The author's own selection of the best poems from her four published selections Standing Female Nude (1985), Selling Manhattan (1987), The Other Country (1990) and Mean Time (1993). Carol Ann Duffy is one of Britain's most outstanding young poets.
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Carol Ann Duffy, the first woman poet laureate, explores many different themes in this selection of poems from childhood memories to relationships.
Her poems are accessible and entertaining and yet she is touching, sensitive and witty. Joyce Akesson, author of Love's Thrilling Dimensions
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If you love modern poetry then this is the book for you! Carol Ann Duffy explores many aspects of modern life in this selection of poems from childhood to relationships.... and if you are looking for lighthearted poems the last section on the worlds wife is great! I really enjoyed studying all of the poems for my A levels and will definantly go back and read some of her other poems! DEFINANTLY WORTH A READ! :)
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I never liked poetry before discovering the dark, haunting appeal of Carol Ann Duffy. "Valentine" will stick with me the rest of my life.
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- The Other Country by Carol Ann Duffy in Front Matter
- Selected Poems of Edward Thomas by Edward Thomas in Front Matter
- Stopping for Death: Poems of Death and Loss by Carol Ann Duffy in Front Matter
- Selected Poems (Penguin Classics) by Anna Akhmatova in Front Matter
- Standing Female Nude by Carol Ann Duffy in Front Matter
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