To mark the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II's accession to the throne, Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy brings together a dazzling array of contemporary poets (sixty in fact) to write about each of the sixty years of Her Majesty's reign. An all star line up - which includes such celebrated writers as Simon Armitage, Gillian Clarke, Wendy Cope, Geoffrey Hill, Jackie Kay, Michael Longley, Andrew Motion, Don Paterson and Jo Shapcott, alongside some of the newest young talent around - address a moment or event from their chosen year, be it of personal or political significance or both. Through a series of specially commissioned poems, Jubilee Lines offers a unique portrayal of the country and times in which we have lived since 1953, culminating in an essential portrait of today: the way we speak, the way we chronicle, the way we love and fight, the way we honour and remember. Brilliantly introduced by Carol Ann Duffy, Jubilee Lines is an unforgettable commemoration: not only a monarch's reign but of a way of life.
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Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy and an all star line up of poets come together to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II
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Carol Ann Duffy was born in Glasgow and grew up in Stafford. She won the 1993 Whitbread Award for Poetry and the Forward Prize for best collection for Mean Time. The World's Wife received the E. M. Forster Award in America, while Rapture won the T. S. Eliot Prize 2005. She is currently Professor of Contemporary Poetry at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her most recent volumes are New and Collected Poems for Children (2009) and The Bees (2011). In 2009 she was appointed Poet Laureate.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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60 new poems, one for each year of the Queen's reign, each written by a different poet. This is a very clever and winning concept - it makes for an enjoyable reading experience pretty much throughout. Whether it's full of great art is perhaps another question. But if the concept appeals at all - the execution is first rate. And I'd strongly recommend it.
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By rockycat
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Very well put together poems based on the Queens 60 year reign
by the top poets in the country a book for future generations
to read
by the top poets in the country a book for future generations
to read
By lou23
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This book brings together sixty poets with a wide range of poems to mark the years to the Diamond Jubilee. The poems surprise, please and jolt the memory, taking you back to events and touching the emotions. This is a book you can return to and find something different every time.
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Normski
Another very collectable little book of poems from Carol Ann Duffy. Very easy to read for budding poets - my young grandson loved it
Published 2 months ago by pictonormski
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Poems for our age
I only had a chance to skim through this collection as it was a Christmas gift to a friend. He has expressed pleasure in the book.
Published 3 months ago by R. MCMILLAN
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2012 summed up
Carol Ann Duffy and fellow poets have tackled the subject of the Diamond Jubilee. The result, as you might expect, is a brilliant and sometimes bittersweet picture of britain in... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Ms. Fiona Allen
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Poignant and evocative collection
As a lover of Carol Ann Duffy and given the "prevailing 2012 patriotism" I was tempted to buy this. Beautiful collection and particuarly poignant memories of my teenage years... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Carol
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Great in parts
This was bought as a gift for someone else - though I did get the opportunity to read it. It's rather mixed, some poems are great (funny, clever, imaginative, thought-provoking,... Read more
Published 8 months ago by A. Jeffery
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Didn't live up to the expectation
I thought the concept of this collection was great and expected some historical landmarks from over the last 60 years to feature within the covers. Read more
Published 10 months ago by bluestockingyork
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Disappointment
What a wonderful idea I thought - all those momentous events and occasions of the last sixty years and all that poetic talent. What did I find? Read more
Published 10 months ago by heather s
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Jubilee Lines
When I ordered a book of poems by the Poet Laureate, issued in the year of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, I was expecting at least one poem by Carol Ann Duffy on the subject of the... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Jacqueline
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Jubilee lines
My wife has an abiding delight in all forms of poetry. She expressed a desire for a copy of this book for her upcoming birthday. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Samuels
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