Church Going by Philip Larkin set to music and images

2,984 views · Published 6 March 2013 · 4:12 · Indexed 12 November 2026

Channel: Ian Bunker · 2013 · Education

Watch on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTRYBKIaD30
The original reading is by the remarkable Tom O'Bedlam who was by far the best reader off this poem on You Tube far better than Larkin himself.
He runs a You Tube channel spoken verse
https://www.youtube.com/user/SpokenVerse?feature=watch

My humble homage to Philip Larkin's marvellous poem Church Going in which he laments the lack of belief that he has arrived at but still feels the need for a dedicated spiritual space to reflect on life.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Larkin#Poetry

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