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As I Walked Out One Evening

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 115

By W. H. Auden

Read by Peter Halstead

The Unknown Citizen

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 11

By W. H. Auden

Read by Bobby Hirston

10 Things I Want To Say to a Black Woman

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 177

By Joshua Bennett

Read by Samuel Yakura

The Republic of Motherhood

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By Liz Berry

Black Girl Magic

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 140

By Mahogany L. Browne

If 2017 was a poem title

Adrian Brinkerhoff Peter Halstead 16

By Mahogany L. Browne

Names

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 151

By Mary Jean Chan

Read by Sofia Oxenham

Kumukanda

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 163

By Kayo Chingonyi

Read by Paapa Essiedu

“Hope” is the thing with feathers

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 78

By Emily Dickinson

Read by Juliet Stevenson

A Hymn to God the Father

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 138

By John Donne

Read by Simon Russell Beale

I want to be like Frank O'Hara

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 161

By Martina Evans

Doña Teresa and the Chicken

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 154

By Denice Frohman

Puertopia

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 168

By Denice Frohman

Ecce Homo

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 121

By David Gascoyne

Read by Simon Callow

On the Merits of Literature

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 201

By Peter Halstead

Rainbow

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 58

By Peter Halstead

Read by Pedja Muzijevic

Talk: The Death of Shelley

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 28

By Peter Halstead

An Advancement of Learning

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 158

By Seamus Heaney

Read by Joseph Aldous

Clearances

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 61

By Seamus Heaney

Read by Aaron Monaghan

Girls Bathing, Galway, 1965

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 203

By Seamus Heaney

Read by Marian Richardson

Some Waynes

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 135

By Wayne Holloway-Smith

Read by Andrew McMillan

Blind Boone’s Blessings

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 17

By Tyehimba Jess

Blind Boone’s Vision

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 113

By Tyehimba Jess

Charcoal Iron

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 142

By Nithy Kasa

Cinderella

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 201

By Tia Laurent

Read by Cathy Halstead

ode to edge control gel

By Theresa Lola

Reggae Story

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 206

By Hannah Lowe

A Gift

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 167

By Andrew McMillan

Half Written Love Letter

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 162

By Selina Nwulu

It Would Sound Like a Dream

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 108

By Camille Rankine

from Richard III

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 150

By William Shakespeare

Read by Aaron Monaghan

Over Wine

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 194

By Wisława Szymborska

Read by Mark di Suvero

Identity.

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 88

By Sasha Terfous

Dangerous Things

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 192

By Tiphanie Yanique

Read by Selina Nwulu

The Lake Isle of Innisfree

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 77

By W. B. Yeats

Read by Nithy Kasa