slipping out. Other times it hits with the force of a slammed door. It can be sad. Goodbyes usually are. We leave people, places, versions of ourselves we thought were permanent. But leaving can also be a release.… Read more
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The Whole Nine Yards Episode 254With Roy StannardOn Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FMSunday 7th December 2025 3-5pmwww.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen The Songs of Billy Blake William Blake’s life and work have moved many artists, musicians in particular. His influence has crossed genres: classical, punk, and folk musicians have walked through his doors of perception. He wrote ‘Jerusalem’, ‘Tyger, Tyger’… Read more
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Don’t Touch Me We passed in a flurry of passion. Your eyes said contact me. Don’t touch me. Others were flimsy ghosts haunting themselves. We were real, but didn’t believe in ourselves. The longer we looked, the less we saw. The less we saw, the more we doubted. The passers-by passed us by The hangers-on… Read more
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The Whole Nine Yards Episode 213 With Roy Stannard On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM Sunday 23rd February 2025 3-5pm http://www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen Nothing Rhymed Dylan Thomas, the Welsh poet, has had a profound impact on contemporary music. His poetry has musicality and rhythm. His alliteration, assonance, and internal rhyming resonate with musicians. His poems read like songs..… Read more
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The Whole Nine Yards Episode 210 With Roy Stannard On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM Sunday 2nd February 2025 3-5pm http://www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen Midnight Mothers / Ebony Fathers The black experience, at times harrowing, has nevertheless produced some magnificent music, poetry and art. On the show this week we feature over 20 powerful tracks that span genres and… Read more
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I wonder, I wonder – a radio show inspired by the British philosopher Alan Watts and the segment of his lecture ‘Inception’. The Whole Nine Yards Ep 155 11.2.24 with Roy Stannard on Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM You’d forget you were dreaming.. Is there an internal irony to a Cruise company using a talk that… Read more
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https://www.mixcloud.com/roystannard/the-whole-nine-yards-ep-146-121123-why-cant-we-live-together-roy-stannard-mid-sussex-radio-1038/ The Whole Nine Yards Episode 146 With Roy Stannard On Mid Sussex Radio 103.8FM Sunday 12th November 2023 3-5pm http://www.midsussexradio.co.uk/listen Why can’t We live together? Yesterday was Armistice Day. The 11th minute of 11th day of the 11th month. The day when the mass slaughter of 8 and a half million soldiers and 13… Read more
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The Importance of Small Things I’m tired of the grand gestures. The overblown bows in front of an invisible crowd The forgettable pomp and unnecessary circumstance The people-pleasing patinas on public faces. I’m tired of political windbags blowing a gale The Lèse-majesté torpor and the majestic mistakes The talking up themselves And the clown princes… Read more
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A friendship that is never tested Because there is no cross examination. Where the beginning Is also the end. Always, my friend. Read more
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