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The initial idea behind this website was to concentrate on poetry, however we have included a small prose section. We hope to expand this section in the future if people find it interesting. Poets have written some of the pieces included here and it is interesting to hear them speak in their ‘prose’ voice. On the whole prose is much easier to understand when read out loud than poetry. These playlists are just for listening to and the prose text is not provided.

Photograph - Oscar Wilde

Antonin Artaud

Writer, poet, visual artist, actor and theatre director.

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Saint Augustine

Christian saint.

Image - John Clare

John Clare

English Poet.

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Kahlil Gibran

Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist.

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Benjamin Disraeli

British politician and UK prime minister.

Image - John Keats

John Keats

English romantic poet.

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Oscar Wilde

Irish poet and playwright.

Photograph - Oscar Wilde

Plato

Athenian philosopher.

Image - Wilfred Owen

Wilfred Owen

English poet and soldier.

Photograph - Oscar Wilde

Llewelyn Powys

British essayist and novelist.

Photograph - Oscar Wilde

The Marquis de Sade

French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer.