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When The Moon Is Full by Sally Warrell


0:27 minutes (425.49 KB)

When The Moon Is Full Copyright © Sally Warrell 4 July 2009

Now I can look
At the moon again

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
Read When: 
Tue, 28/07/2009
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Fairy Tales by Florence Cox


0:40 minutes (632.41 KB)

Fairy Tales Copyright 2009 © Florence Cox

She believed
in fairy tales,
the transformation,

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
Read When: 
Tue, 28/07/2009
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Lies by Florence Cox


1:20 minutes (1.23 MB)

Lies Copyright 1993 © Florence Cox

Her mother, and her mother’s ally, God,
were so damned fierce
that childhood, with its innocent mistakes,

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
Read When: 
Tue, 28/07/2009
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The Dance Of Time by Florence Cox


1:41 minutes (1.53 MB)

The Dance of Time Copyright 2009 © Florence Cox

The room is pleasant enough; he has
one or two things of his own,
including a photograph in a frame,

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
Read When: 
Tue, 28/07/2009
Your rating: None Average: 3.3 (3 votes)
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PYO Poet Fight by Colin Whyles


1:27 minutes (1.34 MB)

PYO Poet Fight Copyright © 13th July 2009 c whyles

Don't pick a fight with a poet
A poet can blister your skin
with words so precise

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
Read When: 
Tue, 28/07/2009
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Of Mother And Childhood pt.1 by Colin Whyles


1:44 minutes (1.58 MB)

Of Mother And Childhood pt. 1 Copyright © 2009 Colin Whyles

I remember you were always old and white-haired
except that you couldn't have been
as you were half the age I am now when you bore me

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
Read When: 
Tue, 28/07/2009
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Of Mother And Childhood pt.2 by Colin Whyles


2:14 minutes (2.05 MB)

Of Mother And Childhood pt. 2 Copyright © 2nd July 2009 Colin Whyles

I do not remember the wireless
powered by accumulators you took to the shop
for charging
But I do remember the wireless with the strange names

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
Read When: 
Tue, 28/07/2009
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A Winterton Tale, or Love's Ebb by Paul Jenkins


2:15 minutes (2.06 MB)

A Winterton Tale or Love’s Ebb © 2008 Paul Jenkins

Six, so far,
three or four meters offshore,
in wetsuits and divers helmets,

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
Read When: 
Tue, 28/07/2009
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The Glorious Suez Canal by Colin Whyles


6:31 minutes (5.99 MB)

The Glorious Suez Canal Copyright © 2009 Colin Whyles

A song written in the style of Music Hall for an old friend who spent his time in the army defending Britain's interests, and some of his own, in the Suez Canal. The song tells an anecdote he relates about his attempt to swim across the Suz Canal. Note that the geography used is what he tells and is inaccurate.

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Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
Read When: 
Tue, 28/07/2009
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When My Father Died by Sally Warrell


2:06 minutes (1.93 MB)

When My Father Died Copyright © Sally Warrell 4 July 2009

“He’s already cold,”
My mother said
“He was warm.”

Read Where: 
Poetry Aloud, Benson Blakes, Bury St Edmunds
Read When: 
Tue, 28/07/2009
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