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The Mighty Dead
The Passionate Shepherd to his Love
Read by Ian McKellen
The Mighty Dead
A Birthday
Read by James Earl Jones
The Mighty Dead
She Walks in Beauty
Read by Jude Law
by Lord Byron
The Mighty Dead
To My Dear and Living Husband
Read by Helen Mirren
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Chris Wallace-Crabbe
B. 1934
All the choir of stars and panoply of heaven / Gaze down on our pygmy web. - from The Universe Looks Down, Chris Wallace-Crabbe
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Julia Copus
B. 1969
Some of the most turbulent moments in life through a sharp, clear lens. Maura Dooley
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Jane Duran
B. 1944
Her poems are voyages of discovery. Literally. Over and over she writes about the journeys, physical and metaphysical, that are transformative experiences - Sarah Maguire, Poetry Review
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Polly Clark
B. 1968
Poems of an alert imagination and a strongly original mind, poems that run along the dangerous edge of things, risky and skilful as an acrobat. - UA Fanthorpe
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Gerald Stern
B. 1925
I suppose as I'm explaining myself to others, I'm quintessentially explaining myself to myself. Gerald Stern
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Stevie Smith
B. 1902 D. 1971
All poetry has to do is to make a strong communication. All the poet has to do is listen. The poet is not an important fellow. There will always be another poet. - Stevie Smith