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Celia A Sorhaindo
B. 1968
“Ultimately though, Poetry is no more than U N I in conVERSEsensation” – Celia A Sorhaindo
Poem
Ghana by Air - Nii Ayikwei Parkes
Poem
Diptych - Victoria Adukwei Bulley
Poem
Outside St Dominic’s Priory: Snapshot, July 2015 - Keith Jarrett
Poem
Afterword, London 2020 - Keith Jarrett
Poet
Keith Jarrett
B. 1984
“..and only they, children, excellent students of their own self worth, do know the value of their lives - from 'Outside St Dominic's Priory. Snapshot, July 2015'”
Poem
Mama Amazonica - Pascale Petit
Special Collection
Celebrate common humanity, diverse cultures and the importance of poetry in the arts. We’ve put together a collection of recordings which travel widely across continents, histories, and languages. Together they demonstrate the amazing poetic talent drawn from international backgrounds which the Poetry Archive is proud to have in our keeping.
The Mighty Dead
On First Looking Into Chapman’s Homer
Read by Simon Russell Beale
by John Keats
On First Looking Into Chapman’s Homer - John Keats - Read by Simon Russell Beale
The Mighty Dead
Ulysses
Read by Simon Russell Beale
Ulysses - Alfred Tennyson - Read by Simon Russell Beale
Interview
Sujata Bhatt is a poet of many different cultures: in this interview, she talks about her travels and how they've influenced her writing and lets us into the "private and inner world" of making poems.