Explore Poetry
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In The Air - Celia A Sorhaindo
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The Door of No Return - Yomi Sode
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Gavin Ewart
B. 1916 D. 1995
The most remarkable phenomenon of the English poetic scene ... has been the advent, or perhaps I should say the irruption, of Gavin Ewart - Philip Larkin.
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Wilfred Owen
B. 1893 D. 1918
My subject is War and the pity of War. The Poetry is in the pity. Wilfred Owen
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Julia Copus
B. 1969
Some of the most turbulent moments in life through a sharp, clear lens. Maura Dooley
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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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Robert Pinsky
B. 1940
Robert Pinsky has what I think Shakespeare must have had: dexterity combined with worldliness, the magician's dazzling quickness fused with subtle intelligence... - Louise Gluck
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Stevie Smith
B. 1902 D. 1971
All poetry has to do is to make a strong communication. All the poet has to do is listen. The poet is not an important fellow. There will always be another poet. - Stevie Smith
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Allen Ginsberg
B. 1926 D. 1997
I'm a stenographer of my mind. I write down what passes through it, not what goes on around me. I'm a poet. - Allen Ginsberg
The Mighty Dead
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
Read by Simon Armitage
by Oscar Wilde