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What a treat this morning to hear, among the Today programme’s usual roll-call of bombs, pensions and global warming, the measured tones of the poet laureate talking about a new website, the Poetry Archive, on which are stored recordings of poets reading their works. “Poets,” Andrew Motion said, “have unique rights to their work, and unique insights to offer as we hear their idiom, pacing, tone and emphases.” The job of the archive, which was the brainchild of Motion and recording producer Richard Carrington, is, Motion says, “to preserve the mystery of poetry while tearing away some of the prejudices which can make it appear unduly 'difficult' or separate from familiar life.” [...]
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