Poems on the Underground

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Poetry Quartets

The British Council, in collaboration with Bloodaxe Books, have produced a series of contemporary poetry recordings featuring poets reading and talking about their work.

Poetry Society: Poems on the Underground

Search for Poems on the Underground on the Poetry Society web site and find out about news and events related to the posters.

Orion Publishing

Orion Publishing Group publish through their imprint Cassell.

Poems on the Underground 2006

Published by Cassell

Edited by Gerald Benson, Judith Chernaik and Cicely Herbert

You can listen to a selection of streamed contemporary poems featured on Poems on the Underground read by the authors and editors.

The poems are also available as downloadable audio files. Right-click of the MP3 file and 'Save Target As' into a folder.

Poems on the Underground CD

Gerard Benson, Judith Chernaik and Cicely Herbert (Editors), 2006, ISBN 0752874217. Buy CD.

Grace Nichols

Like a Beacon Streamed Poem
29 seconds
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Fleur Adcock

Immigrant Streamed Poem
36 seconds
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Adrian Mitchell

Celia Celia Streamed Poem
20 seconds
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Christopher Logue

London Airport Streamed Poem
21 seconds
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Ruth Fainlight

Handbag Streamed Poem
46 seconds
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Roger McGough

The Leader Streamed Poem
19 seconds
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Valerie Bloom

Sun a-shine, rain a-fall Streamed Poem
36 seconds
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Paul Muldoon

The Boundary Commission Streamed Poem
28 seconds
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Edwin Morgan

The Loch Ness Monster's Song Streamed Poem
1 minute 37 seconds
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James Berry

Benediction Streamed Poem
34 seconds
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Cicley Herbert

Everything Changes Streamed Poem (not currently available)
39 seconds

Wendy Cope

The Uncertainty of the Poet Streamed Poem
48 seconds
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