An episode from 10/30/23: Tonight, I read a handful of poems about autumn: Laurence Binyon (1869-1943), from “The Burning of the Leaves” Walter Savage Landor (1775-1864), “The leaves are falling; so am I” Louise Glück (1943-2023), “All Hallows” John Keats (1795-1821), from “To Autumn” W. B. Yeats (1865-1939), “The Wild Swans at Coole” Vernon Watkins (1906-1967), from “For a Wine Festival” and from “The Tributary Seasons” Frances Cornford (1886-1960), “All Souls” Edward Thomas (1878-1917), “Digging” Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), “A Sheep Fair” Don’t forget to support Human Voices Wake Us ⁠on Substack⁠, where you can also get our newsletter and other extras. You can also support the podcast by ordering any of my books: ⁠Notes from the Grid⁠, ⁠To the House of the Sun⁠, ⁠The Lonely Young & the Lonely Old⁠, and ⁠Bone Antler Stone⁠. Any comments, or suggestions for readings I should make in later episodes, can be emailed to ⁠[email protected]⁠.

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