Who are your favourite poets?

by Adrian Sroka
10th May 2013

Do you read poetry for inspiration?

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What you said about poetry making you think in different ways - Alan Bennett tends to do that for me.

And yes, Jennifer, that bit is particularly resonant.

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11/05/2013

Love poetry - really helpful for inspiration.

W.B. Yeats, Kavanagh, Seamus Heaney, Hardy are my particular favourites.

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I hardly ever read poetry: I'm far too shallow ;)

Unless I'm looking for something specifically related to what I'm writing at the time :)

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