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Poems for Europe: 10 national portraits in verse
18 May 2014:What happened when 10 European poets were asked to portray their home country in verse ahead of the European elections? Well, the first thing some of them did was cheat. Then they all became a little melancholic… By Ruaridh Nicoll
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Billy Mills calls for readers to write poems on a theme chosen each week
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1 Sep 2014: Xan Brooks: This handsome biopic of the celebrated Italian poet Giacomo Leopardi may not be the most radical film on show at Venice, but still has much to recommend it -
31 Aug 2014:
Combining the grace of a bird in flight with sparing use of West Midlands dialect, Liz Berry's poems show warmth and maturity, writes Kate Kellaway
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31 Aug 2014:
A new biography of the poet is wide of the mark – especially in his dealings with women, writes Rachel Cooke
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29 Aug 2014:
Drawn to Horace by a mutual love of wine and poetry, Eyres celebrates the importance of poetry in an age that, like Horace's own, values money above all else
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28 Aug 2014:
Spanish guitar virtuoso Peña leads a band of musicians and dancers in a dazzling show honouring the murdered writer, writes Alice Bain
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Quiz, 12 Sep 2014:Poetry's 'Next Generation' has just been announced – a good moment to find out if you're a rising star or an old hand with our quiz on bookish early achievers
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11 Sep 2014: Fundraisers looking to raise £520,000 to buy the house where, he wrote, ‘Heaven opens here on all sides her golden Gates’
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11 Sep 2014:
Women ‘lead charge’ of new authors predicted for great things in the coming years
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8 Sep 2014:
Caged Bird Songs includes some vocals which the late author, who 'loved' the project, laid down especially
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8 Sep 2014: Carol Rumens: This verdict on the passing of a publicly celebrated warrior is fuelled by a bracing contempt
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6 Sep 2014:
by Tony Roberts
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5 Sep 2014: Billy Mills: The poet's passionate words have been reinterpreted with each modern age; now it is your turn to muse on moonlight and death
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4 Sep 2014: Hatred of humankind? You’ve got to love it. Dark humour, sharp lyrics and moving music will be among your song suggestions, says Peter Kimpton
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4 Sep 2014:
Alexis Petridis: What is it with celebrities and verse? We’ve had lines from Charlie Sheen and Pamela Anderson, but now they must bow before the singer’s perfect stanzas (except Bey of Light was written for her)
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3 Sep 2014: Get past Alan Partridge and the ‘Normal for Norfolk’ jokes and you will see that this East Anglian city has creativity in its veins
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2 Sep 2014: Giles Foden: A book that changed me: Paul Muldoon’s 1987 collection was a profound influence on me as a writer, not least in how it shows how fixed ideas are subject to slippage
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2 Sep 2014:
Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 2 September 1952: Poets of the English Language is the first systematic anthology from the mid-twentieth century viewpoint
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1 Sep 2014:
From politics to matters of the heart via a deserted dining room, here are the best of your works inspired by favourite poems. Versifying stuff
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1 Sep 2014:
Carol Rumens: Best known for her fiction, the novelist was also an occasionally glorious poet, as this reflection on a fiery sky shows
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31 Aug 2014:
George Szirtes: I had already decided to be a poet, but this was a revolutionary understanding of what that meant at the most visceral level
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