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Good Girl

By Kim Addonizio

Read by Sidonie McLaren

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Floral Birth '98

By Meriem Ahmed

Read by Kayssie K

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Why Can't I Leave You?

By Ai

Read by Eisa Davis

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Amá Teaches Me How to Whistle


By Moncho Ollin Alvarado

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To Sweeten Bitter

By Raymond Antrobus

Read by Shakeel Haakim

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Superhero Origin Story [S. O. S.]


By Jubi Arriola-Headley

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The Lion

By Mona Arshi

Read by Tiffany Gray

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Writing Audio Description at the Ulster Museum


By Bebe Ashley

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The Illegitimate


By ATMOS Collective

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As I Walked Out One Evening

By W. H. Auden

Read by Peter Halstead

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Funeral Blues

By W. H. Auden

Read by Simon Callow

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The Unknown Citizen

By W. H. Auden

Read by Bobby Hirston

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Apophasis at the All-Night Rite Aid

By Catherine Barnett

Read by Nicole Sealey

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in which I hypnotise a tiger


By Khairani Barokka

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10 Things I Want To Say to a Black Woman

By Joshua Bennett

Read by Samuel Yakura

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The Republic of Motherhood


By Liz Berry

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Dive Bar

By Caroline Bird

Read by Ellen Moran

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One Art

By Elizabeth Bishop

Read by John Murillo

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Wellspring: Words from Water


By Kimberly M. Blaeser

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A Poison Tree

By William Blake

Read by Patrick Fusco

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London

By William Blake

Read by Gabriel Gbadamosi

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Edge of Water, Moiese, Montana


By Brian Blanchfield

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The Lost Art of Letter Writing

By Eavan Boland

Read by Jade Jordan

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Water Birth


By Rachel Bower

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Black Girl Magic


By Mahogany L. Browne

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If 2017 was a poem title


By Mahogany L. Browne

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When all this is over


By Siobhán Campbell

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Canción de las Mujeres: Some Uses for the Moon

By Rafael Campo

Read by Sean Hill

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Kissing Distance


By Anthony Vahni Capildeo

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Names

By Mary Jean Chan

Read by Sofia Oxenham

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Blues for Albert ‘Prodigy’ Johnson & Carl ‘Haystee’ Samuel


By Kayo Chingonyi

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Kumukanda

By Kayo Chingonyi

Read by Paapa Essiedu

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Cherishing for Beginners


By Sarah Clancy

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The Echo at Coole

By Austin Clarke

Read by Tommy Tiernan

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turning

By Lucille Clifton

Read by Cornelius Eady

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GOLDEN IN THE MORNING CRANE OUR NECKS


By CAConrad

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Some Rules

By Wendy Cope

Read by Catherine Dryden

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The Orange

By Wendy Cope

Read by Rhianne Barreto

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Lo que cuenta / What Counts

By Óscar Cruz

Read by Legna Rodríguez Iglesias

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Emergency Warning

By Yrsa Daley-Ward

Read by Jessica Revell

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