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Water we won't touch

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 224

By Kayleb Rae Candrilli

We remain foolishly hopeful (or, obituary for the top soil)

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 225

By Kayleb Rae Candrilli

Kissing Distance

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 249

By Anthony Vahni Capildeo

All in the golden afternoon

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 336

By Lewis Carroll

Jabberwocky

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 341

By Lewis Carroll

from Eclogue: A Field Guide and Cure

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 222

By Marcelo Hernandez Castillo

Names

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 151

By Mary Jean Chan

Read by Sofia Oxenham

Blues for Albert ‘Prodigy’ Johnson & Carl ‘Haystee’ Samuel

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 221

By Kayo Chingonyi

Kumukanda

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 163

By Kayo Chingonyi

Read by Paapa Essiedu

Orphan Song

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 284

By Kayo Chingonyi

Some Bright Elegance

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 287

By Kayo Chingonyi

Cherishing for Beginners

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 285

By Sarah Clancy

The Blackbird of Derrycairn

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 288

By Austin Clarke

The Echo at Coole

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 265

By Austin Clarke

Read by Tommy Tiernan

The Lost Heifer

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 289

By Austin Clarke

The Planter's Daughter

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 290

By Austin Clarke

After

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 341

By Jane Clarke

Becoming

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 297

By Jane Clarke

Little Tern Colony, Kilcoole

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 302

By Jane Clarke

Passage

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 307

By Jane Clarke

Playing Cards

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 233

By Jo Clement

Quest

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 226

By Carrie Williams Clifford

Silent Protest Parade

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 227

By Carrie Williams Clifford

The Gift

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 312

By Carrie Williams Clifford

Tomorrow

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 228

By Carrie Williams Clifford

Weeds

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 229

By Carrie Williams Clifford

birth-day

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 291

By Lucille Clifton

blessing the boats

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 292

By Lucille Clifton

study the masters

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 211

By Lucille Clifton

the river between us

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 293

By Lucille Clifton

turning

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 209

By Lucille Clifton

Read by Cornelius Eady

won't you celebrate with me

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 213

By Lucille Clifton

Say not the Struggle nought Availeth

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 317

By Arthur Hugh Clough

Blueprint

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 322

By Ama Codjoe

Heaven as Olympic Spa

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 327

By Ama Codjoe

Le Sacre du printemps

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 332

By Ama Codjoe

Lotioning My Mother's Back

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 337

By Ama Codjoe

Why I Left the Garden

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 342

By Ama Codjoe

Frost at Midnight

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 230

By Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Kubla Khan

Adrian Brinkerhoff Matthew Thompson 107

By Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Read by Jo Clement

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