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• ↓ With over 2000 free poems, 500 poets’ work and 5 million visitors a year, the Poetry Archive represents a rich diversity of both poets and poetry.
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"The Poetry Archive is the only charity wholly dedicated to the production, acquisition and preservation of recordings of significant poets reading their work aloud."

"We care for and preserve these uniquely valuable voices, which might otherwise be lost, so that future generations can continue to enjoy them. We make our own recordings of poets who write in the English language, and poets also donate copies of their own archives to us so we can look after them in the long term. Hearing how a poet speaks their own poems brings us a deeper level of understanding and enjoyment of the work and provides a rich resource for poetry lovers, explorers, teachers and students of all ages. We have a fundamental belief that poetry is for everyone so, as a charity, the funds we raise are used to record new poets and keep sharing these wonderful collections free-of-charge with you."

"Born in Islington in north London, the premature death of her mother just before Sullivan’s 7th birthday necessitated her spending several years at a Boarding School just outside Ashford, in Kent, one of the first in the country to offer…"

"To mark the centenary of Sir David Attenborough, The Poetry Archive has gathered a special chorus of poems responding to a life spent in attentive encounter with the living world, curated by Maggie Sullivan. Attenborough’s work has taught us that…"

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With over 2000 free poems, 500 poets’ work and 5 million visitors a year, the Poetry Archive represents a rich diversity of both poets and poetry.

What is the Poetry Archive?

Listener’s Pick

Introducing

Now Featuring

Surprise Me