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"What does it mean?!"
Jackie Kay MBE was asked about the meaning of poetry
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    "What does it mean?!"
  2. What a wonderful world?
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    What a wonderful world?
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  4. "My only memorable encounters with creatures came through Ted Hughes's books"
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    "My only memorable encounters with creatures came through Ted Hughes's books"
  5. Unwritten Poems
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    Unwritten Poems
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    Isaiah Hull at Kardomah 94
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    "On Remembrance Sunday he was never able to watch the service"
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