Ed Luker reads his poem 'On the Rock', taken from his collection 'Heavy Waters' (the87press, 2019).

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Khairani Barokka reads 'The Abortionist's Granddaughter Gives Blood' by Shivanee Ramlochan, taken from Shivanee's poetry collection 'Everyone Knows I Am a Haunting' (Peepal Tree Press, 2017).

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Bayan Goudarzpour reads 'Repentance' by Natasha Trethewey.

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Astrid Alben reads her poem 'Words To Say It'.

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Nadia de Vries reads her poem 'I Am My Own Lapidary', from her upcoming poetry collection 'I Failed to Swoon'.

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Calliope Michail reads her poem 'X', taken from her chapbook 'Along Mosaic Roads' (the87press, 2018).

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George Reiner reads his poem 'Roses Grow Better in Horse Shit'.

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Bayan Goudarzpour reads her poem 'Scene 1'.

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Matthew Haigh reads his poem 'Do you even lift bro?', taken from his collection 'Death Magazine' (Salt, 2019).

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Vilde Valerie Bjerke Torset reads her poem 'caught in a loophole'.

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https://www.europeanpoetryfestival.com/nordic

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