Sink or swim in the sea of Robert Lowell’s obsession.
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Author: Poetry Prof
Poetry Prof is the work of Doug Sillett, from Somerset in the southwest of the UK, a place who's greatest claim to poetry fame is as the site of inspiration for Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
Request to a Year
Judith Wright knows what it takes to be a successful artist: her great-great-grandmother showed her the way.
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The Telephone Call
Fleur Adcock reminds us that, in the final reckoning, we’re all winners; we just need to remember to appreciate it.
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Ozymandias
Pride comes before a fall in Percy Shelley’s smashing sonnet.
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The Man with Night Sweats
Thom Gunn gives form to fear in a time of crisis.
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He Never Expected Much
Don’t look back in anger, advises Thomas Hardy; but is he hiding deeper regrets?
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The Spirit is too Blunt an Instrument
Anne Stevenson’s philosophical poem asks what it means to be truly alive.
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On Finding a Small Fly Crushed in a Book
Charles Tennyson Turner finds himself unexpectedly moved by a tiny tragedy.
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The Character of a Happy Life
Follow Henry Wotton’s step-by-step guide to peace and contentment.
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