Happy #NationalPoetryDay! We and our partner organisations across England are releasing a poem a day from the #StayingHuman anthology published this month by @bloodaxebooks. You can listen to the whole playlist as it grows here: https://soundcloud.com/user-467684198/sets/bham-lit-fest-2020-staying-human-anthology">https://soundcloud.com/user-4676... #bhamlitfest
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Today& #39;s reading, to kick us off, is Beds by Elaine Feinstein, read by @FemiMind: https://buff.ly/36l4tam ">https://buff.ly/36l4tam&q... #apoemaday
Today& #39;s poem is Beyond by Julie O& #39;Callaghan, read by Ceri Morgan: https://soundcloud.com/user-467684198/beyond-by-julie-ocallaghan?in=user-467684198/sets/bham-lit-fest-2020-staying-human-anthology">https://soundcloud.com/user-4676... #NationalPoetryDay
Today& #39;s offering: Mulberries by Sabeer Haka translated from the Farsi by Nasrin Parvaz and Hubert Moore, read by Joshua Vaughan: https://soundcloud.com/user-467684198/mulberries-by-sabeer-haka-read-by-joshua-vaughan?in=user-467684198/sets/bham-lit-fest-2020-staying-human-anthology">https://soundcloud.com/user-4676...
Today we offer you Just a Nobody by Hama Tuma translated from the Amharic by the author, read by Ritisha Baidyaray: https://soundcloud.com/user-467684198/just-a-nobody-by-hama-tuma-read-by-ritisha-baidyaray?in=user-467684198/sets/bham-lit-fest-2020-staying-human-anthology">https://soundcloud.com/user-4676... #APoemADay
For today, it& #39;s @gregMleadbetter reading Illegal Immigrant by Reza Mohammadi translated from the Dari by Nick Laird and Hamid Kabir: https://soundcloud.com/user-467684198/illegal-immigrant-by-reza-mohammad-read-by-gregory-leadbetterwav?in=user-467684198/sets/bham-lit-fest-2020-staying-human-anthology">https://soundcloud.com/user-4676... #APoemADay
Today we welcome @MrCaseyBailey, the Birmingham Poet Laureate, reading We Lived Happily During the War by Ilya Kaminsky: https://soundcloud.com/user-467684198/we-lived-happily-during-the?in=user-467684198/sets/bham-lit-fest-2020-staying-human-anthology">https://soundcloud.com/user-4676... #APoemADay
Today& #39;s poem is read by the new Birmingham Young Poet Laureate, @mohiuddinfatma, reading Still Life with Sea Pinks and High Tide by Maura Dooley: https://soundcloud.com/user-467684198/still-life-with-sea-pinks-and-high-tide-by-maura-dooley-read-by-fatma-mohiuddin?in=user-467684198/sets/bham-lit-fest-2020-staying-human-anthology">https://soundcloud.com/user-4676... #APoemADay
Today& #39;s poem is Love is a Place by Joan Margarit, translated from the Catalan by Anna Crowe and read by Elisabeth Charis https://soundcloud.com/user-467684198/love-is-a-place-by-joan-margarit-read-by-elisabeth-charis?in=user-467684198/sets/bham-lit-fest-2020-staying-human-anthology">https://soundcloud.com/user-4676... #APoemADay
Today& #39;s reading is In Passing by Lisel Mueller, read by @andymba24 https://soundcloud.com/user-467684198/in-passing-by-lisel-mueller-read-by-andrea-mbarushimana">https://soundcloud.com/user-4676... #APoemADay
Today& #39;s poem is Snow by Gillian Clarke, read by @danielashby: https://soundcloud.com/user-467684198/snow-by-gillian-clarke-read-by-daniel-t-ashby">https://soundcloud.com/user-4676... #APoemADay
Today, it& #39;s @finlaysonpalmer reading Excise by Fred d& #39;Aguiar: https://soundcloud.com/user-467684198/excise-by-fred-daguiar-read-by-emma-finlayson-palmer">https://soundcloud.com/user-4676... #APoemADay
Today& #39;s poem is read by @kateinnes2 and it& #39;s If There Is Something To Desire By Vera Pavlova, translated from the Russian by Steven Seymour: https://soundcloud.com/user-467684198/if-there-is-something-to-desire-by-vera-pavlova-read-by-kate-innes">https://soundcloud.com/user-4676... #APoemADay
Today& #39;s poem is Recognition by Lawrence Sail, read by @lucytaylor: https://soundcloud.com/user-467684198/recognition-by-lawrence-sail-read-by-lucy-taylor">https://soundcloud.com/user-4676... #APoemADay
Today, we offer Miracle by Stephanie Norgate, read by @sstokeschapman: https://soundcloud.com/user-467684198/miracle-by-stephanie-norgate-read-by-susan-stokes-chapman">https://soundcloud.com/user-4676... #APoemADay
Today& #39;s poem is As You Get Older by Dermot Healy, read by Chris Chapman: https://soundcloud.com/user-467684198/as-you-get-older-by-dermot-healy-read-by-chris-chapman">https://soundcloud.com/user-4676... #APoemADay
Today& #39;s poem is The Trouble by Jane Clarke, read by @makinglight1 https://soundcloud.com/user-467684198/the-trouble-by-jane-clarke-read-by-naomi-paul">https://soundcloud.com/user-4676... #APoemADay
Today, we welcome Liz Kershaw reading Shoulders by Naomi Shibab Nye: https://soundcloud.com/user-467684198/shoulders-by-naomi-shibab-nye-read-by-liz-kershaw">https://soundcloud.com/user-4676... #APoemADay
Today, for our final poem, it& #39;s @eleanorpe reading Making A Meal of It by Dick Davis. We hope you& #39;ve enjoyed these poems. Many thanks to @bloodaxebooks for creating the #StayingHuman anthology! https://soundcloud.com/user-467684198/making-a-meal-of-it-by-dick-davis-read-by-lisa-peter">https://soundcloud.com/user-4676... #APoemADay
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