Listener’s Top Picks 2023

Sit back and listen to our Listener’s Top Picks from 2023 and enjoy the poetry that resonated with you all this year.

Most of our Listener’s favourite poems came from The BBC 100 Collection, to learn more about the collection, click here, or to explore the collection at length, click here.

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‘Jaguar Girl’ for BBC 100

by Pascale Petit

‘Jaguar Girl’ for BBC 100 - Pascale Petit

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‘The Missing’

Imtiaz Dharker and Malika Booker – ‘Between The Ears’ for BBC 100 - Imtiaz Dharker

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Mossbawn Sunlight

by Seamus Heaney

Mossbawn Sunlight - Seamus Heaney

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Wendy Cope reading the work of Eleanor Farjeon – for BBC 100

by Eleanor Farjeon

Wendy Cope reading the work of Eleanor Farjeon – for BBC 100 - Eleanor Farjeon

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‘Idanre’ for BBC 100

by Wole Soyinka

‘Idanre’ for BBC 100 - Wole Soyinka

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Listener’s Top Picks 2023

‘Jaguar Girl’ for BBC 100

‘Jaguar Girl’ for BBC 100 - Pascale Petit

‘The Missing’

For BBC 100: T.S. Eliot Prize Winning Reading

‘The Missing’ - Roger Robinson

‘Timothy Winters’ for BBC 100

‘Timothy Winters’ for BBC 100 - Charles Causley

Brendon Gallacher

Brendon Gallacher - Jackie Kay

‘Rubaiyat’ for BBC 100

‘Rubaiyat’ for BBC 100 - Mimi Khalvati

Imtiaz Dharker and Malika Booker – ‘Between The Ears’ for BBC 100

Imtiaz Dharker and Malika Booker – ‘Between The Ears’ for BBC 100 - Imtiaz Dharker

Mossbawn Sunlight

Mossbawn Sunlight - Seamus Heaney

Wendy Cope reading the work of Eleanor Farjeon – for BBC 100

Wendy Cope reading the work of Eleanor Farjeon – for BBC 100 - Eleanor Farjeon

‘Idanre’ for BBC 100

‘Idanre’ for BBC 100 - Wole Soyinka

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