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Brendan Kennelly

B. 1936 D. 2021

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Brendan Kennelly (b. 1936 – d.2021) was the prolific author of over twenty books of poetry as well as plays, novels and criticism. Born in Ballylongford in Co. Kerry, Kennelly was Professor of Modern Literature at Trinity College, Dublin for…

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Ruth Padel

B. 1947

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Ruth Padel (b. 1947) has won the National Poetry Competition and written six collections of poetry, several shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot or Whitbread Prize; taught Greek at Oxford, sung in an Istanbul nightclub, is a Fellow of the Royal…

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Charles Causley

B. 1917 D. 2003

7 poems available

Charles Causley (1917-2003) was born and brought up in Launceston, Cornwall and lived there for most of his life. When he was only seven his father died from wounds sustained during the First World War. This early loss and his…

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Katrina Porteous was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, to parents from North East England, and grew up in County Durham, where she attended Durham High School for Girls. She graduated from Trinity Hall, Cambridge, in 1982 with a double first in…

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John Mole

B. 1941

4 poems available

In addition to writing poetry for both children and adults, John Mole (b. 1941) is an accomplished jazz clarinettist and has been known to combine poetry and jazz with other poet-musicians such as Roy Fisher and John Lucas. He has…

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James Brown’s Rhetoric - George Elliott Clarke
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Punk with Dulcimer - Anna Crowe
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Marechiare - Alan Brownjohn
Shakespeare Sonnet
Rhapsodies - Andrew Motion
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Harmonica - Michael Longley
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from Within Habit 2 - Oli Hazzard
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Reggae Story - Hannah Lowe
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Angel with Lute - Stewart Conn
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Josephine Baker finds herself - Patience Agbabi
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Toll booth attendant - Lorraine Mariner
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A Misremembered Lyric - Denise Riley
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Catching Fire - Nigel McLoughlin
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