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This Special Collection brings together some of the recordings we’ve made over the years with poets from Scotland. Edwin Morgan recorded his reading for the Archive in his flat in Glasgow back in 2000, Douglas Dunn made his Archive recording…

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Celebrate the poetry of Africa with this collection. Enjoy a selection of poems written and read by African poets and poets of the African diaspora.

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Pioneering Modern South Asian Poetry (1850 – 1970) Voices from Home and the World (1980 – 2000) Looking into the Future (2000 – now) MAKING THE POETRY OF SOUTH ASIA The Poetry Archive collects and preserves recordings of poetry written…

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This mindful and relaxing poetry collection is designed to help you take a step out from the hustle and bustle of the everyday and bring you back to yourself with poetry. Curated by Maggie Sullivan, it is the perfect poetry…

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In these challenging times we’ve curated a collection of poems which reflect different aspects of war, conflict and loss. Whilst highlighting the human cost of war by representing individual and shared grief, these poems affirm our collective humanity and speak…

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United Kingdom Scotland, Ireland & Wales USA Canada Barbados & Jamaica New Zealand The honorary title of Poet Laureate is given to writers generally considered to be pre-eminent in their time. Poets Laureate sometimes write to capture national moods and…

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Politeness - Connie Bensley
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Polly Clark was born in Toronto, Canada and brought up in Lancashire, Cumbria and the Borders of Scotland. She has pursued several careers, including zoo-keeping at Edinburgh Zoo, teaching English in Hungary, and publishing at Oxford University Press. She won…

The Classics

Porphyria’s Lover

Read by Anthony Thwaite
Porphyria’s Lover - Robert Browning - Read by Anthony Thwaite
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