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Stephen Lightbown – 10 poems from ‘The Last Custodian’ - Stephen Lightbown
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What Do I Know - Celia A Sorhaindo
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In Memory of Herbert Morris - Malika Booker
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Sarah Howe
B. 1983
Rich and fierce, Sarah Howe's poems are alive to the complex stories and voices that cohere around objects, family and place. . . surprising and moving. . . - EDMUND DE WAAL
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Tom Pow
B. 1950
Once this poem is finished, you may find me/both taking and giving breath, wherever I can.' Tom Pow,' 'The Bar at the Well of Love'
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Jen Hadfield
B. 1978
I go to the rockpool at the slack of tide/ to mind me what my poetry's for. - Jen Hadfield from 'Daed-traa'.
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Edwin Morgan
B. 1920 D. 2010
the most dynamic, brilliant, free-wheeling poet around, endlessly accessible and inventive - The Scotsman