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When the nights are lengthening and Halloween is on the horizon, delve deep into the Archive to and explore all things strange, slant, odd and unexpected. Perhaps listen alone, with headphones on, in the dark, and feel these voices in your bones…

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In The Air - Celia A Sorhaindo
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Cycnus in Soho  - Will Burns
Poet

Will Burns

B. 1980

10 poems available

"Think small. If you have a big mind, it will show itself." Richard Hugo

Poem
Terminal Index - Victoria Adukwei Bulley
Poem
Gone - Nii Ayikwei Parkes
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When the nights are lengthening and Halloween is on the horizon, delve deep into the Archive to and explore all things strange, slanted, odd and unexpected. Perhaps listen alone, with headphones on, in the dark, and feel these voices in your bones…

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Sea Canes - Derek Walcott
The Mighty Dead

Ulysses

Read by Simon Russell Beale
Ulysses - Alfred Tennyson - Read by Simon Russell Beale
Poet

Derek Walcott

B. 1930 D. 2017

2 poems available

“What's poetry, if it's worth its salt, / but a phrase men can pass from hand to mouth?”

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