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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

The home page for Poems on the Underground at the Poetry Society web site. Contains details of news and events, and how to obtain posters.   

Orion Publishing   

Orion Publishing Group publish New Poems on the Underground 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     

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

Grace Nichols   

Like a Beacon    Windows Media Player   
29 seconds   
MP3 for podcasting   

Fleur Adcock   

Immigrant    Windows Media Player   
36 seconds   
MP3 for podcasting   

Adrian Mitchell   

Celia Celia    Windows Media Player   
20 seconds   
MP3 for podcasting   

Christopher Logue   

London Airport    Windows Media Player   
21 seconds   
MP3 for podcasting   

Ruth Fainlight   

Handbag    Windows Media Player   
46 seconds   
MP3 for podcasting   

Roger McGough   

The Leader    Windows Media Player   
19 seconds   
MP3 for podcasting   

Valerie Bloom   

Sun a-shine, rain a-fall    Windows Media Player   
36 seconds   
MP3 for podcasting   

Paul Muldoon   

The Boundary Commission    Windows Media Player   
28 seconds   
MP3 for podcasting   

Edwin Morgan   

The Loch Ness Monster's Song    Windows Media Player   
1 minute 37 seconds   
MP3 for podcasting   

James Berry   

Benediction    Windows Media Player   
34 seconds   
MP3 for podcasting   

Cicley Herbert   

Everything Changes    Windows Media Player   
39 seconds   

Wendy Cope   

The Uncertainty of the Poet    Windows Media Player   
48 seconds   
MP3 for podcasting