The Poetic Lens, with Gordon Meade

For this episode we had the honour of hosting the wonderful poet,
Gordon Meade. We were thrilled Gordon reached out to us for a
collaboration! Gordon is a Royal Literary Fund Writing Fellow and
the author of numerous books, including Singing Seals, The Private
Zoo, and most recently, Zoospeak which features the photography
work of Canadian photojournalist and animal activist Jo-Anne
McArthur. Gordon also delivers creative writing courses to
vulnerable young people in a variety of settings. We talk about
Zoospeak, Gordon’s newest project called Exposed Animal Elegies,
and how his life led him to speaking for animals through poetry.
Gordon also kindly read three of the poems from Zoospeak, offering
us the opportunity to hear them as they were meant to be heard.
3:46 Brown Bear, Germany, 2008 - p26 8:49 Macaque, Laos, 2011 - p52
18:48 Lynx, Denmark, 2016 - p94 We highly recommend viewing the
video format for this episode so that you can experience the vivid
imagery of Jo-Anne McArthur’s photographs alongside Gordon’s words.
You can also find a link to the book *Zoospeak: Poems and
Photography* below. Meet the episode hosts: Tiamat Warda -
www.tiamatwarda.com | @TiamatWarda Rebecca Madrid -
www.rebecca-madrid.com | @RebeccaLMadrid  
https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poet/gordon-meade
https://joannemcarthur.com https://weanimalsmedia.org 
Gordon’s work: - *Zoospeak: Poems and
Photography* (Enthusiastic Press, 2020) ISBN 1916113044
https://www.enthusiasticpress.co.uk/post/zoospeak - *The Private
Zoo* (Arrowhead Press, 2008) ISBN 1904852106 - *The Singing Seals*
(Chapman Publishing, 1991) ISBN 0906772338