Dannie Abse at the Cheltenham Literature Festival 2013

1,237 views · Published 9 October 2013 · 4:23 · Indexed 14 November 2026

Channel: Waterstones · 2013 · Entertainment

Watch on YouTube

The poet Dannie Abse read three poems for us from his latest collection, Speak, Old Parrot... 

Speak, Old Parrot sees the now 90 year-old poet exploring themes of love, loss and the passing of time with a joyous wonder. Here, he reads for us three poems: Talking to Myself, Rilke's Confession and Sunbright.

 

You can Reserve & Collect Speak, Old Parrot from your local Waterstones bookshop (http://bit.ly/1eWkCSV), buy it online at Waterstones.com (http://bit.ly/1eWkFhs) or download it in ePub format (http://bit.ly/GzA0X3)

More from this channel

• 1:37 Seeing Redd by Frank Beddor - Waterstone's

  Waterstones

  1,467 views · 31 August 2007

• 0:22 Peter Robinson crime book, Friend of the Devil - Waterstone's

  Waterstones

  736 views · 18 April 2008

• 0:49 Jacqueline Wilson children's book Cookie - Waterstone's

  Waterstones

  4,857 views · 1 October 2008

• 1:21 Alan Titchmarsh (Ground Force, Alan Titchmarsh Show) Folly book - Waterstone's

  Waterstones

  4,699 views · 3 October 2008

• 1:37 Jeffery Deaver book - The Bodies Left Behind (Bone Collector) - Waterstone's

  Waterstones

  2,818 views · 17 December 2008

• 0:47 Eoin Colfer Airman book - Waterstone's

  Waterstones

  1,161 views · 17 December 2008

• 2:08 Jodi Picoult - Change of Heart book - Waterstone's

  Waterstones

  1,958 views · 17 December 2008

• 3:25 Costa Book Awards - Winners - Waterstone's

  Waterstones

  393 views · 8 January 2009