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Wes Magee

School is an important inspiration for popular children's poet Wes Magee. In this interview he talks about how the strange habits of teachers and children have found their way into his poems, including one of his...
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Rachel Smith's tour

Visiting the Poetry Archive feels like browsing through your favourite bookshop and finding that all the books are now...

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