“Sheer Poetry!”

Resources on poetry by the poets themselves.

Sheerpoetry.co.uk is an innovative and constantly changing new UK poetry site.

Sheer Poetry has sections for primary teachers and students, secondary teachers and students, and for university level and the general poetry reader. Here you will find poems, articles, workshops, interviews and essays, question sessions and more, about and by Carol Ann Duffy, Gillian Clarke, Seamus Heaney, Simon Armitage, and others.

Full Access to Sheerpoetry free!

Sheerpoetry.co.uk is now fully accessible without subscription from today.

This means that you no longer need to log in to read hundreds of pages on the poetry of Gillian Clarke, Carol Ann Duffy, Simon Armitage, Seamus Heaney and others.

If you want to add a comment to any of the pages or use the new forum which we will be setting up shortly, you will still need to register and create a new account.

Poetry Live for Haiti

The Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy and Poetry Live have invited 20 of our leading poets to perform at Westminster Central Hall on Saturday January 30th 2010 at 2.30pm in a fundraising event for the people of Haiti.

Poets include Carol Ann Duffy, Roger McGough, Andrew Motion, John Agard, Dannie Abse, Brian Patten, Gillian Clarke, Imtiaz Dharker, Grace Nichols, Elaine Feinstein, Daljit Nagra, Ian Duhig, Lachlan Mackinnon, Owen Sheers, Glyn Maxwell, Jo Shapcott, Robin Robertson, Colette Bryce, Maura Dooley and Robert Minhinnick, along with the musicians John Sampson and Andy Roberts.

Free Access to Sheer Poetry in 2010

Sheer Poetry has been running for four years using subscriptions to fund the hosting and maintenance of the site. In 2010 we plan to change. The site will be funded by advertising and access will be free and unrestricted. And yes, we'll try to keep the advertising discreet and appropriate!

We'd like to thank all those of you whose subscriptions have supported us over the years. Keep visiting and and we'll keep developing and growing the site.

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