The Verb

BBC

Ian McMillan hosts Radio 4's cabaret of the word, featuring the best poetry, new writing and performance.

Episodes

The Verb - a house of multipoet occupancy

Myths to nourish your life: poetry with Ian McMillan and Angie Hobbs, Rishi Dastidar, Bradley Taylor, Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch

Poetry - a bullet-proof vest for the soul

The Verb at the Hay Festival

Dark nights of the Soul, Brian Bilston, JH Prynne, Daljit Nagra, William Blake and Martha Sprackland

Michael Laskey, Michael Schmidt, Michelle Penn, Rachel Douglas-Jones

Sibling relationships with Blake Morrison, Natalie Shapero, Tara Bergin, and the word 'literally'

George Szirtes, Iryna Starovoyt, Zain Rishi, Katie Clarke

Richard Dawson, Jacob Polley, Sarah Howe, Frank Cottrell Boyce on John Carey

The Love Verb

Rilke's life-changing poems and Paul Farley, Kate Fox, Griot Gabriel

T.S. Eliot Prize Poets

The Christmas Adverb

Simon Armitage, Alistair McGowan, Joelle Taylor

Train Poetry with Don Paterson, Bella Hardy, Carmen Marcus, Patrick McGuinness

Shaun Usher, Katrina Naomi, Amani Saeed, Fran Edwards and Jennifer Jones

Poetry by Tony Harrison, US Poet Laureate Arthur Sze, Sinéad Morrissey, David Morley, and Daniel Sluman

Maria Popova, Aditya Narayan, Kimberly Campanello, DM Black

The Verb from Contains Strong Language in Bradford

The Adverb