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John Fairfax 1930-2009; words were alchemy to him; poetry the jewel of language founded the Arvon Foundation which today offers classes and a poetry contest. He suffered from childhood abandonment (air force parents); published 6 poetry collections; check out series called "wild children".

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Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes (1902-1967) was the first black writer in America to earn his living from writing. Born in Joplin, Missouri, he had a migratory childhood following his parents' separation, spending time in the American Mid-...

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Maxine Kumin

Maxine Kumin

Maxine Kumin (b.1925) came to prominence as one of a generation of women poets who extended the boundaries of poetry, addressing areas of female experience which had not previously been written about. Less overtly political...

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Daljit Nagra

Daljit Nagra

From time to time a poet is in residence at the Poetry Archive, talking about poetry with anyone who wants to join in the conversation.

Comic Verse

I'm troubled, as you can tell by my introduction, about comic verse. Comic verse gets bad press because rigid notions of comedy foreground throwaway poems. Surely the best comedy is when the poem surprises us into laughter rather than setting up t... >

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