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BuzzWords
Here’s a selection of my BuzzWords, the poems I write on current affairs. I perform them in my ‘Rhymes of the Times’ shows (find out more ...)
October 2009
‘The Bigger Picture’ (pdf)
The opening poem in 'Another Fine Mess ...', my poetry show about the credit crunch that I performed at the The Bigger Picture: Festival of Interdependence in London, organised by the New Economics Foundation (nef).
Find out more
May 2009 ‘Last Orders’, a poem about MPs and their expenses, is broadcast on the Today programme on Radio 4.
Listen to an excerpt
Listen to the whole poem
The BBC commissions me to write some poems to mark the appointment of Britain’s first woman Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy.
Read the poems
Reaction to my poem on the role of a 21st-century Poet Laureate:
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‘It's the most spondeetious development since Lenny Henry played Othello ... It's a fast poem. It's a fun poem. I love it. ... Anneliese Emmans Dean is, at this early stage, first choice in my putative Fantasy Poets League team.’
Chris M. Dickson
Read the full review
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March 2009
‘Winner takes it all’ (pdf)
On the subject of Sir Fred Goodwin, former chairman of the Royal Bank of Scotland,
and his pension.
Background info.
February 2009
‘Bonus Question’ (pdf)
On the subject of the moment: should bankers get their bonuses?
Background info.
January 2009
‘The Inaugural Prayer’ (pdf)
Written on the occasion of the inauguration of President Obama.
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