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Poetry Archive Now Wordview 2020: Pegs

by Rachel Burns

Poet

Philip Levine

B. 1934 D. 2015

5 poems available

A large, ironic Whitman of the industrial heartland - Edward Hirsch

Poet

E A Markham

B. 1939 D. 2008

4 poems available

Markham is tireless in his resistance to orthodoxy, whether artistic, cultural or political. He speaks as he finds, in multiple, unpredictable voices. (Sean O'Brien)

The Mighty Dead

To the Poor

Read by Denise Riley

by Anna Laetitia Barbauld

To the Poor - Anna Laetitia Barbauld - Read by Denise Riley
The Mighty Dead

The Chimney Sweeper: ‘When my mother died I was very young’

Read by Mimi Khalvati

by William Blake

The Chimney Sweeper: ‘When my mother died I was very young’ - William Blake - Read by Mimi Khalvati
The Mighty Dead

London

Read by Mimi Khalvati

by William Blake

London - William Blake - Read by Mimi Khalvati
Poem

Home

by Dorothea Smartt

Home - Dorothea Smartt
Poem

Price We Pay for the Sun

by Grace Nichols

Price We Pay for the Sun - Grace Nichols
Poem

Lies and Longing

by Linda Gregg

Lies and Longing - Linda Gregg
Poem

Pass Me de Banana Wine

by Felix Dennis

Pass Me de Banana Wine - Felix Dennis
Poem

Washing the Coins

by Douglas Dunn

Washing the Coins - Douglas Dunn
Poem

Box of Cigars

by Gerald Stern

Box of Cigars - Gerald Stern
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