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The Tiny and the Light

Afternoon Reading What I Learned from the Metaphysical Poets
Episode 4 of 5

By Ruth Thomas. Overwhelmed by the upheaval of moving house, Anna procrastinates by playing with her daughter's doll's house. Read by Cara Kelly.

By Ruth Thomas.

A funny and profound story on the nature of transience and permanence, tonight's story, by the acclaimed poet and novelist Ruth Thomas, takes its inspiration from John Donne's poem "The Blossom".

A week before moving house, Anna finds distraction from packing by arranging and rearranging the furniture in her daughter's doll's house: "procrastination in miniature".

Reader: Cara Kelly
Produced by Kirsteen Cameron.

18 minutes

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Sun 25 Apr 2010 00:30
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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  • Thu 10 Apr 2008 15:30
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  • Sun 25 Apr 2010 00:30
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