Cetacean

If you feel like you’re missing that spark of inspiration, go whale-watching with Peter Reading.

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Little Boy Crying

Mervyn Morris debates if it’s ever right to smack a child.

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Is Philip Larkin dreading or welcoming the arrival of spring?

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Seamus Heaney shares with us a sad memory from his childhood.

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Muse, angel, herald, companion, spirit guide. Ruth Pitter explores the significance of a seemingly ordinary bird in this lovely poem.

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Maya Angelou explores suffering, inequality and a people’s refusal to give up in this hard-hitting poem.

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Charlotte Smith negotiates the shifting sands of life in this dark and stormy sonnet.

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If you think that getting married means living happily-ever-after, Dennis Scott will probably want to have a word.

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Gerard Manley Hopkins explores what it feels like to be trapped in your skin.

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Norman Nicholson warns us not to wish our lives away.

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