{"product_id":"collected-poems-12","title":"Collected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eCarol Ann Duffy has been a bold and original voice in British poetry since the publication of \u003ci\u003eStanding Female Nude\u003c\/i\u003e in 1985. Since then she has won every major poetry prize in the United Kingdom and sold over one million copies of her books around the world. She was appointed Poet Laureate in 2009.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer first \u003ci\u003eCollected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e includes all of the poems from her nine acclaimed volumes of adult poetry - from \u003ci\u003eStanding Female Nude\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eRitual Lighting\u003c\/i\u003e - as well as her much-loved Christmas poems, which celebrate aspects of Christmas: from the charity of King Wenceslas to the famous truce between the Allies and the Germans in the trenches in 1914. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEndlessly varied, wonderfully inventive, and emotionally powerful, the poems in this book showcase Duffy''s full poetic range: there are poems written in celebration and in protest; public poems and deeply personal ones; poems that are funny, sexy, heartbroken, wise. Taken together they affirm her belief that ''poetry is the music of being human''. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCollected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e is both the perfect single-volume introduction for new readers and a glorious opportunity for old friends to celebrate thirty years'' work by one of the country''s greatest literary talents. It confirms indisputably that ''Carol Ann Duffy is the most humane and accessible poet of our time'' (Rose Tremain, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57318071632254,"sku":"NW9781447231752","price":16.73,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781447231752.jpg?v=1778689794","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/collected-poems-12","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}