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Featured Poem: The Instinct of Hope by John Clare
The Reader's Learning and Quality Coordinator, Lisa Spurgin, reflects on this week's Featured Poem, The Instinct of Hope by John…

Featured Poem: Song (It may be good) by Sir Thomas Wyatt
The Reader's Head of Learning and Quality, Clare Ellis, shares her thoughts on this week's Featured Poem, Song (It may…

Featured Poem: We Grow Accustomed to the Dark by Emily Dickinson
The Reader's Learning and Quality Leader, Natalie Kaas Pontoppidan, shares her thoughts on this week's Featured Poem, We Grow Accustomed…

Featured Poem: To a Stranger by Walt Whitman
The Reader's Head of Publications, Amanda Brown, shares her thoughts on this week's Featured Poem, To a Stranger by Walt…

Featured Poem: Awake, My Heart by Robert Seymour Bridges
The Reader's Learning and Quality Coordinator, Lisa Spurgin, shares her thoughts on this week's Featured Poem, Awake, My Heart by…

Featured Poem: Trespass by John Clare
The Reader's Director of Communities and Communications, Sophie Clarke, reflects on this week's Featured Poem, Trespass by John Clare. The…

Celebrating Mary Oliver
We're remembering Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and Reader favourite Mary Oliver, who died aged 83 last week. Last Thursday we were…

Featured Poem: The Frozen Heart by Robert Herrick
The Reader's Learning and Quality Leader, Katie Clark, shares her thoughts on this week's Featured Poem, The Frozen Heart by…

Featured Poem: On An Unsociable Family by Elizabeth Hands
The Reader's Learning and Quality Leader, Natalie Kaas Pontoppidan, shares her thoughts on this week's Featured Poem, On An Unsociable…

Featured Poem: To the Nightingale by William Cowper
The Reader's Learning and Quality Leader, Clare Ellis, reflects on this week's Featured Poem, To the Nightingale by William Cowper.…

Featured Poem: A Song for New Year’s Eve by William Cullen Bryant
The Reader's Learning and Quality Leader, Tom Young, shares his thoughts on this week's Featured Poem, A Song for New…

Featured Poem: Merry Christmas by Louisa May Alcott
The Reader's Learning and Quality Leader, Amanda Boston, shares her thoughts on this week's festive Featured Poem, Merry Christmas by…