Discovering St Lucia and its Poetry with Kendel Hippolyte

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Recorded28 May 2023

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In this episode Gyles and Aphra Brandreth meet Kendel Hippolyte an award winning poet, playwright, director and sporadic researcher into areas of Saint Lucian and Caribbean arts and culture. Kendel shares his love of St Lucia and its rich culture. Discussing the influence of poets including William Blake, who he describes as a poet who spans the political and cosmological, and the great St Lucian poet Derek Walcott. Poems this episode include: I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes by Kendel Hippolyte; Avocado by Kendel Hippolyte; Mango by John Robert Lee; and Geography for Robert by Jane King

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