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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.
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The Classics
There’s a certain Slant of light
Read by Kei Miller
There’s a certain Slant of light - Emily Dickinson - Read by Kei Miller
The Classics
Safe in their Alabaster Chambers
Read by Kei Miller
Safe in their Alabaster Chambers - Emily Dickinson - Read by Kei Miller
The Classics
Man
Read by John Fuller
Man - Henry Vaughan - Read by John Fuller
The Classics
They Are All Gone into the World of Light
Read by John Fuller
They Are All Gone into the World of Light - Henry Vaughan - Read by John Fuller
The Classics
Epistle to Cobham from Moral Essays (extract)
Read by John Fuller
Epistle to Cobham from Moral Essays (extract) - Alexander Pope - Read by John Fuller
The Classics
from The Dunciad Variorum, Book ii
Read by John Fuller
from The Dunciad Variorum, Book ii - Alexander Pope - Read by John Fuller
The Classics
The Song of The Smoke
Read by Patience Agbabi
The Song of The Smoke - W. E. B. DuBois - Read by Patience Agbabi
The Classics
The Things That Matter
Read by Patience Agbabi
by E. Nesbit
The Things That Matter - E. Nesbit - Read by Patience Agbabi
The Classics
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
Read by Simon Armitage
by Oscar Wilde
The Ballad of Reading Gaol - Oscar Wilde - Read by Simon Armitage
The Classics
Sing Me A Song of A Lad That Is Gone
Read by Andrew Motion
Sing Me A Song of A Lad That Is Gone - Robert Louis Stevenson - Read by Andrew Motion
The Classics
Invitation To Love
Read by Jacob Sam-La Rose
Invitation To Love - Paul Laurence Dunbar - Read by Jacob Sam-La Rose
The Classics
The Witch
Read by Jo Shapcott
The Witch - Mary Elizabeth Coleridge - Read by Jo Shapcott
The Classics
The God Abandons Antony
Read by Jean Sprackland
by C. P. Cavafy
The God Abandons Antony - C. P. Cavafy - Read by Jean Sprackland
The Classics
The Rolling English Road
Read by Daljit Nagra
The Rolling English Road - G. K. Chesterton - Read by Daljit Nagra
The Classics
A Blockhead
Read by Jean Sprackland
by Amy Lowell
A Blockhead - Amy Lowell - Read by Jean Sprackland
The Classics
Fame
Read by Jo Shapcott
Fame - Charlotte Mew - Read by Jo Shapcott
The Classics
The Inquest
Read by Simon Armitage
by W. H. Davies