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The shadow well - Richard Berengarten
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In Memory of Herbert Morris - Malika Booker
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In these challenging times we’ve curated a collection of poems which reflect different aspects of war, conflict and loss. Whilst highlighting the human cost of war by representing individual and shared grief, these poems affirm our collective humanity and speak…

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“The English language is nobody's special property. It is the property of the imagination: it is the property of the language itself” – Derek Walcott

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Aubade with Burning City - Ocean Vuong
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Race Riot, Tulsa, 1921 - Sharon Olds
Special Collection

The Poetry Archive’s World War Poetry Showcase is based on the collection put together for our national poetry recitation competition, Poetry by Heart, to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War. Of course, there are plenty of anthologies…

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F T Prince

B. 1912 D. 2003

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F. T. Prince ranks with Auden and Spender as one of the major English poets of his generation. -- John Ashbery

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'Inventive, striking and memorable, Morgan is one of the most original poets around.' Andrew Motion, Guardian Books of the Year

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