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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
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The Mighty Dead
Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day (Sonnet 18) - William Shakespeare - Read by Ian McKellen
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How do I Love Thee (Sonnet 43) - Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Read by Judi Dench
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Remember

Read by Rosamund Pike
Remember - Christina Rossetti - Read by Rosamund Pike
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Derek Walcott

B. 1930 D. 2017

2 poems available

“What's poetry, if it's worth its salt, / but a phrase men can pass from hand to mouth?”

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The Job of Paradise - Roger Robinson
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On Nurses - Roger Robinson
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Portrait - Ella Duffy
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