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LearnEnglish Stories and Poems Podcasts are for learners at Intermediate to Advanced level and cover stories and poems by writers as famous as Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Tagore or Yeats, as well as stories by our resident writer, Chris Rose, and both stories and poems sent to us by our users. For this trial period, we will publish a new podcast every month.

LearnEnglish Stories and Poems Podcasts are a way for you to practise your English language listening skills. You can listen on your computer, or download to your mp3 player. Each article is accompanied by an activity/activities that you can do on your computer while you listen, or print out and do when you want. They are free, and if you subscribe we will send them to you every month.

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