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...truly brilliant modern poet who has stretched our imaginations by putting the whole range of human experiences into lines that capture the emotions perfectly." -Prime Minister Gordon Brown. (BBC...
...post: As far back as 1850, Elizabeth Barrett Browning was considered for the laureateship after Wordsworth's death, but it passed on to Tennyson instead. However, in choosing how to announce her new job Friday morning, Duffy made sure her snubbed predecessors weren't forgotten. The name of the BBC program on which she broke the historic news? Woman's Hour. (Read about America's busiest poet, Kay Ryan...
...look on it as a recognition of the great woman poets we have writing now. I've decided to accept it for that reason." -On what led her to take up the post. (BBC Woman's Hour...
...write about people coming together in marriage or civil partnership, I would just be grateful to have an idea for the poem. And if I didn't, I'd ignore it." -Making clear that she won't write about every Royal event that takes place on her watch. (BBC Woman's Hour...
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