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Konch

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January 18, 2022 52 secs
'Shantung' by Denise Riley read by Stephanie Smith. 'Shantung' appears in the collection, 'Denise Riley: Selected Poems' published by Reality Street Editions in 2000. A transcript can be found at https://poetryarchive.org/poem/shantung/ More from Stephanie Smith can be found at https://www.instagram.com/studiosmithstewart/ and http://www.smithstewart.co.uk
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'Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy’s Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota' by James Wright read by Jack McConville. 'Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy’s Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota' was first published in The Paris Review in 1961. A transcript can be found at https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47734/lying-in-a-hammock-at-william-duffys-farm-in-pine-island-minnesota More from Jack McConville can be found at https://www.themoder...
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'authentic movement' by Gloria Dawson read by Anna McLauchlan and Margaret McLauchlan, recorded 9 October 2018. This poem is part of the collection circlusion by Gloria Dawson published by Zarf Editions, Leeds, 2018. Thanks to Barry Burns for editing. A transcribed extract can be found at https://trespassingassemblies.tumblr.com/post/172566892704/new-pamphlet-circlusion
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'The Woman and the Giraffes' by Luljeta Lleshanaku translated by Henry Israeli and Lluka Qafoku read by Neil Bickerton. This translation appears in the collection, 'Haywire New and Selected Poems', published by Bloodave Books Ltd in 2011. A transcript can be found at https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=OS5_VGMdkI8C&pg=PA8&lpg=PA8&dq=The+Woman+and+the+Giraffes%27+by+Luljeta+Lleshanaku&source=bl&ots=HYsgQb1Ov4&sig=ACfU3U1gceLslTDVIQ4...
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'Schedule' by Miyó Vestrini translated by Anne Boyer and Cassandra Gillig read by Tessa Berring. This translation is from the collection, 'Grenade in Mouth: Some Poems of Miyo Vestrini' published by Kenning Editions in 2019. More from Tessa Berring can be found at https://twitter.com/TessaBerring
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'Drama' by Zheng Xiaoqiong translated by Eleanor Goodman read by Roy Claire Potter. 'Drama' appears in the collection, 'A Needle Hole Through The Constellations' published by The Chinese University Press. More from Roy Claire Potter can be found at http://www.royclairepotter.net
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'Buying Oranges' by Bertolt Brecht read by Daisy Lafarge. This version of 'Buying Oranges' appears in the collection, 'Love Poems' translated by David Constantine and Tom Kuhn and published in 2014 by Liveright Publishing Corporation. A transcript can be found at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oVxBU6C_l7YbX-AZXjkmmi310HtjMBs1/view?usp=sharing More from Daisy Lafarge can be found at @daisylafarge
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'If I Told Him - A Completed Portrait of Picasso' by Gertrude Stein read by Lee Welch. 'If I Told Him - A Completed Portrait Of Picasso' was first published by Vanity Fair in 1924. A transcript can be found at https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/55215/if-i-told-him-a-completed-portrait-of-picasso More from Lee Welch can be found at https://www.leewelch.com
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July 13, 2021 49 secs
'Grief (3)' by Róisín Ní Neachtain. Read by Róisín Ní Neachtain. A transcript can be found at. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UAl9b9coy5A_huTbqoiknkUK0XQry9Gu/view?usp=sharing
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'All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace' by Richard Brautigan read by Danny Saunders. 'All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace' appears in the collection of the same name first published by the Communication Company in 1967. A transcript can be found at https://allpoetry.com/All-Watched-Over-By-Machines-Of-Loving-Grace More from Danny Saunders can be found at https://www.correcto-dannysaunders.com
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'Consolation Grook' by Piet Hein read by Fred Pedersen. 'Consolation Grook' was first published in Politiken in 1940. A transcript and more about Piet Hein can be found at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet_Hein_(scientist) More from Fred Pedersen can be found at https://fredpedersen.art
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Poem 49 of the Maitland Quarto Manuscript (1586)read by Ashley Douglas. More information and a transcript can be found at https://wee-windaes.nls.uk/the-maitland-quarto-and-poem-49/ . More from Ashley Douglas can be found at https://twitter.com/ashdouglasscot
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'The Keekin' Glass' by Robert Burns read by Neil Bickerton. 'The Keekin' Glass' was published posthumously in 'Life and Works of Robert Burns' 1851. A transcript can be found at http://www.robertburns.org/works/354.shtml More from the reader can be found at http://neilbickerton.com/
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'Isba Song' by Medbh McGuckian read by Jill O'Sullivan. 'Isba Song' appears in 'Selected Poems, 1978–1994' published by Gallery Press in 1997. More from Jill O'Sullivan can be found at https://www.instagram.com/jilllorean/
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'I Touch The Earth, The Earth Touches Me' (extract) by Hugh Prather read by Walter Price. 'I Touch The Earth, The Earth Touches Me' was first published by Main Street Books in 1972. More from Walter Price can be found at https://www.greenenaftaligallery.com/artists/walter-price
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November 21, 2020 56 secs
'Gray' by Mary Ruefle read by Lorna Macintyre. 'Gray' appears in 'My Private Property' first published by Wave Books in 2016. A transcript can be found within the following review https://www.full-stop.net/2017/03/16/reviews/connor-stratton/my-private-property-mary-ruefle/ More from Lorna Macintyre can be found at https://www.lornamacintyre.com
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'Girl And Hare' by Sasha Dugdale read by Neil Bickerton. 'Girl And Hare' appears in the collection, 'Deformations' published by Carcanet in 2020. A transcript can be found at https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XIXxDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT6&lpg=PT6&dq=%22Girl+and+Hare%22+Sasha+Dugdale&source=bl&ots=W-b827Y0Le&sig=ACfU3U2Rl7R5H1g1AK5lKrsWpMesWgtH7g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjJi6jqrvXsAhVLwlkKHcDACaQQ6AEwEXoECAcQAg#v=onepage&q=%22Girl%20and%20Hare...
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'Be Holding' by Ross Gay read by Grier Edmundson. 'Be Holding' was published in 2020 by University of Pittsburgh Press. More from Grier Edmundson can be found at https://grieredmundson.com
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"Some Of Us" by Ann Lauterbach read by Gwenan Davies. "Some Of Us" appears in the collection "Spells" published by Penguin Books in 2018. A transcript can be found at https://twitter.com/hmvanderhart/status/1183369870651604992/photo/1 More from Gwenan Davies can be found at https://www.instagram.com/gwenandaviesstudio/
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'Meditations in an Emergency' by Frank O'Hara read by Conner Milliken. 'Meditations in an Emergency' is the titular poem from the collection first published by Grove Press in 1957. A transcript can be found at https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/26538/meditations-in-an-emergency More from Conner Milliken can be found at https://cnnrmllkn.com and https://twitter.com/cnnrmllkn?s=20
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