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You’ll find some thoughtful and often very atmospheric poems dealing with big themes – ...

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Grace’s poems are full of the sounds and stories of Guyana, the Caribbean country where ...

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House of Air

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Ian McMillan (b. 1956) is one of the UK's best known contemporary poets. Aside from ...

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James’s poems are full of daydreams and music. They’re often highly playful but beneath ...

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Although many of Joan’s poems are in free verse, you can hear that they still use ...

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John is one of the most electrifying readers around, and the energy and dazzle he ...

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You will hear that John reads with quite a serious tone, even for the humorous poems – ...

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The writer and performer John Hegley has been described as the Spike Milligan for our ...

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Rhythm is at the heart of the ways in which John grabs us and brings us along as he ...

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Judith makes use of traditional poetic forms, including ballad and riddle. Some of the ...

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