Great poems written in times past.

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Classics

A classic and evocative depiction of spring's abundant yellow blooms.
POET PLAYLIST LINKS:
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/auden
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/william-blake
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/gillian-clarke
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/e-e-cummings
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/dickinson
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/hsc-t-s-eliot
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/robert-frost
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/thomas-hardy
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/ted-hughes
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/keats
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/philip-larkin
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/william-shakespeare
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/wordsworth
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/w-b-yeats

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud ('Daffodils') by William Wordsworth

Housman's wonderful ode to cherry blossom. Part II of 'A Shropshire Lad'.
More natural landscape poems here: https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/natural-landscapes

Loveliest Of Trees by A.E. Housman

Birdsong in English amidst the bleakness of winter.
POET PLAYLIST LINKS:
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https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/william-blake
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/gillian-clarke
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/e-e-cummings
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/dickinson
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/hsc-t-s-eliot
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/robert-frost
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/thomas-hardy
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/ted-hughes
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/keats
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/philip-larkin
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/william-shakespeare
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/wordsworth
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/w-b-yeats

The Darkling Thrush by Thomas Hardy

Wordsworth's love of the natural world is showcased here.
POET PLAYLIST LINKS:
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/auden
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/william-blake
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/gillian-clarke
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/e-e-cummings
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/dickinson
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/hsc-t-s-eliot
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/robert-frost
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/thomas-hardy
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/ted-hughes
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/keats
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/philip-larkin
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/william-shakespeare
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/wordsworth
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/w-b-yeats

Lines Written in Early Spring by William Wordsworth

For student study and teaching resources. Can also be used as unseen poems for those doing other exam boards.
POET PLAYLIST LINKS:
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/auden
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/william-blake
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/gillian-clarke
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/e-e-cummings
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/dickinson
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/hsc-t-s-eliot
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/robert-frost
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/thomas-hardy
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/ted-hughes
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/keats
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/philip-larkin
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/william-shakespeare
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/wordsworth
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/w-b-yeats

I Started Early, Took My Dog by Emily Dickinson

How thoughts of love can lift someone out of depressive thoughts.
POET PLAYLIST LINKS:
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/auden
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/william-blake
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/gillian-clarke
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/e-e-cummings
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/dickinson
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/hsc-t-s-eliot
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/robert-frost
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/thomas-hardy
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/ted-hughes
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/keats
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/philip-larkin
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/william-shakespeare
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/wordsworth
https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/w-b-yeats

Sonnet 29 by William Shakespeare

Child of our Time by Rosemary Dobson

Piltdown Man by Rosemary Dobson

Drummer Hodge by Thomas Hardy

I Shall Return by Claude McKay

Decomposition by Zulfikar Ghose

Origin Story by Eve L Ewing

AJ Ice Skating in Chelmsford (BBC Essex) 1996

AJ Skiing in Scotland (BBC Essex) 1996

Essex people talk about the effect of changes in technology on their home and working lives.
There are examples from the shop floor at Marconi, the Ford car assembly line and the printing and publishing industries. Contributors describe their offices from the strict regime of the 1950s typing pool to the first huge computers.
People also speak about the introduction of home computing, video recorders and automated telephone answering.
More programmes in the series here: https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/the-century-speaks

CENTURY SPEAKS 9 Technology/Industry (social history)

Essex people talk about their experiences of food and drink in the 20th century. The flavour of a changing diet is described from the same pattern of meals every week and the grocer selling foodstuffs loose, to the huge variation of the modern supermarket.
There is also a taste of the impact of rationing during and after the Second World War and how farming methods have changed is discussed.
The programme also features the increased choice of places to eat out, with the introduction of Chinese, Indian and other cuisine.

Original title: A Square Meal.
More programmes in the series here: https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/the-century-speaks

CENTURY SPEAKS 10 Food & Drink (social history)

Ex-BBC Broadcaster readings of poetry & stories + archive radio/audio features. PLEASE SHARE LINKS with others. 
I’m a self-confessed sound, speech and language nerd.

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud ('Daffodils') by William Wordsworth

Anton Jarvis

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