Poems Inspired by Titian

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Hear leading contemporary poets including Seamus Heaney and Simon Armitage reading their new poems inspired by Titian

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Leading contemporary poets have been invited to respond to three Titian paintings inspired by the Diana myth.

Hear Seamus Heaney reading from his Titian-inspired poem 'Actaeon'.

Find out more about the exhibition Metamorphosis: Titian 2012.

More about Titian, Diana and Actaeon, 1556-9 and Titian, The Death of Actaeon, about 1559-75

Patience Agbabi: 'About Face'

Simon Armitage: 'Diana and Actaeon'

Wendy Cope: 'Actaeon's Lover'

Lavinia Greenlaw: 'The Dark'

Tony Harrison: 'Diana and Actaeon'

Seamus Heaney: 'Actaeon'

Frances Leviston: 'Woodland Burial'

Sinéad Morrissey: 'Diana and Actaeon'

Don Paterson: 'A Call'

Christopher Reid: 'The Change'

Jo Shapcott: 'Callisto's Song'

George Szirtes: 'Actaeon'

Hugo Williams: 'Actaeon'

The National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN