Boey Kim Cheng asks whether nature’s champions can still save her
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Tag: Songs of Ourselves Anthology
Before the Sun
Charles Mungoshi eulogises rural life in this deceptively simple poem from Zimbabwe
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Where I Come From
Nurture trumps nature in Elizabeth Brewster’s austerely beautiful poem
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An Essay on Man
Alexander Pope examines our place in the grand scheme of things
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Lament
There’s plenty of reasons to be sad – and angry – in Gillian Clarke’s poem based on the events of the first Gulf War
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A Different History
Language can both hurt and heal in Sujata Bhatt’s challenging poem about India’s past – and the place it could be again
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Song: Love Armed
Love really hurts in Aphra Behn’s cherubic rework
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The Capital
W.H. Auden takes us on a tour of a glittering city… and gives us a glimpse of the rot that lies beneath
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