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By Yourself Boy… (1988 – 2007) - Nii Ayikwei Parkes
Poetry Archive Now
by Rachael Li Ming Chong
Poetry Archive Now
by Jane Burn
Poetry Archive Now
by Nairn Kennedy
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by Nicholas McGaughey
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by Kathy Pimlott
The Mighty Dead
Wild Nights
Read by Helen Mirren
Wild Nights - Emily Dickinson - Read by Helen Mirren
The Mighty Dead
The Passionate Shepherd to his Love
Read by Ian McKellen
The Passionate Shepherd to his Love - Christopher Marlowe - Read by Ian McKellen
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Girlfriends - Ella Duffy
Poet
Kae Tempest
B. 1985
"Tempest has forged their own voice, unlike anything else in the mainstream poetry world." - The Independent
Poet
David Wheatley
B. 1970
Wheatley's is a poetry of displacement, uncertainty and sheer possibility ... Stimulating, resourceful and often very funny - The Guardian
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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'