Carol Ann Duffy

Britain's Poet Laureate Remembers The Great War

John Lundberg | Posted 09.02.2009 | Living


John Lundberg

Carol Ann Duffy, Britain's new poet laureate, published a poem last week to commemorate the death of Henry Allingham and Harry Patch, two of the last ...

Britain's Groundbreaking Poet Laureate

John Lundberg | Posted 07.01.2009 | Living


John Lundberg

When the British newspaper The Guardian asked Carol Ann Duffy how poetry is changing, she emphasized its growing diversity: "There are so many more vo...

CAROL ANN DUFFY: My Daughter Encouraged Me To Accept British Poet Laureate Position

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 06.04.2009 | Media


LONDON — The centuries-old post of British poet laureate, bard to kings and queens, has been held by William Wordsworth, Alfred Lord Tennyson an...

Carol Ann Duffy: UK's First Openly Gay Poet Laureate

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 06.01.2009 | World


LONDON — The centuries-old post of British poet laureate, bard to kings and queens, has been held by William Wordsworth, Alfred Lord Tennyson an...