Larkin's 99th Birthday special (part 2)
The Society is looking forward to the Centenary celebrations next year, but we wanted to mark what would have been Larkin's 99th birthday this year by reading his poems. The readings have been recorded and submitted by PLS society members, trustees, honorary vice presidents and podcast listeners from across the world. Larkin was famously reluctant to read his poems in public, but we hope listeners enjoy hearing his words being read out loud. Please raise a glass and join us with our birthday celebrations! This is the second of two parts. Poems and readers featured as follows. The Challenges of Life Reasons for Attendance - Alex Howard Continuing to Live - Adam Crawford Reference Back - Philip Watts Sad Steps - Richard Johnston Home is So Sad - Carmel Morgan The Darker Side of Life Faith Healing - Robert Johnson A Study of Reading Habits - Tim Holmes Aubade – Roy Evans Love and Compassion An April Sunday - Sue Mendus The Mower – Maureen Docherty Places Loved Ones - Rich Tuner The Old Fools - Michael Farman At Grass - Julian Wild Experience Long Sight in Age - Clarissa Hard Started to Say - Martin Locock I Remember I Remember - Nigel Mc Bride Wild Oats - Wes Finch Dockery and Son - Jim Moliski Celebration To the Sea - Daniel Gallimore The Trees - Philip Watts High Windows - Tony de Kok Here - Rosie Millard 1952-1977 - Chris Sewart Broadcast - Charlie Connolly The Mower - Belinda Garry Please also have a listen to Charlie Connolly's wonderful podcast Coastal Stories and Philip Watts's fascinating work at https://elizabethgaskellhouse.co.uk/. Thank you to Rob White and the team at Retford Library for contributing the video reading of Places, Loved Ones that we have featured on our Twitter account. You can also find more readings of Larkin's poetry by Julian Wild on YouTube. Presented by Lyn Lockwood. Theme music: 'The Horns Of The Morning' by The Mechanicals Band. Buy 'The Righteous Jazz' at their Bandcamp page: https://themechanicalsband.bandcamp.com/album/the-righteous-jazz Audio editing by Simon Galloway. Follow us and get it touch on Twitter - https://twitter.com/tiny_air Find out more about the Philip Larkin Society here - http://philiplarkin.com/