It was with real delight I read that Alice Oswald has been made the professor of poetry at Oxford University. I thought I was the only person to have fallen in love with her bell clear, thumb nail sharp slice into the green heart; but it turns out I was wonderfully wrong and she is recognised at the highest levels.
This you tube clip shows her reading from “Falling Awake” . Skip the first minute of pomposity and listen to her from 1.55. The heart needs Alice Oswald.
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Good news, and a well deserved appointment. xx
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She is the best living poet!
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I used to be really into poetry and still am though to a lesser extent. I don’t know Alice but I will look her up. thanks 🙂
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She is worth getting to know!
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just read ‘Dunt’ and her Fly poem: pretty good stuff
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