More poems of nature here: https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/nature?si=f650dc8062f4467983b37b0918baa6ca

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

A classic verse of the creation of nature.
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

The Tyger by William Blake

Part of the BBC's 'Walk through Time' natural history project.
Produced for BBC Essex by Anton Jarvis.

Walk through Time (BBC Essex) Hilly Fields, Colchester Ray Clark Outside Broadcast 2004

BBC Essex Afternoon Show with Anton Jarvis 2004

Music for 'Fish out of Water' radio documentary in the A SENSE OF PLACE series.
Broadcast on BBC Essex in 2002. Music written and performed by Chris Jones.
Series produced by Anton Jarvis.
Documentary episode here: https://on.soundcloud.com/n9knjtwi81ACn6hJup

Fish out of Water (instrumental) by Chris Jones

Music for 'Outcasts' radio documentary in the A SENSE OF PLACE series.
Broadcast on BBC Essex in 2002. Song written and performed by Chris Jones.
Series produced by Anton Jarvis.
Documentary episode here: https://on.soundcloud.com/ADfTWwjXsUXdimi31Y

Where's My Life? by Chris Jones

One World (BBC Essex) Chelmsford Ray Clark Outside Broadcast 30.04.2005

25 Years of BBC Essex (local radio) 2011

James Agee's poem is the third movement of 'Nocturnes', a choral composition by Morten Lauridsen.
My voice recording here is dedicated to Sydney Gay and Lesbian Choir.

Sure on this Shining Night by James Agee

Essex people talk about positive and negative aspects of old age. They describe the experience of alzheimer's disease and express views on euthanasia. Contributors share their energy and enjoyment of retirement and the twilight years, and also speak about grandparents.

Original title: Getting Older

More programmes in the series here: https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/the-century-speaks

CENTURY SPEAKS 8 Old Age (social history)

Essex people talk about their childhood and teenage experiences, from carefree days of roaming free outside, playing sports and games to helping with household chores and the work on a farm. They also describe the pressures of being a teenager, sexual awakening and first relationships.

Original title: Growing Up.

More programmes in the series here: https://soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-206182017/sets/the-century-speaks

CENTURY SPEAKS 7 Childhood/Teenagers (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.

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