What a perfect reader for The Raven! I think Mark Gatiss and I share a love for Victorian ghost stories.

Oh, this is truly heaven.  Mark is an ideal choice for The Raven.  His luscious voice combined with his affinity for the macabre creates a perfect embodiment of this iconic composition. 

Sunday 12th July. Day 116 of Pandemic Poems

362 Lead, Kindly Light by John Henry Newman

363 The Journey by Mary Oliver, read by Gemma Whelan

Monday 13th July 2020. Day 117 of Pandemic Poems

Read and reproduced here by kind permission of Michael Longley's agent @TheSohoAgencyUK

365 Baucis And Philemon by Michael Longley

Tuesday 14th July 2020. Day 118 of Pandemic Poems

366 Fare Well by Walter de la Mare

367 Crossing The Bar by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, read by Alexander Armstrong

368 Ave Atque Vale (101) by Catullus

Wednesday 15th July 2020. Day 119 of Pandemic Poems

369 Sandpiper by Elizabeth Bishop

Wednesday 15th July 2020. Day 119 of Pandemic Poems

Illustration by John Tenniel (1858)

Text of the poem: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48860/the-raven

370 The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe, read by Mark Gatiss

Thursday 16th July 2020. Day 120 of Pandemic Poems

372 Prayer by Carol Ann Duffy

Illustration by William Blake, from his Songs of Experience, 1794

Saturday 18th July. Day 118 of Pandemic Poems

378 The Tyger by William Blake

Saturday 18th July. Day 118 of Pandemic Poems

With thanks to Slindon School for the recording

379 Jim by Hilaire Belloc, read by Hugh Bonneville

Actor and sometimes director. Searchable list of poems: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CCjGqAU4uz0dwo7X8e3MBnGorHOT0kYeUDYxLwEKeU4/htmlview#gid=0

370 The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe, read by Mark Gatiss

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