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Skin A Cat - Muneera Pilgrim
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Divine Light - Muneera Pilgrim
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The death of children - Richard Berengarten
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Survival Tips - Celia A Sorhaindo
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Fluke by Any Other Name Is a Flight Number - Momtaza Mehri
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Hostile Environment - Keith Jarrett
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by Carmina Masoliver
The Mighty Dead
Is it thy will thy image should keep open (Sonnet 61)
Read by Simon Callow
Is it thy will thy image should keep open (Sonnet 61) - William Shakespeare - Read by Simon Callow
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Jay Bernard
B. 1988
"One of our most promising young talents, Jay Bernard writes powerful and sensuous scenes from the metropolis: a teenager flies like a moth, a woman with scissors sings bees. Disturbing, joyous and always surprising.” – Pascale Petit.
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Makhosazana Xaba
B. 1957
These hands have Moulded monuments, created crafts, healed hearts. Khosi Xaba, from 'These Hands'
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Hannah More
B. 1745 D. 1833
That self-same stuff which erst proud empires swayed, of which the conquerers of the world were made. - Hannah More 'Slavery: A Poem'
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Wilfred Owen
B. 1893 D. 1918
My subject is War and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity. Wilfred Owen