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Valerie Gillies’ poems are of a startling clarity. The precision of thought and image that coalesce in her vivid and occasionally microscopic descriptions might prompt a line of comparison between her work and that of the earlier, American poet, Elizabeth…

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Malika Ndlovu is a South African poet who has performed her work across the globe. With a background in both theatre and arts management Ndlovu is a prolific creative facilitator, working with numerous visual artists, culture organizations, heritage institutions and…

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Alison Brackenbury was born in 1953 in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. She read English at St Hugh’s College, Oxford, and has worked as a librarian in a technical college (1976-83), then as a part-time accounts and clerical assistant (1985-1989). From 1990 until…

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Sam Hunt

B. 1946

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Sam Hunt is a rare commodity in New Zealand: a ham actor playing to the gallery and willing to go out on a limb; he’s also a highly-effective poet, wise about his craft, while being a national icon. Partly this…

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Thomas Wyatt

B. 1503 D. 1542

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Thomas Wyatt was born in 1504. His father was a Lancastrian, imprisoned and tortured near the end of the Wars of the Roses in the reign of Richard III, then promoted to high office by Henry VII. Thomas entered the…

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Michael Rosen (b. 1946) says he became a children’s poet by accident – “I thought I was being an ironic adult poet but children’s literature ‘claimed’ me”. He has since become a very well-known poet, for adults as well as…

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Anne Ridler

B. 1912 D. 2001

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Anne Ridler (1912-2001) moved in literature throughout her life; she was the daughter of writers, with more in the extended family, and joined Faber and Faber’s poetry department while in her early twenties. She edited many collections and anthologies while…

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Ballad of a Hanged Man - George Elliott Clarke
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King Bee Blues - George Elliott Clarke
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A Recipe for Whisky - Ron Butlin
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A Christmas Song - Wendy Cope
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from Masks: (i) Libation: (i) Prelude - Kamau Brathwaite
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Black River - Malika Ndlovu
The Mighty Dead

The Song of The Smoke

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The Song of The Smoke - W. E. B. DuBois - Read by Patience Agbabi
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of DeWitt Williams on his way to the Lincoln Cemetery - Gwendolyn Brooks
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The Winged Horse - Hilaire Belloc
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Tarantella - Hilaire Belloc
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The Loch Ness Monster’s Song - Edwin Morgan
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