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We continue our theme of story poems this month with engrossing tales from Muriel Spark, Czeslaw Milosz, Maurice Riordan, Seamus Heaney and John Keats.
Newcomers to the program include Mimi Khalvati, Sinead Morrissey, Dick Davis, Frieda Hughes and the New Zealand poet Lauris Edmond.
We celebrate the birthdays of the two great Willliams - Wordsworth on the 7th and 8th and Shakespeare on the 23rd.
American contributions come from Louise Gluck, Maya Angelou and the author of All The King's Men - Robert Penn Warren; and we have much-loved poems from old favourites - Adrian Henri, Constantin Cavafy, Tony Harrison, E J Scovell, John Donne and George Herbert.
True to John Fletcher's description, in England March came in like a lion and stayed roaring; only now has it decided to go out like a lamb ...
We hope you enjoy the spring with PfT.
April
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1
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Frieda Hughes
Lauris Edmond
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English
New Zealand
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Stonepicker
3 AM
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2
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Lauris Edmond
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New Zealand
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Anniversary
Greek Antiquities First Floor
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3
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George Herbert
John Donne
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English
English
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Easter Wings
Two Songs
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4
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Maya Angelou
Tristan Tzara
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American
Romanian
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The Lesson
The Admiral Looks for a House
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7
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William Wordsworth
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English
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Daffodils
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8
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William Wordsworth
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English
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Lucy Poems
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9
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E J Scovell
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English
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If I Could Paint Essences
Reflections on Old Age
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10
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Adrian Henri
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English
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Love is
I Want to Paint I
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11
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Jacques Prévert
Adrian Henri
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French
English
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Breakfast
I Want to Paint II
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14
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Seamus Heaney
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Irish
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Two Lorries
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15
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Muriel Spark
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Scottish
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Going Up to Sothebys
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16
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Maurice Riordan
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Irish
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Time Out
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17
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Czeslaw Milosz
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Lithuanian
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The Legend
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18
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Dick Davis
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English
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Guides for the Soul
A Monorhyme for the Shower
6 AM Thoughts
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21
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John Keats
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English
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La Belle Dame sans Merci
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22
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Louise Gluck
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American
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Lullaby
Summer
The Wild Iris
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23
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William Shakespeare
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English
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Sonnets 63, 64, 65
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24
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Sinead Morrissey
Robert Penn Warren
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N Irish
American
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Genetics
San Francisco Night Windows
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25
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Walter de la Mare
James Fenton
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English
English
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The Listeners
Nothing
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28
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Mimi Khalvati
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Iranian
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Overblown Roses
Rubaiyat
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29
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Constantin Cavafy
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Egyptian
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The City
Waiting for the Barbarians
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30
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Tony Harrison
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English
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Initial Illumination
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