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As well as new recordings by contemporary poets the Poetry Archive also contains selections of classic poems recorded by contemporary voices.
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The Mighty Dead
Tell Me Not Here, It Needs Not Saying
Read by Andrew Motion
by A E Housman
Tell Me Not Here, It Needs Not Saying - A E Housman - Read by Andrew Motion
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The Show
Read by Simon Armitage
by Wilfred Owen
The Show - Wilfred Owen - Read by Simon Armitage
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Lights Out
Read by Andrew Motion
Lights Out - Edward Thomas - Read by Andrew Motion
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Strange Hells
Read by Glyn Maxwell
by Ivor Gurney
Strange Hells - Ivor Gurney - Read by Glyn Maxwell
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The Burial of Sir John Moore After Corunna
Read by Simon Armitage
The Burial of Sir John Moore After Corunna - Charles Wolfe - Read by Simon Armitage
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Proud Maisie
Read by Don Paterson
by Walter Scott
Proud Maisie - Walter Scott - Read by Don Paterson
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Casabianca
Read by Alice Oswald
Casabianca - Felicia Hemans - Read by Alice Oswald
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The War Song of Dinas Vawr
Read by Glyn Maxwell
The War Song of Dinas Vawr - Thomas Love Peacock - Read by Glyn Maxwell
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Sonnets From The Portuguese XXIV
Read by Jo Shapcott
Sonnets From The Portuguese XXIV - Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Read by Jo Shapcott
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There Is No God
Read by Jacob Sam-La Rose
There Is No God - Arthur Hugh Clough - Read by Jacob Sam-La Rose
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My orcha’d In Linden Lea
Read by Andrew Motion
My orcha’d In Linden Lea - William Barnes - Read by Andrew Motion
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An Upper Chamber In A Darkened House
Read by Andrew Motion
An Upper Chamber In A Darkened House - Frederick Tuckerman - Read by Andrew Motion
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Envy
Read by Jacob Sam-La Rose
Envy - Adelaide Anne Procter - Read by Jacob Sam-La Rose
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Snake
Read by Jo Shapcott
Snake - Emily Dickinson - Read by Jo Shapcott
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Dirge For Two Veterans
Read by Jacob Sam-La Rose
by Walt Whitman
Dirge For Two Veterans - Walt Whitman - Read by Jacob Sam-La Rose
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Invictus
Read by Daljit Nagra
by W. E. Henley