Podcasts Culture Louise reads poems As Kingfishers Catch Fire

As Kingfishers Catch Fire

Published: July 27, 2020, 2:05 p.m.

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I was looking out at an overcast, rainy day and found As KIngfishers Catch Fire by Gerard Manley Hopkins. The colours alone transported me out of the greyness in the room and I had to read it. More, the sounds of the words are almost three dimensional. The unpredictable combination of repeated sounds and rhyming sounds makes me feel as if I\'m in the flow of a playful sea current as I read or listen.

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Read it here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44389/as-kingfishers-catch-fire

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