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How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix – an extract

by Robert Browning

How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix – an extract - Robert Browning

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Enemies

by Elizabeth Bartlett

Enemies - Elizabeth Bartlett

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In My Two Small Fists

by Adrian Mitchell

In My Two Small Fists - Adrian Mitchell

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Inscription for a Scented Garden for the Blind

by John Heath Stubbs

Inscription for a Scented Garden for the Blind - John Heath Stubbs

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Daisies of Florence

by Kathleen Raine

Daisies of Florence - Kathleen Raine

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Life Is a Walk Across a Field

by Adrian Mitchell

Life Is a Walk Across a Field - Adrian Mitchell

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What Is Poetry

by John Ashbery

What Is Poetry - John Ashbery

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The Clapham Elephants

The Clapham Elephants - PJ Kavanagh

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Mary’s Elephant, Elizabeth’s Spinet

Mary’s Elephant, Elizabeth’s Spinet - Ruth Padel

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A Flying Song

by Adrian Mitchell

A Flying Song - Adrian Mitchell

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Villanelle for the Middle of the Way

Villanelle for the Middle of the Way - Anne Ridler

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St Kevin and the Blackbird

by Seamus Heaney

St Kevin and the Blackbird - Seamus Heaney

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Serenade

Serenade - John Mole

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Well, Francis, Where’s the Sun?

by Peter Porter

Well, Francis, Where’s the Sun? - Peter Porter

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Fats

Fats - John Mole

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Billie Holiday

by Alison Croggon

Billie Holiday - Alison Croggon

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Variation on an Old Rhyme

Variation on an Old Rhyme - John Mole

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The Carrion Crow

by John Heath Stubbs

The Carrion Crow - John Heath Stubbs

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