Sounds from July 13

Poems in Spanish, Portuguese, German and Arabic, as well as English! Our most multilingual poem-recording session ever. Unmastered, tracks just thrown together–but still sounding awesome.

Poet Helen Dudley, painted by Vanessa Bell.

Rainer Maria Rilke’s “Fortschritt (Progress)”

Abu at-Tayyib Ahmad al-Mutanabbi’s “When you traced your name, you were fatherless…”

Helen Dudley’s “To One Unknown”

Gilka Machado’s “Poema de Amor” (last stanza only)

Gustavo Adolfo Becquer’s “Amor Eterno”

Ben Jonson’s “On Gut”

Charlotte Mew’s “Fin de Fête”