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World Poetry Day – Featured Poem: The Valley Wind by Lu Yün (BSL)

Held every year on 21 March, World Poetry Day celebrates one of humanity’s most treasured forms of cultural and linguistic…

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Featured Poem: Sonnet 64 by William Shakespeare

Today's Featured Poem is brought to you by The Reader's Volunteer Coordinator, Lisa Spurgin. She reads 'Sonnet 64' by William…

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Featured Poem: High Waving Heather by Emily Brontë

This week's Featured Poem is 'High Waving Heather' by Emily Bronte, taken from A Nature Poem for Every Day, read…

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Featured Poem: Leisure by W. H. Davies

For a number of years, The Reader ran a Shared Reading group at the John Denmark Unit, which offers special…

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Featured Poem: The First Days of Spring – The Sky by Taigu Ryokan

Today's Featured Poem is 'The First Days of Spring - The Sky' by Taigu Ryokan, read by The Reader's Mariana…

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Featured Poem: George Moses Horton, Myself by George Moses Horton

Today's Featured Poem is 'George Moses Horton, Myself' by George Moses Horton, read by The Reader's Teaching and Learning Coordinator,…

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Featured Poem: The Valley Wind by Lu Yün

Today's Featured Poem is 'The Valley Wind' by Lu Yün, read by Mary Crotty. This poem is taken from One…

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Featured Poem: Heart in the Highlands by Robert Burns

For a number of years, The Reader ran a Shared Reading group at the John Denmark Unit, which offers special…

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Featured Poem: Sonnet 59 by William Shakespeare

Today's Featured Poem is brought to you by Jamie Barton our Business and Content Manager at The Reader. She reads…

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Featured Poem: No.14 – Taken from 170 Chinese Poems

Today's Featured Poem is brought to you by The Reader's Publications Manager, Grace Frame. She reads 'No.14', a poem taken…

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Featured Poem: There is a Budding Morrow in Midnight

Continuing with our wintery theme, today's Featured Poem is brought to you by Jamie Barton our Business and Content Manager…

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Featured Poem: The Library by George Crabbe

Continuing with our wintery theme, today's Featured Poem is brought to you by Frances Macmillan our Head of Publishing and…

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