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As well as new recordings by contemporary poets the Poetry Archive also contains selections of classic poems recorded by contemporary voices.
238 poems
The Classics
Bavarian Gentians
Read by Glyn Maxwell
Bavarian Gentians - D. H. Lawrence - Read by Glyn Maxwell
The Classics
Tell Me Not Here, It Needs Not Saying
Read by Andrew Motion
by A E Housman
Tell Me Not Here, It Needs Not Saying - A E Housman - Read by Andrew Motion
The Classics
The Show
Read by Simon Armitage
by Wilfred Owen
The Show - Wilfred Owen - Read by Simon Armitage
The Classics
Lights Out
Read by Andrew Motion
Lights Out - Edward Thomas - Read by Andrew Motion
The Classics
Strange Hells
Read by Glyn Maxwell
by Ivor Gurney
Strange Hells - Ivor Gurney - Read by Glyn Maxwell
The Classics
The Burial of Sir John Moore After Corunna
Read by Simon Armitage
The Burial of Sir John Moore After Corunna - Charles Wolfe - Read by Simon Armitage
The Classics
Proud Maisie
Read by Don Paterson
by Walter Scott
Proud Maisie - Walter Scott - Read by Don Paterson
The Classics
Casabianca
Read by Alice Oswald
Casabianca - Felicia Hemans - Read by Alice Oswald
The Classics
The War Song of Dinas Vawr
Read by Glyn Maxwell
The War Song of Dinas Vawr - Thomas Love Peacock - Read by Glyn Maxwell
The Classics
Sonnets From The Portuguese XXIV
Read by Jo Shapcott
Sonnets From The Portuguese XXIV - Elizabeth Barrett Browning - Read by Jo Shapcott
The Classics
There Is No God
Read by Jacob Sam-La Rose
There Is No God - Arthur Hugh Clough - Read by Jacob Sam-La Rose
The Classics
My orcha’d In Linden Lea
Read by Andrew Motion
My orcha’d In Linden Lea - William Barnes - Read by Andrew Motion
The Classics
An Upper Chamber In A Darkened House
Read by Andrew Motion
An Upper Chamber In A Darkened House - Frederick Tuckerman - Read by Andrew Motion
The Classics
Envy
Read by Jacob Sam-La Rose
Envy - Adelaide Anne Procter - Read by Jacob Sam-La Rose
The Classics
Snake
Read by Jo Shapcott
Snake - Emily Dickinson - Read by Jo Shapcott
The Classics
Dirge For Two Veterans
Read by Jacob Sam-La Rose
by Walt Whitman
Dirge For Two Veterans - Walt Whitman - Read by Jacob Sam-La Rose
The Classics
Invictus
Read by Daljit Nagra
by W. E. Henley