John Clare
person
3 mentions
3 recordings
first heard Jan 2026
last heard 13 May
↑1 vs the 6 months before
Irish poet known for nature-themed works
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Peak in the week of 8 May — 1 mentions across 1 series.
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newest first · ▶ plays the momentMark FordClose Readings · Narrative Poems: ‘Tam o’ Shanter’ by Robert Burns and ... · 5:15 · 13 May
…And I think the appeal of both Crabbe and Burns, and they both were extremely popular in their time, as was, say, John Clare, another peasant poet or poet who grew up in poverty, that they incarnated a kind of connection to a region and a kind of could channel the folkloric as well in a way which you don't…
Zoë DevlinSunday Miscellany · Beauty and Birdsong · 1:53 · 3 May
…When I'm in woodland, I'm reminded of the poet John Clare, who used a beautifully onomatopoeic word, southering, to describe the sighing of the wind through the trees.…
Valerie GilliesScottish Poetry Library Podcast · In Conversation With Valerie Gillies · 21:38 · 22 Jan
…And I would include amongst them, definitely John Clare, so powerful and so, well, full of integrity again.…
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