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John Welford
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Poetry Explained
Dec 15, 2022
Sunny Prestatyn: A Poem by Philip Larkin
A poem inspired by a defaced poster advertising family holidays at a Welsh seaside resort
Sunny Prestatyn
dates from 1962, being published in Larkin’s 1964 collection “The…
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John Welford
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Poetry Explained
Dec 15, 2022
A Circular: A Poem by Thomas Hardy
Junk mail was a problem even in 1913
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December 16, 2022
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