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Poetry to punctuate your day.

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Happy last night of lockdown 3.0, Victoria! To celebrate, here is the heavenly Miranda Turbitt reading ‘Never Trust a Mirror’ by Erin Hanson. 💋 https://t.co/MMnWMjg0HJ

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A wise man (@PatrickBrammall) once told us to “keep poeming”, and keep poeming we shall until lockdown 3.0 is over. Reading John Milton’s ‘When I consider how my light is spent’ is the dreamy @HarryCook 💋 https://t.co/f9uBg7YnMG

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All my love, LB 💋

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Bringing our Valentine’s Day lockdown love-in to a close is the BRILLIANT Audrey Mason-Hyde reading their original poem, ‘Heavy Hope’. 💘 https://t.co/XwsEoUHFIV

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Want to hear @virginia_gay read a Dorothy Parker poem off a @woolworths bag? https://t.co/GMatap1pQ7

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Helping you settle in to your Valentine’s Day evening is the magical Maria Angelico, reading Rainer Maria Rilke’s poem ‘I am much too alone in this world, yet not alone enough’ 💋 https://t.co/tRjly4NEQX

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Taking us into the evening is Artemis Ioannides, reading a poem by her dear friend Tamara Natt 💘 https://t.co/AusvRD3FLk

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Your next lockdown love poem is called ‘I Like You’ by Sandol Stoddard Warburg, read by the heavenly @HannahFKent 🥰 https://t.co/XnRoJwkbV1

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Your fourth lockdown love poem is called ‘The Facts of Life’ by Pádraig Ó Tuama, read by the glorious Cherise Lily Nana 💋 https://t.co/l0G5fQbM8s

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Your next lockdown love poem is called ‘I will already remember you for the rest of my life’ by Hera Lindsay Bird, read by the phenomenal @PatrickLenton, editor of @junkee 💘 https://t.co/zvn9IrPJIY

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Your second lockdown love poem is called ‘For What Binds Us’ by Jane Hirshfield, read by the divine @jenniferdown 🌹 https://t.co/oVg1xIuMWx

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Your first lockdown love poem is called ‘Ode to Patrick Swayze’ by Tishani Doshi, read by the beautiful @samvanzweden 💋 https://t.co/OEWIJVVlbq

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Victoria, we may be spending Valentine’s Day in lockdown, but that doesn’t mean we have to spend it alone. Tune in this afternoon/evening to watch a lovely lineup of readers share their favourite love poem. Direct from our hearts to yours, LB 💋

[Dr Nerida Wayland @njwayz]

If you are in need of gentle moments of joy, visit @_linebreak and let wildly talented individuals like @virginia_gay recite poetry to you #failingandflying #selfcare #poetrycommunity #WordsMatter

[Hollie McNish @holliepoetry]

Thank you xxxx

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PS fun fact: in season one of ‘Sex Eduction’, when Jackson gets into feminism to impress Maeve, Lexi’s band Lazertits was on the ticket to PussyFest!

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Your 70th and final Quarantine Poetry reader is the divine Lexi Love-Dack, writer and lead guitarist of the all-female punk band Lazertits. She is reading a poem called ‘Guarded By Birds’ by Evelyn Araluen (@evelynaraluen). 💘 https://t.co/8vuqLp3UBk

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Your continued support would mean the world to me, so keep an eye on this space! In the meantime, stay safe and “keep poeming”, as @PatrickBrammall so eloquently put it during his reading. With so much love and gratitude, Katie (@katiefound) x

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Tonight will be the 70th and final Quarantine Poetry reading. From the very bottom of my heart, I thank every one of you for being part of the journey, and for opening your heart to poetry during this time. 💘

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Line Break will live on, because poetry will always be necessary. What shape it will take, I’m not yet sure, but it will be here. I’ve been dreaming of hosting events and workshops, and continuing to share poetry in an accessible, fun and community-focused way.