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Funeral Blues

By W. H. Auden

Read by Simon Callow

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In Memory of W. B. Yeats


By W. H. Auden

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Lullaby


By W. H. Auden

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O Tell Me the Truth About Love


By W. H. Auden

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September 1, 1939


By W. H. Auden

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Song of the Master and Boatswain


By W. H. Auden

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The Unknown Citizen

By W. H. Auden

Read by Bobby Hirston

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Who’s Who


By W. H. Auden

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Island


By Desiree C. Bailey

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Ma and the Snake


By Desiree C. Bailey

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Malady


By Desiree C. Bailey

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A Summer Evening's Meditation


By Anna Lætitia Barbauld

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Life


By Anna Lætitia Barbauld

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Ode to Spring


By Anna Lætitia Barbauld

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Song VI


By Anna Lætitia Barbauld

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The Rights of Women


By Anna Lætitia Barbauld

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Washing Day


By Anna Lætitia Barbauld

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Apophasis at the All-Night Rite Aid

By Catherine Barnett

Read by Nicole Sealey

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in which I hypnotise a tiger


By Khairani Barokka

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A Poem as Long as California


By Rick Barot

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The Galleons 4


By Rick Barot

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The Names


By Rick Barot

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Virginia Woolf’s Walking Stick


By Rick Barot

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Syllogisms


By Charles Baudelaire

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Fantasy


By Gwendolyn Bennett

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Moon Tonight


By Gwendolyn Bennett

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Nocturne


By Gwendolyn Bennett

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10 Things I Want To Say to a Black Woman

By Joshua Bennett

Read by Samuel Yakura

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The Republic of Motherhood


By Liz Berry

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Dive Bar

By Caroline Bird

Read by Ellen Moran

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One Art

By Elizabeth Bishop

Read by John Murillo

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Sandpiper


By Elizabeth Bishop

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Sestina


By Elizabeth Bishop

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The Armadillo


By Elizabeth Bishop

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The Fish


By Elizabeth Bishop

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Wellspring: Words from Water


By Kimberly M. Blaeser

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A Poison Tree

By William Blake

Read by Patrick Fusco

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Auguries of Innocence


By William Blake

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London

By William Blake

Read by Gabriel Gbadamosi

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The Sick Rose


By William Blake

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