Have you ever heard Helena Bonham Carter reading poetry?

Have you ever heard Helena Bonham Carter reading poetry? She is such a revelation, as she goes about revealing the heart of the poem she is reading.

Helena is clear-voiced, beautifully nuanced and completely immersed in the soul of the poem she reads. And her face itself is a moving tapestry of emotions, as she leans into the intensity, serenity or sheer naughtiness of a poem.

I give below a delectable selection of her recitations. Luckily for us, there is a whole collection of them spread all over social media. Go look for them!

One Perfect Rose by Dorothy Parker

Small Kindnesses by Danusha Lameris

Warning by Jenny Joseph

This Be The Verse by Philip Larkin

Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf by Roald Dahl

Wild Geese by Mary Oliver

And since we are at it, I did a rendering of the famous Naomi Shihab Nye poem “So Much Happiness”:

And to round it all up - my poem “Come When The Heat of Noon Has Still Not Dimmed” shot in New Orleans!

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