Carol Ann Duffy: Ritual Lighting [2014] hardback Condition:New and its successor Babylonia

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Carol Ann Duffy: Ritual Lighting [2014] hardback Condition:New and its successor BabyloniaCarol Ann Duffy was appointed Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom in May 2009. In the first five years of her laureateship, she has written brilliant, challenging, lyrical and relevant poetry about people, places and significant moments, past and present. From Chaucer to Shakespeare, from Valentine's Day to Christmas Eve, from the industrial cities to the White Cliffs of Dover, this selection of her public poems celebrates our nation and its rituals.