The poetry of James Reynolds Withers
The films on this page show readings of James Reynolds Withers' poetry by the project's creative team and residents of his birthplace, Weston Colville, and Fordham, where he lived for most of his life. Withers had a strong bond with this part of Cambridgeshire and remained there throughout his life despite being offered finer places to live elsewhere by his patrons. We believe, hearing his poetry in various accents and voices reveals different qualities in his work. Many of these poems feature in the films about Withers' life that were created by this project (click Back to view).
Poems read by the project team
Newmarket Union Solitude The Best Society I Wish That He Was Not So Shy
Brian Higgins Peter Daldorph Elizabeth Harrington
The Song of the Incendiary The Death of my Child
Polly Banyards Experience
Mike Petty Elizabeth Harrington Mike Petty
Links to text versions of poems
Poems read by the residents of Weston Colville
James Reynolds Withers' birthplace
The Sweets of Life To a Little Wild Flower The Swing in the Barn
Jacqueline Douglas Gabrielle Cliff Hodges Alastair Douglas
The Pond in the Meadow Illusions To the Gales
Jacqueline Douglas Gabrielle Cliff Hodges Alastair Douglas
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My Native Village
Poems read by the residents of Fordham
where James Reynolds Wither's lived for most of his life
When I Was a Boy The Swing in the Barn
Chris Standley John Lewis
To a Lady Whose Cows Eat My Flowers The Toper's Lament
John Lewis Chris Standley
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