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Poem: Used in the third stanza of the ninth poem: 1965: All Flesh is Grass: Clifford D. Simak: Novel: 1972: The Bird of Night: Susan Hill: Novel: 1980: Heaven's Gate: Michael Cimino (writer/director) Film: John Hurt's character Billy Irvine mutters it to himself: 1985 "War Photographer" Carol Ann Duffy: Poem: It describes the sights seen in war ...
Henry Allingham in 2007 "Last Post" is a poem written by Carol Ann Duffy, the Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom, in 2009.It was commissioned by the BBC to mark the deaths of Henry Allingham and Harry Patch, two of the last three surviving British veterans from the First World War, and was first broadcast on the BBC Radio 4 programme Today on 30 July 2009, the date of Allingham's funeral.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 February 2025. Scottish poet and playwright (born 1955) Dame Carol Ann Duffy DBE FRSL HonFBA HonFRSE Duffy in June 2009 Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom In office 1 May 2009 – 10 May 2019 Monarch Elizabeth II Preceded by Andrew Motion Succeeded by Simon Armitage Personal details Born (1955-12-23 ...
The 2004 AQA Anthology was a collection of poems and short texts. The anthology was split into several sections covering poems from other cultures, the poetry of Seamus Heaney, [4] Gillian Clarke, Carol Ann Duffy and Simon Armitage, and a bank of pre-1914 poems. There was also a section of prose pieces, which could have been studied in schools ...
War Photographer is a 2001 documentary by Christian Frei. War Photographer may also refer to: War photography, the profession; War Photographer, a music video by Jason Forrest; War Photographer, a poem by Carol Ann Duffy
War photography involves photographing armed conflict and its effects on people and places. Photographers who participate in this genre may find themselves placed in ...
Some have argued the line has no meaning. Thom Gunn asserted this was the case in 1964, writing that the line was "...certainly meaningless. The more one searches for an explicit meaning in it, the vaguer it becomes. Other general statements of different import could well be substituted for it and the poem would neither gain nor lose strength."
Rapture is a collection of poetry written by the Scottish poet Carol Ann Duffy, the British poet laureate from 2009 to 2019.It marks her 37th work of poetry and has been described as "intensely personal, emotional and elegiac, and markedly different from Duffy’s other works" by the British Council. [1]