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Written by the poet laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, this quirky poem will get children thinking about what it is they really want, from pop star friends and pet camels to homes in treetops or even teapots!. Beautifully written and extremely entertaining, the poem will undoubtedly get children's imaginations running wild.

‘Part of Duffy’s talent – besides her ear for ordinary eloquence, her gorgeous, powerful, throwaway lines, her subtlety – is her ventriloquism . . . From verbal nuances to mind-expanding imaginative leaps, her words seem freshly plucked from the minds of non-poets – that is, she makes it look easy’ Charlotte Mendelson, Observer‘One of the most important, and rightly loved, poets of our time’ Independent‘Nobody is ever going to need to be told ...

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It is a cold day in Ireland, the 26th of December, frost lies thick on the blackthorn. A man walks the just-waking village, banging on every door, summoning the boys. Today is St. Stephen's Day, when legend has it that the Saint was betrayed by a wren's call, and the boys are off to the forest where they hope to find the traitorous bird and capture it by nightfall. But what will they do if their prey escapes them?Inspired by the many myths of ...

Carol Ann Duffy has been a bold and original voice in British poetry since the publication of Standing Female Nude in 1985. Since then she has won every major poetry prize in the United Kingdom and sold over one million copies of her books around the world. She was appointed Poet Laureate in 2009.Her first Collected Poems includes all of the poems from her nine acclaimed volumes of adult poetry - from Standing Female Nude to Ritual Lighting (2...

Latest volume of Christmas poetry edited by the Poet Laureate.

Con "The Bees", Carol Ann Duffy si allinea alla prestigiosa compagnia di poeti che, da Virgilio a Sylvia Plath, hanno tratto ispirazione dalle api, elogiandone la forza e le straordinarie attività, metafore di un ideale modello di creatività e laboriosa coesistenza. Le api, umili e valorose, operaie rassicuranti ma pungenti, fanno da intermittente filo conduttore di questa raccolta che tratta e approfondisce, in toni che vanno dal lirico al sa...

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Il volume antologico contiene cinquantuno poesie tratte dalle principali raccolte di Carol Ann Duffy, una delle voci poetiche più autorevoli e popolari della scena britannica. Duffy gode in patria di una crescente stima di critica e pubblico, resa ancora più solida dalla nomina, nella primavera del 2009, alla prestigiosa carica di Poet Laureate, la prima donna a ottenere l'incarico. Le poesie della Duffy sono lette e apprezzate anche da un pub...

A playful story about the beauty of difference and the pleasure of friendship, from the Poet Laureate, illustrated by Lydia Monks. Follows the success of "The Lost Happy Endings, The Princess Blankets" and "The Tear Thief". Ages: 5+

On a frosty winter evening, the Baron watches the snow fall. He is bored and worried. It will soon be Christmas and everything is too quiet. What can he do to bring excitement to the Manor?His wife, the Baroness, has an idea: he can appoint a King of Christmas, a peasant to take his place. And so begin twelve days of chaos, anarchy and merriment . . .Inspired by the medieval tradition of appointing a Lord of Misrule, Carol Ann Duffy's warm and...

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The winner of the 2005 T.S. Eliot prize, "Rapture" has already sold 15000 copies in hardback. Her seventh collection, it is a book-length love-poem in which Duffy refuses to simplify the contradictions of love or read its transformations as either redemptive or destructive. '"Rapture" is brilliant, beautiful, and heart-aching' Jeanette Winterson, "The Times

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Imagine how terrible the world would be if there were no happy endings! But when the wicked witch finds the bedtime stories, that is exactly what happens. She steals all the happy endings, and it is up to Jub to save the day and ensure that everyone has sweet dreams. Wonderfully lyrical text with illustrations by Jane Ray. 'A marriage made in picture book heaven - Duffy's lyrical prose matched with Jane Ray's rich, magical illustrations' "Fina...

Subtitled, "Living Poets Reply To The Poetry Of The Past". Duffy invites 50 of her peers to choose and respond to a poem from the past. Contributors include Paul Muldoon, Vicki Feaver and U.A. Fanthorpe.

A young princess who can never feel warm. A worried king and queen. A stranger in black with hard gray eyes. Duffy's powerful new fairy tale explores the depths of human fears, frailty, and love, complemented by a series of beautiful, atmospheric paintings by acclaimed artist Hyde. Full color.

Paperback edition of the selection of love poems from the Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy. It contains some of her most popular works, displaying all the eloquence and skill that have made her one of the foremost poets of her time. She captures the truth of what it means to love, to be in love and to be loved in return, and sometimes, of what it means when love ends. "Love Poems" was a bestseller in hardback.

Be terrified. " " It's you I love, " "perfect man, " "Greek God, my own, " "but I know you'll go, " " betray me, stray" "from home." "So better by far for " "me if you were stone." --from "Medusa" Stunningly original and haunting, the voices of Mrs. Midas, Queen Kong, and Frau Freud, to say nothing of the Devil's Wife herself, startle us with their wit, imagination, and incisiveness in this collection of poems written from the perspectives of...