Ben Reads Poetry
Ben Reads Poetry
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Lines and Squares by A. A. Milne | A spoken poetry reading by Ben W Smith (British accent)
This is my reading of A. A. Milne’s wonderful poem ‘Lines and Squares’ from his poetry book ‘When We Were Very Young’. Stay tuned for more great poetic content!
#AAMilne #WhenWeWereVeryYoung #BenReadsPoetry
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Видео

Penitential Prayer from the Book of Common Prayer | Read by Ben W Smith
Просмотров 439 часов назад
This is some of the most beautiful prose ever written in the English language. #BookOfCommonPrayer #PenitentialPrayer #BenReadsPoetry
Moonlight, Summer Moonlight by Emily Brontë | read by Ben W Smith
Просмотров 94День назад
This is my reading of Emily Brontë’s wonderfully evocative poem ‘Moonlight, Summer Moonlight’. Stay tuned for more great poetic content! #EmilyBronte #SummerPoetry #BenReadsPoetry
Night Prayer from the Ecclesiastical Book of Common Prayer (read by Ben W Smith)
Просмотров 105День назад
This is such a favourite night prayer for many and easy to see why; the blessings of the night so beautifully expressed. #NightPrayer #Christian #BenReadsPoetry
Stanley Baldwin on the English countryside (1926)
Просмотров 154День назад
This is an excerpt from the speech British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin gave to the Royal Society of St George in 1926. The words are as true and as evocative today as they’ve ever been. #StanleyBaldwin #EnglishCountryside #BenReadsPoetry
The Mirror by A. A. Milne | A poetry reading by Ben W Smith
Просмотров 11621 день назад
This is my reading of A. A. Milne’s delightful summer poem ‘The Mirror’. Stay tuned for more great poetic content! #AAMilne #WhenWeWereVeryYoung #BenReadsPoetry
postulate by Cătălina Ene-Onea | A poetry reading by Ben W Smith
Просмотров 100Месяц назад
This is a rich and affecting poem written by a friend of mine that I read to accompany an article she wrote about the power of the senses during lockdown. You can read it here: www.travelontop.ro/hugs-from-a-distance/ Catalina Ene Onea, PhD, is a Romanian-German poet, writer and journalist, Berlin-based. She obtained her PhD in intercultural literature in Berlin and Madrid. She writes in Romani...
Grief Comes In Waves | A reading by Ben W Smith
Просмотров 166Месяц назад
This is my reading of a post first seen on Reddit and sent anonymously. I thought the words were very powerful and apt. #GriefQuotes #GriefComesInWaves #BenReadsPoetry
The Longest Day by Rob Aitchison | read by Ben W Smith
Просмотров 156Месяц назад
This is my reading of a poem by Rob Aitchison that was written for the 60th anniversary of D-Day in 2004, which I’ve recorded for the 80th anniversary in 2024. We will never forget their service and sacrifice. #DDay80 #TheLongestDay #BenReadsPoetry
Us Two by A. A. Milne | A poetry reading by Ben W Smith
Просмотров 125Месяц назад
This is my reading of A. A. Milne’s delightful poem of friendship ‘Us Two’ from his book ‘Now We Are Six’. Stay tuned for more great poetic content! #AAMilne #ChildrensPoetry #BenReadsPoetry
Forgiven by A. A. Milne | A poetry reading by Ben W Smith
Просмотров 125Месяц назад
This is my reading of A. A. Milne’s delightful poem from ‘Now We Are Six’, ‘Forgiven’. Stay tuned for more great poetic content! #AAMilne #ChildrensPoetry #BenReadsPoetry
I see you by Laura Darrall | A poetry reading by Ben W Smith
Просмотров 221Месяц назад
This is my reading of Laura Darrall’s incredible poem of love and acceptance, ‘I see you’. Stay tuned for more great poetic content! #LauraDarrall #NewPoetry #BenReadsPoetry
Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage (excerpt) by Lord Byron | Read by Ben W Smith
Просмотров 156Месяц назад
This is my reading of verses 178 and 179 from the epic ‘Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage’ by Lord Byron. Stay tuned for more great poetic content! #LordByron #ChildeHaroldsPilgrimage #BenReadsPoetry
The Crocodile by Lewis Carroll | Read by Ben W Smith
Просмотров 57Месяц назад
This is my reading of Lewis Carroll’s gently menacing poem ‘The Crocodile’. Stay tuned for more great poetic content! #LewisCarroll #TheCrocodile #BenReadsPoetry
To F. S. by Langston Hughes (read by Ben W Smith)
Просмотров 121Месяц назад
This is my reading of Langston Hughes’ short but poignant poem ‘To F. S.’. Stay tuned for more great poetic content. #LangstonHughes #AmericanPoetry #BenReadsPoetry
Gitanjali 35 by Rabindranath Tagore | Read by Ben W Smith
Просмотров 1152 месяца назад
Gitanjali 35 by Rabindranath Tagore | Read by Ben W Smith
Adlestrop by Edward Thomas | Read by Ben W Smith
Просмотров 1382 месяца назад
Adlestrop by Edward Thomas | Read by Ben W Smith
This England (fast reading) by William Shakespeare | Read by Ben W Smith
Просмотров 1402 месяца назад
This England (fast reading) by William Shakespeare | Read by Ben W Smith
Some One by Walter de la Mare - read by Ben W Smith
Просмотров 1042 месяца назад
Some One by Walter de la Mare - read by Ben W Smith
The Trees by Philip Larkin | Read by Ben W Smith
Просмотров 1972 месяца назад
The Trees by Philip Larkin | Read by Ben W Smith
Wild nights - Wild nights! by Emily Dickinson | A poetry reading by Ben W Smith
Просмотров 1272 месяца назад
Wild nights - Wild nights! by Emily Dickinson | A poetry reading by Ben W Smith
Those We Love - a poem about grief (author unknown) | read by Ben W Smith
Просмотров 892 месяца назад
Those We Love - a poem about grief (author unknown) | read by Ben W Smith
The True Dragon by Brian Patten (read by Ben W Smith)
Просмотров 1022 месяца назад
The True Dragon by Brian Patten (read by Ben W Smith)
When I am dead, my dearest by Christina Rossetti (read by Ben W Smith)
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When I am dead, my dearest by Christina Rossetti (read by Ben W Smith)
Everything is Going to be All Right by Derek Mahon (read by Ben W Smith)
Просмотров 662 месяца назад
Everything is Going to be All Right by Derek Mahon (read by Ben W Smith)
Idyll by Siegfried Sassoon | A poetry reading by Ben W Smith
Просмотров 1042 месяца назад
Idyll by Siegfried Sassoon | A poetry reading by Ben W Smith
Abou Ben Adhem by Leigh Hunt | A poetry reading by Ben W Smith
Просмотров 1012 месяца назад
Abou Ben Adhem by Leigh Hunt | A poetry reading by Ben W Smith
Time’s Paces by Henry Twell, adapted Guy Pentreath (read by Ben W Smith)
Просмотров 1193 месяца назад
Time’s Paces by Henry Twell, adapted Guy Pentreath (read by Ben W Smith)
Sea Shell by Amy Lowell (read by Ben W Smith)
Просмотров 633 месяца назад
Sea Shell by Amy Lowell (read by Ben W Smith)
April Rise by Laurie Lee | Spoken poetry reading by Ben W Smith
Просмотров 1913 месяца назад
April Rise by Laurie Lee | Spoken poetry reading by Ben W Smith

Комментарии

  • @TheMikester307
    @TheMikester307 18 часов назад

    Love it!

  • @ludmillasomp4723
    @ludmillasomp4723 День назад

    Yes we have strayed big time and it’s time to get back on track. Please let’s read the Holy Book every day. Beautiful Ben love this and very encouraging. I invite people to my home for Bible reading sessions and refreshments. Following Christ footsteps when he was on earth. It isn’t easy but I don’t give up. I find society has grown very cold in some ways, almost giving up but I keep asking my Lord and Saviour to help me bring in honest hearted people and study the Bible. Thank you Ben and stay safe.👍💕🙏🇨🇦

  • @fennkaren
    @fennkaren 2 дня назад

    Beautiful ❤❤❤❤

  • @TheMikester307
    @TheMikester307 3 дня назад

    Yes! Beautiful!

  • @peadarmacconnmhaigh4337
    @peadarmacconnmhaigh4337 4 дня назад

    Beautiful.

  • @0077user
    @0077user 5 дней назад

    Nice I will use this to write to a girl 😅😅

  • @christinemartin63
    @christinemartin63 5 дней назад

    Superb in every way! (Housman is the best ... then there's the rest.)

  • @ludmillasomp4723
    @ludmillasomp4723 6 дней назад

    It’s so beautiful to see how trees grow and change every year. I have one in my backyard that changes to a glorious rusty red in the fall. Absolutely stunning. The sad part is that it’s getting very old and is missing some of its branches. It’s still beautiful and I love trees no matter what state they are in. Love your reading.❤😊

  • @ludmillasomp4723
    @ludmillasomp4723 6 дней назад

    How adorable Ben so cute. ❤

  • @ludmillasomp4723
    @ludmillasomp4723 6 дней назад

    Encouraging for all thank you Ben 😊

  • @ludmillasomp4723
    @ludmillasomp4723 6 дней назад

    ❤thank you

  • @lonfer2812
    @lonfer2812 7 дней назад

    Gay🎉

  • @niharikaranjan4048
    @niharikaranjan4048 7 дней назад

    beautiful

  • @TheMikester307
    @TheMikester307 9 дней назад

    Beautiful!

  • @ddjay1363
    @ddjay1363 9 дней назад

    Lovely. Look at the state of it now and how England is being systematically destroyed.

  • @jamesgale2147
    @jamesgale2147 10 дней назад

    I have just realized that that was prime minister Stanley Baldwin; who could imagine a current politician as deeply knowing?

  • @jamesgale2147
    @jamesgale2147 10 дней назад

    I just caught the last glimmers of that vision before motor indusrialism blew most of that vision away.

  • @TheMikester307
    @TheMikester307 10 дней назад

    Beautiful!

  • @R.M7bj9s
    @R.M7bj9s 11 дней назад

  • @alanbash2921
    @alanbash2921 11 дней назад

    Fabulous 📣📣📣📣

  • @Topesio66
    @Topesio66 13 дней назад

    This was choosen by my dearest friend to be red at his funeral. I was the one chosen as best friend. I did all my best, and I practiced with this audio video, night before. And I was nowhere perfect as listened here, but did my best, and all the english people that were there said I made a very good lecture. My friend Lukas loved so much this poem. I hope he met his Pilot. Farewell Lukas, my dearest friend from when we were kids, farewell.

    • @benreadspoetry7958
      @benreadspoetry7958 12 дней назад

      Thank you so much for sharing this; my condolences to you all. I’m glad I was able to help you in preparing for your reading and I’m sure you did a very good job. All my best.

  • @drcunda1
    @drcunda1 20 дней назад

    If everything around seems dark, look again, you may be the light. 💚 Rumi

  • @coralmapley5163
    @coralmapley5163 25 дней назад

    How l enjoy edd your reading of this lovely , sad poem by Yeats. I look forward to.more of your readings which l hope to find. Thankyou.

    • @coralmapley5163
      @coralmapley5163 25 дней назад

      Thankyou Ben Smith, where may l find other readings of yours? I so enjoyed this lovely ,wistful poem by Yeats, and your reading of it and l long for more please.

    • @benreadspoetry7958
      @benreadspoetry7958 20 дней назад

      Thank you so much Coral, that’s very kind of you. All my videos are uploaded to my RUclips channel and most of them are also on my TikTok channel of the same name.

  • @TheMikester307
    @TheMikester307 25 дней назад

    Oh that is wonderful! Both your reading and the poem! And I have seen swans in a lake...

  • @babsclark8572
    @babsclark8572 27 дней назад

    Thankyou.

  • @TheMikester307
    @TheMikester307 27 дней назад

    Oh, that's funny!

  • @gajulamoukthika7703
    @gajulamoukthika7703 Месяц назад

    wonderfull can you start telling lessons

  • @Aziz-is8fy
    @Aziz-is8fy Месяц назад

    beautiful reading

  • @leonekonings2124
    @leonekonings2124 Месяц назад

    I LOVE YOUR VOICE. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE POEMS YOU READ FOR US.

  • @leonekonings2124
    @leonekonings2124 Месяц назад

    YOUR VOICE IS MESMERIZING.

  • @luciahoneybee
    @luciahoneybee Месяц назад

    How true is that: "we don't really want them to stop coming". For me, the grief is all I have left from my dear brother (departed 3 years and 3 days ago, aged 30). It's my everlasting love for him, only turned inside out. That's why I hold my grief very dear, and carry it with pride. Because great grief can only come from great love, and because it means that he is not forgotten. As long as I'm grieving him, I'm loving him, and he's existing, he's mattering. Thank you for this poem, very tastefully read as always. I will try to translate it to share it with my parents 💛

    • @benreadspoetry7958
      @benreadspoetry7958 Месяц назад

      Thank you for sharing your story Lucia and for your kind words - all my best to you ❤️

  • @halimphone6330
    @halimphone6330 Месяц назад

    It’s me Abdullah King.I study in class eight. The name of my school is Karimpur K.K.Boy's High School. I Live in Karimpur Narsingdi. My Village name Bilpar.❣️🌸🥰

    • @benreadspoetry7958
      @benreadspoetry7958 Месяц назад

      Hi Abdullah! Hope the reading was useful for you. All the best from me for your studies! Ben

  • @TheMikester307
    @TheMikester307 Месяц назад

    Perfect!

  • @mubasshiraakter9708
    @mubasshiraakter9708 Месяц назад

    ❤❤❤

  • @sumire68396
    @sumire68396 Месяц назад

    Such a calm and beautiful reading that is fitting for this beautiful poem. It brought me to tears.. Thank you!🙏 Greetings from Japan,

    • @benreadspoetry7958
      @benreadspoetry7958 Месяц назад

      Thank you so much for your kind words - greetings back from 🇬🇧!

  • @devinthomas4866
    @devinthomas4866 Месяц назад

    Been here too many times . Mother nature didn't design them to live long enough. Boxes of ashes growing. Beautiful poem. Thank you. Love em and spoil em while you can. Keep em safe. Pet em while they're sleeping. Give em dog treats, chicken nuggets , pup cups and cookies too. Dogs are a gift from god.

  • @giada1023
    @giada1023 Месяц назад

    thats not a real letter lol

    • @benreadspoetry7958
      @benreadspoetry7958 Месяц назад

      You’re quite right; it was quoted everywhere but there’s no original evidence for it. I’ve kept it up all the same but will amend the title.

  • @user-oi1nz5mo3l
    @user-oi1nz5mo3l Месяц назад

    Изумительное чтение замечательная подача прекрасного стихотворения Большое спасибо I do enjoy it immensely!

  • @Kenji17171
    @Kenji17171 Месяц назад

    So good

  • @Sarah-zr1nj
    @Sarah-zr1nj Месяц назад

    I used this poem as my grandmother’s eulogy. She was 95 years old. She was our family’s rock. Her husband had died 8 years prior. It was so befitting for her. I still miss her dearly. I hope that I made her proud.

    • @benreadspoetry7958
      @benreadspoetry7958 Месяц назад

      I’m sure you did - thank you for sharing this Sarah ❤️

  • @sultanzuhairmubarakbilal-ly3fu
    @sultanzuhairmubarakbilal-ly3fu Месяц назад

    I hate schooooooooooool

  • @luciahoneybee
    @luciahoneybee Месяц назад

    I really appreciate that you make a point to accentuate and preserve the original rhythm of the poem! Some people nowadays feel inclined to recite poems in a way that sounds more like our natural, ordinary speech, but, in my humble opinion, poetry was meant to be composed following a rhythmic pattern for a reason. Even the more recent one has rhythmic patterns, albeit less stressed. And I really enjoy hearing it! Thank you 🥰

    • @benreadspoetry7958
      @benreadspoetry7958 Месяц назад

      That’s so kind, thank you very much Lucia! Glad you enjoyed it 💛

  • @luciahoneybee
    @luciahoneybee Месяц назад

    What a fun little poem, and recited in such a delightful way! It sure put a smile on my face today! Thank you 🪲💚

  • @jamiepoems
    @jamiepoems Месяц назад

    I am not known by the world yet but one day I will be a world famous poet named among the best the Dylan thomas museum sees it

  • @luciahoneybee
    @luciahoneybee Месяц назад

    Thank you! Exquisitely read, with the simplicity that the depth of the poem requires; it felt just right. I appreciate it 💛

  • @BenDover-rx6lr
    @BenDover-rx6lr 2 месяца назад

    So basically she was gonna start only fans

  • @TheMikester307
    @TheMikester307 2 месяца назад

    Beautiful!

  • @theendofeverything6356
    @theendofeverything6356 2 месяца назад

    Nice reading, Ben. You might be interested in contrasting it with mine. It is fascinating how one work of such apparent simplicity can lend itself to interpretation and a diversity of expression. We are all individual prisms through which the essence of creation is refracted. It truly is one of the finest poems in the English canon. My reading here - ruclips.net/video/hL5m5C4hK3E/видео.html

  • @rosamontanez8878
    @rosamontanez8878 2 месяца назад

    ❤🎻🌹

  • @ruzenkacicka2606
    @ruzenkacicka2606 2 месяца назад