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“Song of The Master and Boatswain” by W.H. Auden (read by Tom O’Bedlam)

I am linking here to the SpokenVerse Youtube Channel.  This poem is a favorite of mine.

“Tom O’Bedlam” is such a kick-ass name.  It sounds like a man who starts a lot of barfights.  Or some kind of … Irish agent provocateur.  I’d be thrilled if people nicknamed me “Eric O’Bedlam.”

 

Tom O’Bedlam reads W. H. Auden’s “Miss Gee”

W. H. Auden’s “Dear, Though the Night is Gone,” read by Tom O’Bedlam

Am I mistaken or is “Tom O’Bedlam” the most bad-ass Irish name ever?

 

Tom O’Bedlam reads W. H. Auden’s “The Fall of Rome”

It’s W. H. Auden’s birthday today — he was born on February 21, 1907.