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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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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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Joseph grew up in Roehampton on the outskirts of London. Living in a tower block and ...

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

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Before she became a writer, Laura studied psychology and philosophy and worked as a ...

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Mandy’s poems are filled with joy and delight and often explore and mirror the ...

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