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Frank Off The Radio: The Frank Skinner Podcast

Frank Skinner's Poetry Podcast: Kathleen Jamie

Frank Off The Radio: The Frank Skinner Podcast

Avalon

Comedy

4.54.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Frank views the world from a tree house, with the fabulous Kathleen Jamie. The poem referenced is “The Treehouse” from a collection called “The Treehouse” by Kathleen Jamie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hello, this is Frank Skinner's poetry podcast.

1:06.7

There is a Scottish poet called Kathleen Jamie, who's quite a high-achieving poet.

1:14.3

And I would like to read a poem of us called The Treehouse from the collection of the same name,

1:23.4

which was published in 2004, won the Forward Prize, won the Scottish Book of the Year.

1:29.8

Kathleen Jamie is a former Maca.

1:33.6

I hope I've got that word right.

1:36.8

I don't mean that she played bass in the bootleg Beatles.

1:41.2

A Macca is a sort of Scots poet laureate, really. It's an old term for significant Scottish

1:50.6

poets or bards, I suppose you might call them. And it literally means maker, which is a very good

1:57.6

term for a poet, because whether we like it or not,

2:02.1

a poem is a contrivance.

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