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The Long Duration of a Split Second - Nick Makoha
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Basquiat asks the poet about Death - Nick Makoha
Poem
by Nicholas McGaughey
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by Mary-Jane Holmes
Poem
by Pippa Little
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Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day (Sonnet 18)
Read by Ian McKellen
Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day (Sonnet 18) - William Shakespeare - Read by Ian McKellen
The Mighty Dead
How do I Love Thee (Sonnet 43)
Read by Judi Dench
How do I Love Thee (Sonnet 43) - Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Read by Judi Dench
The Mighty Dead
Remember
Read by Rosamund Pike
Remember - Christina Rossetti - Read by Rosamund Pike
Poet
Derek Walcott
B. 1930 D. 2017
“What's poetry, if it's worth its salt, / but a phrase men can pass from hand to mouth?”