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  • Kiribati

    Tue 22 Jul 2014

    Teweiariki Teaero weaves the Commonwealth together in Kaleidoscope of Hope.

  • Grenada

    Tue 22 Jul 2014

    Frank Scott sends a poem from the Spice Islands, Grenada.

  • Solomon Islands

    Sun 20 Jul 2014

    Jully Makini makes fun of young women becoming Westernised in her poem Civilised Girl.

  • Dominica

    Sun 20 Jul 2014

    Ras Mo, who works with young people on violence prevention, reads Pink and Blue.

  • St Lucia

    Sat 19 Jul 2014

    Vladimir Lucien talks about the 鈥榗utlery of empire鈥� in his poem Ebb I.

  • Australia

    Fri 18 Jul 2014

    Les Murray talks about his life at Bunyah and reads a new poem The Care.

  • Brunei Darussalam

    Thu 17 Jul 2014

    Salwa Mornie explains traditional Bruneian poetry and reads I am.

  • Guyana

    Wed 16 Jul 2014

    Sasenarine Persaud explains why so many Guyanese have Indian heritage and reads...

  • Tanzania

    Tue 15 Jul 2014

    Euphrase Kezilahabi reads his poem Floods.

  • Tonga

    Tue 15 Jul 2014

    Loa Niumeitolu explains what the English language means to her in When we tell.

  • Wales

    Mon 14 Jul 2014

    Gillian Clarke explains the historical importance of the Welsh language in Britain and...

  • Seychelles

    Sun 13 Jul 2014

    Helda Marie reads Lamentations from Paradise.

  • Antigua and Barbuda

    Sun 13 Jul 2014

    Linisa George describes the bold character of Antiguans and reads In the Closet

  • St Kitts and Nevis

    Sat 12 Jul 2014

    Kevin Isaac regrets the destruction of nature that comes with development in his poem...

  • Lesotho

    Fri 11 Jul 2014

    Lindelwa Xingwana describes the Mountain Kingdom and reads Let it be known.

  • Trinidad and Tobago

    Thu 10 Jul 2014

    Vahni Capildeo talks about the Commonwealth values and reads her poem Utter.

  • Tuvalu

    Wed 9 Jul 2014

    Selina Tusitala Marsh reads Tuvalu Blues, a poem about rising sea levels in the Pacific.

  • Malawi

    Tue 8 Jul 2014

    Jack Mapanje mocks African rulers in his poem When This Carnival Finally Closes.

  • Guernsey

    Tue 8 Jul 2014

    Candy Neubert recalls a specialmoment when she returned home in her poem, privacy.

  • England

    Mon 7 Jul 2014

    Jacob Polley from Cumbria reads The North-South Divide.

  • Turks & Caicos

    Sun 6 Jul 2014

    Charvis Ferguson talks about tourism in the Turks and reads Vacation Island.

  • Northern Ireland

    Sun 6 Jul 2014

    Michael Longley from Belfast reads All of These People.

  • Gibraltar

    Sat 5 Jul 2014

    Jackie Anderson recalls feeling trapped on the rock when the Spanish border was closed...

  • Ghana

    Sat 5 Jul 2014

    Adjei Agyei Baah reads his poem For the Mountains.

  • St Helena

    Tue 1 Jul 2014

    Basil George talks about his grandson inspring his poem A Closed Hand.

  • Malaysia

    Mon 30 Jun 2014

    In Language, Baha Zain explores the difficulty of expressing our true meaning in words.

  • Belize

    Sun 29 Jun 2014

    Ivory Kelly reads Schoolbooks about post-colonial education.

  • Nauru

    Sun 29 Jun 2014

    Lyn Detabene reads Proudly She Sways Her True Colour.

  • Papua New Guinea

    Sat 28 Jun 2014

    Michael Dom reads The political economy of a pig farmer鈥檚 life.

  • Mauritius

    Sat 28 Jun 2014

    Umar Timol explores the paradoxical nature of island life in his poem Island.

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