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Poetry Parnassus: Poetry Bench

You Loved it Here: Poetry Bench
Queen Elizabeth Hall Roof, Southbank Centre, 26 June 2012, 10:00am - 1 July 2012, 22:00pm

If you like sitting down, listening and feeling special, this will be a dream come true. Once a day a poet will sit and read a poem to whoever happens to be sat on the bench.

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