To mark the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth IIs 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 Majestys reign. An all star line up
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Includes:: such celebrated writers as Simon Armitage Gillian Clarke Wendy Cope Geoffrey Hill Jackie Kay Michael Longley Andrew Motion Don Paterson & 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 & 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 & fight the way we honour & remember. Brilliantly introduced by Carol Ann Duffy " Jubilee Lines" is an unforgettable commemoration: not only a monarchs reign but of a way of life."