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Mark McWatt
B. 1947
Strands of autobiography, a deeply sensuous ecology of place, historical narratives; the inner world of imagination and the often difficult realities of the postcolonial nation are interwoven in McWatt's bold but carefully worked out architecture. Peepal Tree
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Helen Mort
B. 1985
I'm drawn to what you might think of as traditional lyric poetry; it's an enduring, effective, powerful means of expression.
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Diana Bridge
B. 1942
All this was water / in the beginning. Between / us are our legends - 'Chrysanthemum', Diana Bridge
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Lawrence Sail
B. 1942
From the skein of the water, / from the yaffle's unshared joke, / or the robin of the bush, / tilted in attendance / on the air: from each / contingency that gives / love its bearings. - from 'Not at the eleventh hour'
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Grace Nichols
B. 1950
Not only rich music, an easy lyricism, but also grit, and earthy honesty, a willingness to be vulnerable and clean. - Gwendolyn Brooks
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John Fairfax
B. 1930 D. 2009
John Fairfax's poems return us to the important sources: spells they braid linger and haunt like sweetness of a wood after rain. - Adam Thorpe
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Charles Wright
B. 1935
We've all led raucous lives,/ some of them inside, some of them out./ But only the poem you leave behind is what's important. Charles Wright (from 'Littlefoot')
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Catherine Smith
B. 1962
Her scary, unsettling voice seems unexpected in poetry. It cuts her free of the crowd - The Times
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Patrick Brandon
B. 1965
An exciting new voice ... his poems are carefully crafted and have a catholic appeal ... there is something painterly in how Brandon guides you through his work, like a diagonal guiding the eye. - Poetry London