Historical Poetry
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our extensive collection of historical poetry, from William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Hartley Coleridge, William Blake, Lord Byron, John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Robert Southey, Alfred Lord Tennyson and W B Yeats
our extensive collection of historical poetry, from William Wordsworth, Dorothy Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Hartley Coleridge, William Blake, Lord Byron, John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Robert Southey, Alfred Lord Tennyson and W B Yeats
Contemporary Poetry
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our Poetry Showcase of some of today's best contemporary poets, inlcuding Simon Armitage, Polly Clark, Fred D'Aguiar, Carol Ann Duffy, Ruth Padel, C K Stead, & Michael Symmons Roberts. Also poems by our Poet-in-Residence & others working at the Wordsworth Trust
our Poetry Showcase of some of today's best contemporary poets, inlcuding Simon Armitage, Polly Clark, Fred D'Aguiar, Carol Ann Duffy, Ruth Padel, C K Stead, & Michael Symmons Roberts. Also poems by our Poet-in-Residence & others working at the Wordsworth Trust
Poetry Sound Files
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poets reading their own work recorded live during Wordsworth Trust events, including Patience Agbabi, Gladys Mary Coles, Wendy Cope, Andrew Motion, Sean O'Brien, Bernard O'Donoghue, Rommi Smith, Tomas Venclova, and John Hartley Williams
poets reading their own work recorded live during Wordsworth Trust events, including Patience Agbabi, Gladys Mary Coles, Wendy Cope, Andrew Motion, Sean O'Brien, Bernard O'Donoghue, Rommi Smith, Tomas Venclova, and John Hartley Williams
Children's Poetry
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exceptional poems written by school children during visits to the Wordsworth Museum, inspired by the atmospheric, firelit rooms of the Dove Cottage, including school children from Cumbria, Lancashire, Yorkshire and Manchester
exceptional poems written by school children during visits to the Wordsworth Museum, inspired by the atmospheric, firelit rooms of the Dove Cottage, including school children from Cumbria, Lancashire, Yorkshire and Manchester
