Weekend Listening - John, Jeanette & Joni

I've been appreciating the sound of three very different and distinctive voices this weekend. . . 

. . . Irish poet John Griffin's poem The Hope Years - nox est perpetus una dormienda

(John has embedded a link in the poem's title. Follow that link to the audio site, scroll down to the bottom of the page, then click on the download button to listen to John's beautiful reading. Alternately, you can read the poem on his blog, Odradek - freshly re-opened - or, listen and read at the same time.) 

Jeanette Winterson  -  London Literature Festival 2010

and her BBC radio series The Inconstant Moon

I wonder if these two women have met (in person, I mean). . . 

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Joni Mitchell's website 

(You'll want to set aside a couple of hours to explore her music, her paintings, her poems. . . Thanks to T. Clear for reminding me of Joni's song, Blue)