Sketch Poetry
Poetry read in a fitting setting, by teacher and poet of no great renown: Joe Riley.
Great poems from a range of eras read aloud in a place that befits them. No lectures, not too many long words or academic pretence; a chance to sketch out how a poem reaches your heart.
Want me to sketch a poem? thesketchpoet@gmail.com
Sketch Poetry
The Whitsun Weddings-Philip Larkin
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'That Whitsun, I was late getting away:'
Join Joe on the train to London as he reads Larkin's masterpiece The Whitsun Weddings.
Originally heard and published on the Philip Larkin Society Podcast 'Tiny in All That Air'. Check them out if you enjoy all things Toad.
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Want to hear a poem? Pitch it (and the setting in which you think it could be read) to me here:
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