Poetry Unbound Bonus — Walter de la Mare

About this episode

Pádraig Ó Tuama shares Walter de la Mare's poem 'The Listeners' and provides an audio postscript to Season 10 of Poetry Unbound.

Host Pádraig Ó Tuama shares “The Listeners” by Walter de la Mare, a favorite childhood poem of his, and offers an audio postscript to Season 10 of Poetry Unbound. Later in 2026, he will bring us more Poetry Unbound to look forward to — find out what and when here. In the meantime, you can listen to past episodes of Poetry Unbound or to new episodes of On Being with Krista Tippett, out now. We invite you to subscribe to Pádraig’s weekly Poetry Unbound Substack, read the Poetry Unbound books and his newest work, Kitchen Hymns, or listen to all our Poetry Unbound episodes.

People in this episode

Host: Pádraig Ó Tuama

Topics covered

• poetry
• literature
• childhood memories

Keywords

• Walter de la Mare
• The Listeners
• Poetry Unbound
• Season 10
• Pádraig Ó Tuama

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Poetry Unbound Substack, Kitchen Hymns

Books & works: Poetry Unbound Bonus, The Listeners, Poetry Unbound, On Being with Krista Tippett, Poetry Unbound Substack, Kitchen Hymns

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