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Armistice Day Poems

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A selection of poems for Armistice Day scattered through the radio 4 schedule like poppies in a field of wheat.

Armistice Day Poems: The Handshake, by Simon Armitage

The Handshake, by Simon Armitage

BBC Radio 4 - Armistice Day Poems, The Handshake, by Simon Armitage

Simon Armitage reads his poem The Handshake. One of ten poems for Armistice Day.

Simon Armitage reads his poem, The Handshake. One of ten poems for Armistice day. All our poems are taken from Armistice: A Laureate's Choice of Poems of War and Peace edited by Carol Ann Duffy and published by Faber & Faber in the UK.

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