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The British Council, in collaboration with Bloodaxe Books, have produced a series of contemporary poetry recordings featuring poets reading and talking about their work.
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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 Streamed Poem
29 seconds
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Fleur Adcock
Immigrant Streamed Poem
36 seconds
MP3 for podcasting
Adrian Mitchell
Celia Celia Streamed Poem
20 seconds
MP3 for podcasting
Christopher Logue
London Airport Streamed Poem
21 seconds
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Ruth Fainlight
Handbag Streamed Poem
46 seconds
MP3 for podcasting
Roger McGough
The Leader Streamed Poem
19 seconds
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Valerie Bloom
Sun a-shine, rain a-fall Streamed Poem
36 seconds
MP3 for podcasting
Paul Muldoon
The Boundary Commission Streamed Poem
28 seconds
MP3 for podcasting
Edwin Morgan
The Loch Ness Monster's Song Streamed Poem
1 minute 37 seconds
MP3 for podcasting
James Berry
Benediction Streamed Poem
34 seconds
MP3 for podcasting
Cicley Herbert
Everything Changes Streamed Poem (not currently available)
39 seconds
Wendy Cope
The Uncertainty of the Poet Streamed Poem
48 seconds
MP3 for podcasting
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