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Poetry Archive Now
by James McDermott
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Rainforest in the Sleep Room - Pascale Petit
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Jaguar Girl - Pascale Petit
Special Collection
Celebrate common humanity, diverse cultures and the importance of poetry in the arts. We’ve put together a collection of recordings which travel widely across continents, histories, and languages. Together they demonstrate the amazing poetic talent drawn from international backgrounds which the Poetry Archive is proud to have in our keeping.
Poem
by Rachel Burns
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by Nairn Kennedy
Poet
Poem
The mock turtle is all things to all men’ - Adham Smart
Poem
Francesca Woodman - Phoebe Stuckes
Poem
Mad Chicks Cool - Phoebe Stuckes
Poem
Surge 3 - Jay Bernard
Poet
Jay Bernard
B. 1988
"One of our most promising young talents, Jay Bernard writes powerful and sensuous scenes from the metropolis: a teenager flies like a moth, a woman with scissors sings bees. Disturbing, joyous and always surprising.” – Pascale Petit.