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Ross Sutherland
B. 1979
Lucid observations, smart conceits and insight into the contemporary world as a fragmented, self-constructed thing. - The Independent
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Anthony Lawrence
B. 1957
I trust my imagination and love of language to get me there. Anthony Lawrence
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Joanne Burns
B. 1945
The combination of satiric spirit and exuberant style - half appalled, half-enchanted - is the outstanding characteristic of burns's poetry - Australian Book Review
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Hilaire Belloc
B. 1870 D. 1953
When I am dead, I hope it may be said, 'His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.' - Hilaire Belloc
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John Heath Stubbs
B. 1918 D. 2006
Wayfarer, pause. Although you may not see,/Earth's bright children, herbs and flowers, are here:/It is their small essential souls that greet you, - 'Inscription for a Scented Garden for the Blind', John Heath-Stubbs
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Siegfried Sassoon
B. 1886 D. 1967
...O, but Everyone/Was a bird; and the song was wordless; the singing will never be done. - 'Everyone Sang', Siegfried Sassoon