George Herbert
George Herbert (1593-1633) was an English metaphysical poet and clergyman. His poems were published posthumously in the year of his death and have had many admirers over the centuries, from Charles I to Coleridge and T. S. Eliot.
George Herbert (1593-1633) was an English metaphysical poet and clergyman. His poems were published posthumously in the year of his death and have had many admirers over the centuries, from Charles I to Coleridge and T. S. Eliot.
Jo Shapcott was born and continues to live in London. Twice winner of the National Poetry Competition, she has published seven collections with Faber including Her Book: Poems 1988-1998 which selects from three earlier volumes: Electroplating the Baby (1988) which won the Commonwealth Poetry Prize, Phrase Book (1992) and My Life Asleep (1998) which won the Forward Poetry Prize. Her most recent collection Of Mutability (2010) won the Costa Book Award and in 2011 she was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry.
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