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Jane Yeh
B. 1971
Poetry so unsettling, describing worlds so troubling and lonely, is seldom as funny, clever, and downright charming as Jane Yeh's. - Aingeal Clare
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Alan Jenkins
B. 1955
His poetry is what all poetry should be, the surprising and beautiful organisation of things that life has disorganised. John Fuller
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A E Housman
B. 1859 D. 1936
The sum of things to be known is inexhaustible, and however long we read, we shall never come to the end of our story-book.
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Christopher Marlowe
B. 1564 D. 1593
'Who ever loved that loved not at first sight' Christopher Marlowe, 'Hero and Leander'
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Glyn Maxwell
B. 1962
Glyn Maxwell covers a greater distance in a single line than most people do in a poem. Joseph Brodsky
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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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Tanya Shirley
B. 1976
I don't want to be one of those ivory tower writers; I want to affect people's lives.
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Robert Frost
B. 1874 D. 1963
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. Robert Frost
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Linda Gregg
B. 1942
Linda Gregg brings us back to poetry...She is original and mysterious, one of the best poets in America. Gerald Stern