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As I Walked Out One Evening

By W. H. Auden

Read by Peter Halstead

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The Republic of Motherhood


By Liz Berry

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Black Girl Magic


By Mahogany L. Browne

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If 2017 was a poem title


By Mahogany L. Browne

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Kumukanda

By Kayo Chingonyi

Read by Paapa Essiedu

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“Hope” is the thing with feathers

By Emily Dickinson

Read by Juliet Stevenson

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A Hymn to God the Father

By John Donne

Read by Simon Russell Beale

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I want to be like Frank O'Hara


By Martina Evans

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Puertopia


By Denice Frohman

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Ecce Homo

By David Gascoyne

Read by Simon Callow

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Rainbow

By Peter Halstead

Read by Pedja Muzijevic

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An Advancement of Learning

By Seamus Heaney

Read by Joseph Aldous

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Clearances

By Seamus Heaney

Read by Aaron Monaghan

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Girls Bathing, Galway, 1965

By Seamus Heaney

Read by Marian Richardson

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Blind Boone’s Blessings


By Tyehimba Jess

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Blind Boone’s Vision


By Tyehimba Jess

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Charcoal Iron


By Nithy Kasa

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ode to edge control gel


By Theresa Lola

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Reggae Story


By Hannah Lowe

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A Gift


By Andrew McMillan

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Half Written Love Letter


By Selina Nwulu

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It Would Sound Like a Dream


By Camille Rankine

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from Richard III

By William Shakespeare

Read by Aaron Monaghan

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Dangerous Things

By Tiphanie Yanique

Read by Selina Nwulu

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