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Judith Beveridge
B. 1956
One of Australia's most gifted poets of both the natural and the human world.
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Robert Hass
B. 1941
Poetry is a way of living...a human activity like baking bread or playing basketball. - Robert Hass
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Adrian Henri
B. 1932 D. 2000
If you think you can do it and you want to do it - then do it. - Adrian Henri
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Tom Raworth
B. 1938 D. 2017
I'm fascinated by what he's doing. He's an extraordinary poet (Robert Creeley)
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A Sight for Sore Eyes - Allen Curnow
Interview
One of the UK's most popular poets, U A Fanthorpe talks about the history of English, "the experienced language", and gives her tips for overcoming writer's block. Find out why she would like to be Jane Austen . . . or a mountaineer.
Interview
In this revealing interview Owen Sheers, one of the UK's most successful younger writers, talks about the influence of his Welsh heritage on his writing, from the landscape to the lives of the small-town boys he grew up with.