Why Hone Tuwhare likes working near a door.
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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.
The Kraken
Alfred Lord Tennyson conjures a spectacular and sympathetic vision of a mythical creature.
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Afternoon with Irish Cows
Unlock your imagination and help Billy Collins find his vanished herd.
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Those Winter Sundays
Robert Hayden’s heartbreaking song of ice and fire.
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The Buck in the Snow
Edna St. Vincent Millay is confronted with mortality in this exquisitely crafted little poem.
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First Love
John Clare gets maudlin when he falls in love with an unattainable woman.
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London Snow
Put on your gloves and hat and come play in the snow with Robert Bridges.
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The Sea Eats the Land at Home
Kofi Awoonor summons his oral heritage in this mournful poetic lament.
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The Listeners
Walter De La Mere scares his children – and us – with this mysterious fireside fairytale.
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