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The shadow well - Richard Berengarten
Poem
by Rachel Long
Steve - Rachel Long
Interview
Did you know there is more than one Simon Armitage? In this interview, the best-selling poet and novelist introduces you to them and talks about the importance of voice in his work.
Poet
Selina Tusitala Marsh
B. 1971
Not poems of investigation, but poems of indignation ... Marsh finds self-fulfillment in the act of speaking for the Pacific culture and its inhabitants - Poetry Salzburg Review
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Helen Mort
B. 1985
I'm drawn to what you might think of as traditional lyric poetry; it's an enduring, effective, powerful means of expression.
Poet
Poet
Carol Rumens
B. 1944
Syntactically complex, discursive, lyrically rich, yet threaded through with a demotic swagger - Gerard Woodward
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Edward Thomas
B. 1878 D. 1917
The simple lack / Of her is more to me / Than others' presence. Edward Thomas, 'The Unknown'
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Edward Baugh
B. 1936
I would have words as tenacious as mules/ to bear us, sure-footed/ up the mountain of night... from 'Elemental' by Edward Baugh