Impromptu

Author(s): John Clare

Genre(s): Multi-version (weekly And Fortnightly Poetry)

Narrators: Alan Mapstone, Alicia Wellman, Bruce Kachuk, Beeswaxcandle, Cassandra A.M., Cbteddy, Fshort, Garth Burton, Ian King, Inkell, Lee Ann Howlett, Larry Wilson, LeeSalter, Meghan Horton, Mleigh, Noreen, Redrun, Scotty Smith, Tom Merritt, Winnifred Assmann

Number of Chapters: 20

Length: 22 minutes

Language: English

LibriVox volunteers bring you 20 recordings of Impromptu by John Clare.
This was the Weekly Poetry project for September 17, 2023.
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John Clare was a working-class English poet. He worked as a farm hand, a gardener, a lime burner, a militia member, and even joined a Gypsy camp. In later life, he escaped for months from an asylum, before being turned back in. When his doctor was asked to list any mental strain that may have contributed to his illness, he wrote "After years of poetical prosing." (Summary by redrun)