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Poetry Month 2012. 30: War Poetry
I used to read a lot of war poetry. It was Siegfried Sassoon’s fault first of all: Suicide in the Trenches I knew a simple soldier boy Who grinned at life in empty joy, Slept soundly through the lonesome dark, … Continue reading
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Poetry Month 2012. 16: The Sari
I mentioned yesterday Duffy’s anthology Out of Fashion. Like Answering Back, it invites contemporary poets to submit a poem on a theme, and choose a poem on the same theme by a poet from another time or culture. However this … Continue reading
Poetry Month 2012. 15: Cousin Coat
I took two books downstairs this morning to flick through and find a poem to share. They were Sean O’Brien’s The Drowned Book, which won both the Forward Prize and the TS Eliot prize in 2007, and another anthology edited … Continue reading
Poetry month 2012: 8. A Bad Princess
I’m not a fan of children’s poetry (I tend to find it stupid and pointless), and I’m not really a fan of princess stories either. The thing about princess stories is that they are ubiquitous and disturbing. Why was it … Continue reading
Poetry Month 2012. 2: Little Red-Cap
I like fairytale poems. Do you know of any? Let me know, I’d love to look them up. I’ve shared two before, conveniently in the same post as they are both by Moniza Alvi. One refers to Little Red Riding … Continue reading
Lent 37: Answering Back
Answering Back, an anthology edited by Carol Ann Duffy, is a fantastic idea for a varied collection of poetry. It is subtitled as “Living poets reply to the poetry of the past” – where a range of poets are invited … Continue reading
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Lent 36: Four Women Poets – on schools and poetry
I got this book, Four Women Poets as someone’s unwanted cast-off. It features Liz Lochhead, Carol Ann Duffy, Jackie Kay and Fleur Adcock. I don’t like it. It feels like poetry for school kids. It probably is. I love Duffy, … Continue reading
Lent 12: Winter’s Tale
I have all of Duffy’s adult collections, several of her books of children’s poetry, and a lot of her edited anthologies. My first taste of her work was from her fifth collection The World’s Wife, which to this day is … Continue reading
Poetry Month 18 – Adultery
Having shared Sophie Hannah’s Rubbish at Adultery earlier this month, Quiet Riot Girl mentioned that she liked this poem: Adultery by Carol Ann Duffy. And goodness she’s right, it has some fantastic imagery in it. Go read it first, then … Continue reading
Poetry Month 16 – Medusa
I love Carol Ann Duffy, as I have already said. I’ve already shared two of her poems – though I did so on twitter (mentioned here). This one is from The World’s Wife – which I adore. It was the … Continue reading