Brotherton Poetry Prize Anthology II ed. By Simon Armitage David Colmer and one of the most

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Matt Merritt

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Brotherton Poetry Prize Anthology II ed. By Simon Armitage David Colmer and one of the mostThe 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