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Edwin Brock

B. 1927 D. 1997

2 poems available

Edwin Brock (1927-1997) wrote two of the best-known poems of the last century, ‘Five Ways to Kill a Man’ and ‘Song of the Battery Hen’, but his work deserves wider recognition beyond these anthology favourites. Born in South London in…

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Ken Smith

B. 1938 D. 2003

2 poems available

Ken Smith (1938-2003) was born in Rudston, Yorkshire, the son of a farm labourer whose work meant Ken had an itinerant childhood. He attended Leeds University at a key time when Geoffrey Hill was teaching in the English Department and…

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Felix Dennis

B. 1947 D. 2014

21 poems available

Felix Dennis (1947 – 2014) was the colourful publishing entrepreneur whose company, Dennis Publishing, owns many successful titles including flagship publication The Week. A regular fixture in the Sunday Times rich list Dennis travelled a long way since the poverty…

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Elaine Feinstein

B. 1930 D. 2019

5 poems available

Elaine Feinstein (b.1930 – d.2019) was from Bootle, Lancashire and was educated at Newnham College, Cambridge. She worked as an editor, a university lecturer and a journalist. From 1976 she lived on her writing. Feinstein’s early poetry bears the influence…

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John Ashbery

B. 1927 D. 2017

5 poems available

A native of Rochester, New York, John Ashbery (1927 – 2017) was the prolific author of twenty three volumes of poetry, plus fiction, plays and criticism. He was the recipient of numerous literary awards, including The Pulitzer Prize, National Book…

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4 poems available

Denise Riley (b. 1948) is active across the full range of poetic life – poet, essayist, teacher, editor, researcher – and beyond, with her interests extending to politics, history, philosophy, feminist theory and visual art. She lectures at the University…

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Glass House - Tracey Herd
The Mighty Dead

Song of Myself

Read by David Yezzi
Song of Myself - Walt Whitman - Read by David Yezzi
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A form of speech - Lavinia Greenlaw
The Mighty Dead

Sonnet 49

Read by Bernard O'Donoghue
Sonnet 49 - William Shakespeare - Read by Bernard O'Donoghue
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Shoe Gazing - Tim Liardet
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Bucko in Love - Tim Liardet
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Some Gods - Jack Underwood
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Goodbye, You can take this as my notice. - Heather Phillipson
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it’s not just a conditioning shampoo it’s - Heather Phillipson
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