Films
Watch our films of remarkable poems
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Shimmer
By James Schuyler
Read by Padraig Regan
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Frederick Douglass Aboard a Sonnet of the Atlantic
By Kimberly ReyesWatch poem → -
Run (it’s dark outside)
By Ciara Ní ÉWatch poem → -
Ars Poetica
By Archibald MacLeish
Read by Chiamaka Enyi-Amadi
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Saints, Sinners and Survivors
By WeAreGriotWatch poem → -
Bridge through my Window
By Audre Lorde
Read by Jenny Xie
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Segue
By Stephen SextonWatch poem → -
Peach Season
By Dawn WatsonWatch poem → -
Variation on a Theme by Elizabeth Bishop
By John MurilloWatch poem → -
Cherishing for Beginners
By Sarah ClancyWatch poem → -
Stain in Creases
By Kimberly ReyesWatch poem → -
Blizzard
By Carl Phillips
Read by Bernard Ferguson
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Words we share
Poets and actors share poetic solace from home
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Bessie Smith
By Sterling D. Plumpp
Read by Tyehimba Jess
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Miracles
By Selina NwuluWatch poem → -
Testimony
By Hafizah GeterWatch poem → -
A reflection on land as home
By Jake SkeetsWatch poem → -
Carp Poem
By Terrance Hayes
Read by Raymond Antrobus
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Small Kindnesses
By Danusha Laméris
Read by Fathima Zahra
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Chingola Road Cemetery
By Kayo ChingonyiWatch poem → -
Wild Geese
By Mary Oliver
Read by Joseph Aldous
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Untitled in Covid 19
By Mahogany L. BrowneWatch poem → -
Love in the Time of Coronavirus
By Nikita Gill
Read by Catherine Dryden
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A reflection on creative practice
By Camille RankineWatch poem → -
Putting the World to Bed
By Peter HalsteadWatch poem →
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Andrew Bennett
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Venetia Bowe
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Simon Callow
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Mark di Suvero
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Brian Doherty
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Catherine Dryden
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Clare Dunne
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Paapa Essiedu
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Jensen Gray
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Cathy Halstead
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Bobby Hirston
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Jade Jordan
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Seán McGinley
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Eleanor Methven
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Aaron Monaghan
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Marie Mullen
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Pedja Muzijevic
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Rory Nolan
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Sofia Oxenham
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Marty Rea
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Marian Richardson
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Juliet Stevenson
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Tommy Tiernan
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