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3 weeks ago - (27)
#Kenneth Branagh
#Wilfred Owen
#celebrities reading poetry
#poetry

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“Futility” by Wilfred Owen

Read by Kenneth Branagh

3 weeks ago - (5212)
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#Tom Hiddleston
#W.B. Yeats
#I guess today's a Hiddleston day. I'm not every sorry.
#poetry
#celebrities reading poetry

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“When You Are Old” by W. B. Yeats

Read by Tom Hiddleston

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3 weeks ago - (1943)
#Tom Hiddleston
#W. H. Auden
#celebrities reading poetry
#poetry
#I may take down this recording
#because I don't like featuring clips that are part of compilations that go to charity
#BUT PLEASE BUY THIS APP

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“As I Walked Out One Evening” by W.H. Auden

Read by Tom Hiddleston

An app by the name of iF Poems has come out recently, and while I am in no way affiliated with the project, I beg of you - purchase this app. It has marvelous recordings of poetry, and 10% of all sales of the app go to the Save the Children charity. The app can be found here. 

1 month ago - (959)
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#Andrew Scott
#John Milton
#poetry
#prose
#celebrities reading poetry

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Excerpt from Paradise Lost by John Milton, Book XI 840-865

Read by Andrew Scott

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2 months ago - (200)
#Anthony Hopkins
#Dylan Thomas
#celebrities reading poetry
#Poetry

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“Do not go gentle into that good night” by Dylan Thomas

Read by Anthony Hopkins

2 months ago - (63)
#Glenn Close
#Pablo Neruda
#celebrities reading poetry
#Poetry

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“I Like For You To Be Still” by Pablo Neruda

Read by Glenn Close

3 months ago - (96)
#Jeremy Irons
#Poetry
#William Wordsworth
#celebrities reading poetry
#Sorry for the delay between posts!

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“Daffodils” by William Wordsworth

Read by Jeremy Irons

3 months ago - (488)
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#Jude Law
#Lord Byron
#celebrities reading poetry
#Poetry
#Couldn't find a clip of this anywhere - luckily it was already posted!

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“She Walks in Beauty” by Lord Byron

Read by Jude Law

3 months ago - (45)
#John Hannah
#W. H. Auden
#celebrities reading poetry
#Poetry

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“Funeral Blues” by W. H. Auden

Read by John Hannah

An old request, finally fulfilled. To the person who suggested this so long ago - sorry for the delay!