Listen to the world’s best poetry read out loud.

One morning, when the world was dark  

My feet led me towards the park.  

A blackbird sang an easy tune,  

A contrail underlined the moon.  

Dark horses crushed the plain leaves,  

White with frost, and galloped out of sight.  

And distant traffic, with a sound like  

muffled thunder sped around. 

Rose light and flame, the eastern sky,  

A greyhound, masterless, looked by.  

A poplar’s black denuded crest thinned  

To reveal a magpie’s nest.  

On the red lake two snowy geese 

Swam in a saraband of peace,  

And as I breathed the callous air,  

I lost the drift of my despair.