Rommi Smith
Poet, playwright and librettist Rommi Smith chooses work by Linton Kwesi Johnson, Marilyn Hacker, Don Paterson and others, and performs her own work, Song 2.
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This Week's Poems
Song 2: Sanctuary
By Rommi Smith
From Forever?
Commissioned by AG250
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Prayer
By Carol Ann Duffy
From Carol Ann Duffy – Selected Poems
Pub: Penguin
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Bone Railroad
By Adam Lowe
From Patterflash
Published by Peepal Tree Press
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Dusk July
By ÌýMarilyn Hacker
From the Carcanet collected words entitled: Essays on Departure
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The Welcome
By Imtiaz Dharker
From Radiance
To be published by Bloodaxe in 2024
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Tithonus: 46 Minutes in the Life of the DawnÌý (extract)
By Alice Oswald
Published by The Letter Press
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I Pull Myself Through Tight Spaces Through the Twists
By Jason Allen-Paisant
From Self-Portrait As Othello
Published by Carcanet
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Two Trees
By Don Paterson
From Rain
By Faber & Faber
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Sonny’s Lettah
By Linton Kwesi Johnson
From Mi Revalueshanary Fren
Pub: Penguin
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