Valedictory for Max, by Isabel White, read by Imogen Stubbs

Poem by the runner-up in the 19+ category, inspired by Peter Maxwell Davies's Eight Songs for a Mad King.

11 September 2017

1 minute

Role	Contributor
Reader	Imogen Stubbs

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