Poetry

October 9th is National Poetry Day, with the theme of "Britain". This selection represents just a few of the many poets whose papers are described on the Hub. You can decide how typically British these writers are - and whether or not they are typical poets!

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• James Thomson (1700-1748): Scottish dramatist and poet
• John Gregory (1831-1922): Bristol shoe-maker, socialist and poet
• Barry MacSweeney (1948-2000): Newcastle journalist and poet
• Althea Gyles (1868-1949): Irish poet and artist
• Humphrey Roberts (fl 1798-1804): Anglesey tide-waiter and poet
• Jack Clemo (1916-1994): Deaf Cornish writer
• John Waddington-Feather (born 1933): Yorkshire poet and Anglican priest

Links

• Poetry Society: organisers of National Poetry Day and the National Poetry Competition
• Poetry Library (London): aims to stock all poetry published in the UK since 1912
• Scottish Poetry Library (Edinburgh): contemporary poetry written in Scotland, in Scots, Gaelic, and English
• Research Centre in Modern and Contemporary Poetry, Oxford Brookes University
• Robert Burns Centre, Dumfries
• British Library: Modern British and Irish Poetry
• British Library: National Sound Archive
• BBC Online: Poetry
• Bartleby: Verse: full text of poetry collections