If you were born before 1995, you'd have felt the loss of James Earl Jones.

The father of our childhood and the king of the monologue left our world for the next on the day of recording, so we wanted to share his voice on the show. He does a belter of a rendition of a Christina Rossetti poem that we hope you enjoy.

Ryan's been losing his mind over reading Frankenstein for the first time, so we delve into the world of novels that we think we know the story of, but not quite. We also share a Shelley poem, lovely.

Shelley and Lord Byron would have been rubbing shoulders back then, and when Byron wasn't dipping his wick into anything that moves, he did write a poem now and again. We share one on the show.

Polina Cosgrave then gives us a solid reminder of what to watch out for when picking a potential lover with her poem 'Don't Make Love To Them If They Don't Dance'

We wrap up the show with one of our favourite listener poems with the words of Nicola Clare. You're gonna love this one.

As always, thanks again to everyone who listens and share the show with their pals. If you do share the show, let us know asap so we can gush over you.

Poems from the show:

A Birthday - Christina Rosetti
https://www.bbc.co.uk/poetryseason/poems/a_birthday.shtml

Mary Shelley - Oh Listen While I Sing To Thee
https://www.best-poems.net/mary-shelley/oh-listen-while-i-sing-to-thee.html

Lord Byron - So, We'll Go No More a-Roving
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43845/so-well-go-no-more-a-roving

Polina Cosgrave - Don't Make Love To Them If They Don't Dance
https://gallerypress.com/authors-published-b-the-gallery-press/a-to-f-gallery-authors/polina-cosgrave/

Nicola Clare - Psychiatry Gave Me PTSD

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Original music by Matthew Keating
Artwork by Paddy Downey
Introduction and co-produced by Lisa Downey