Brotherton Poetry Prize Anthology II ed. By Simon Armitage David Colmer Esther Jansma

Esther Jansma

The poetry moves beyond the observational into a philosophical meditation on the existential nature of place

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At the heart of In Her Feminine Sign

Brotherton Poetry Prize Anthology II ed. By Simon Armitage David Colmer Esther JansmaThe University of Leeds has a long tradition of engagement with poets. Many of them were members of staff (for instance, Geoffrey Hill), some were students (Jon Silkin, Ken Smith, Tony Harrison, Jeffrey Wainwright, Ian Duhig), others creative writing fellows (James Kirkup, John Heath Stubbs, Thomas Blackburn, Jon Silkin, Peter Redgrove, David Wright, Pearse Hutchinson and Wole Soyinka among them). The poetry archives in the Brotherton Library are