Radio is such a perfect medium for the transmission of poetry, primarily because there just is the voice, there's no visual distraction. (Billy Collins)

Radio is such a perfect medium for the transmission of poetry, primarily because there just is the voice, there's no visual distraction.

Billy Collins

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