A POET is making a special guest appearance on a podcast to perform a poem written about his father.

East Anglian poet Luke Wright is appearing on the next episode of Greater Anglia’s Life on Rails podcast.

Mr Wright will read a poem written about his father’s daily commute from Kelvedon to Liverpool Street.

The Life on Rails podcast is a behind the scenes glimpse at Greater Anglia, with regular features on new trains and green issues.

On the show, Luke talks about how East Anglia inspires his poetry – including current works in progress.

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The show also includes amusing excuses given by ticket-dodgers, Greater Anglia’s sustainability efforts and railcard hacks.

Greater Anglia spokesman Juliette Maxam said: “The podcast is packed with interesting facts about our railway.

“We hope listeners will enjoy a little glimpse into what goes into running the railway in East Anglia.”

The podcast is available on all usual podcast platforms, as well as at greateranglia.co.uk/podcast.