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Victoria Adukwei Bulley
B. 1991
“I myself am bored / of fig leaves, of shames / I did not choose” – from ‘About Ana’
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Geoffrey Lehmann
B. 1940
Poetry is our human love of metaphor. We see one thing and think something else - 'Travels in Peru', Geoffrey Lehmann
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Kevin Ireland
B. 1933
If death still comes / we'll strike a pose / and hold our breath / until he goes - Kevin Ireland
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Fergus Allen
B. 1921 D. 2017
Allen writes poetry that is limpid, very subtle and marvellously wise. - William Boyd
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Helen Farish
B. 1962
Intimates' faces up to life at every turn. It celebrates, it laments, it answers back. David Constantine.
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Peter Boyle
B. 1951
Paradoxes interest me and the desire for beauty, for meaning, for whatever might counterbalance our commodified world... (Peter Boyle)
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Dan Burt
B. 1942
The verse flexes muscle after muscle...The writing...can hover and dance. It has genuine grace. - George Szirtes
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Marilyn Hacker
B. 1942
Good writing gives energy, whatever it is about. But the fact that writers are dealing with essential issues...I think that's a necessary integration of literary writing with what's actually going on in our world. - Marilyn Hacker
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Felix Dennis
B. 1947 D. 2014
If it's a good idea, go ahead and do it. It's much easier to apologise than it is to get permission. - Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper
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John Betjeman
B. 1906 D. 1984
Now if the harvest is over / And the world cold / Give me the bonus of laughter / As I lose hold. - 'A Nip in the Air', John Betjeman
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Peter Goldsworthy
B. 1951
In every line the poet strives to make language elegant enough to do justice to the world as comedy.- The Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Poetry
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Brendan Kennelly
B. 1936 D. 2021
A writer is not interested in explaining reality; he's interested in capturing it. - Brendan Kennelly