Tribute to Wordsworth goes viral

It was the 250th anniversary of the famous poet William Wordsworth on 7th April and what was meant to be a family tribute, got celebrities involved.
To comemorate the event, there was to be a huge event in the Lake District but it was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. The poet’s great-great-great-grandson,
Christopher Wordsworth Andrew contacted his family to start making recordings of themselves reading out a favourite poem by their ancestor.
"I thought Wordsworths reading Wordsworth would be a bit amusing," he told the Guardian.
It was going to involve 50 famiy members but he contacted Stephen Fry who joined in and suddenly many celebrities like Ruth Wilson, Tom Conti and Hugh Bonneville joined in too.
All the readings are published online, on the wordsworth250 website and on Youtube. Many people still love reading Wordsworth and know many of his work and not just the popular 'Daffodils' or 'Westminster Bridge'. So far almost 100 have come in and all have been put up. Andrew hopes for 250 entries, and everyone is welcome to participate.
The whole family is overjoyed to see how much these poems still mean to people. " The family has been delighted, he said, to see how much Wordsworth still means to readers. “It’s been amazing. People have come back and said, ‘That’s the best two or three hours I’ve spent in lockdown,’ going to their old Wordsworth book which probably belonged to their father or grandmother or something, and reading a load of poems, starting with the ones they know. Because Wordsworth is not a difficult poet to read. There’s nothing scary in Wordsworth, nothing to worry about not understanding what he’s saying. It’s very clear poetry and a really nice thing to do,” Andrew told the Guardian.
Poetry has been a place of comfort for many during the lockdown, with many poems going viral for being relatable or making a point. People have found time and inspiration to write and amateur poets suddenly have more followers.