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Poems to earth you

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Poems that shake up autumn from Contains Strong Language

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Poems to help us brave the elements

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Poetry to keep you afloat

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The Verb - a house of multipoet occupancy

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Myths to nourish your life: poetry with Ian McMillan and Angie Hobbs, Rishi Dastidar, Bradley Taylor, Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch

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Poetry - a bullet-proof vest for the soul

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The Verb at the Hay Festival

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Dark nights of the Soul, Brian Bilston, JH Prynne, Daljit Nagra, William Blake and Martha Sprackland

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Michael Laskey, Michael Schmidt, Michelle Penn, Rachel Douglas-Jones

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Sibling relationships with Blake Morrison, Natalie Shapero, Tara Bergin, and the word 'literally'

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George Szirtes, Iryna Starovoyt, Zain Rishi, Katie Clarke

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Richard Dawson, Jacob Polley, Sarah Howe, Frank Cottrell Boyce on John Carey

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The Love Verb

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Rilke's life-changing poems and Paul Farley, Kate Fox, Griot Gabriel

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T.S. Eliot Prize Poets

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The Christmas Adverb

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Simon Armitage, Alistair McGowan, Joelle Taylor

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Train Poetry with Don Paterson, Bella Hardy, Carmen Marcus, Patrick McGuinness

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Shaun Usher, Katrina Naomi, Amani Saeed, Fran Edwards and Jennifer Jones

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Poetry by Tony Harrison, US Poet Laureate Arthur Sze, Sinéad Morrissey, David Morley, and Daniel Sluman

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Maria Popova, Aditya Narayan, Kimberly Campanello, DM Black

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The Verb from Contains Strong Language in Bradford

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The Adverb

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The Adverb from the Ledbury Poetry Festival

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Forrest Gander, Laurie Bolger, SJ Fowler, Rachel Segal Hamilton

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Harriet Walter, Jason Singh, Gillian Allnutt, Glacier Poetry

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Boo Hewerdine, Fiona Benson, Alison Binney, Yvonne Lyon, Eartoon

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Poetry and performance with Ian McMillan

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Hedges and poetry

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Peter Mackay, Tishani Doshi, Scanner, Lorna Goodison

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Rebecca Watts, Brian Bilston, Cristina Rivera Garza, Deryn Rees-Jones

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Reeta Chakrabarti, Fred D'Aguiar, Ella Frears, Edward Wilson-Lee

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Joelle Taylor, Anthony Joseph, Luke Wright, Accents

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TS Eliot Prize Readings - highlights of a year in poetry

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Richard Dawkins, Gwyneth Lewis, Kate Fox, Eartoon

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The Morecambe Poetry Festival

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A special recording of The AdVerb at The Hackney Empire

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Isy Suttie, Pascale Petit, Deryn Rees Jones, Alan Connor

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Wendy Cope, Theresa Lola , Susie Dent, Ira Lightman

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Paul Farley, Malika Booker, Rob Drummond, Kate Fox

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Margaret Atwood and Alice Oswald

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The Verb in Australia

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29/09/2024

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22/09/2024

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The Adverb in Australia

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The Adverb at Outspoken

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The Adverb at Hay

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The Adverb at Latitude

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28/07/2024

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21/07/2024

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14/07/2024

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07/07/2024

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30/06/2024

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23/06/2024

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The Final Verbdown

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The Claustrophobic Verb

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Zadie Smith

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International Women's Day Verb

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Words on Music

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The Cute Verb

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The World in Words

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The Physical Verb

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The Hip Hop Verb

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Tessa Hadley

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The TS Eliot Prize

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Language

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Last Lines

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The Verb Christmas Special

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Writing a Good Future

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Joyce Carol Oates

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Colm Tóibín

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Shakespeare and the future

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New International Poetry from the Contains Strong Language Festival 2023

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20/10/2023

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The Verb at Contains Strong Language Festival

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Poetry from Contains Strong Language

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Live from Contains Strong Language 2023

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Irish Writing

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The Verb at the Trades Club

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Confidence: Masterclass

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New Ways of Writing

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Fathers and Time

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The Verb at Hay Festival: How to write a Novel

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The Verb at Hay Festival

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Futures Verb

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The Wicker Man Verb

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Monsters and the Monstrous

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12/05/2023

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The Sound Design Verb

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The Interview Verb

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Funny Women

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Wild Water

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Something New

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The Sounds between the Words

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Spring Poetry: ambivalence and beauty

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The Secret Lives of Women

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The Intimacy of Names

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The Radio Drama Verb

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Seductive Places