Author: Carol Ann Duffy

Carol Ann Duffy has been a bold and original voice in British poetry since the publication of Standing Female Nude in 1985. Since then she has won ...

Written by the poet laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, this quirky poem will get children thinking about what it is they really want, from pop star friends...

What can a little girl do in the jungle? Play snap with a crocodile? Join-the-dots on a leopard''s spots? Pin-the-tail on an elephant? Or just pick...

It is a cold day in Ireland, the 26th of December; frost lies thick on the blackthorn. A man walks the just-waking village, banging on every door, ...

The Carol Singer's Carol is a song featured in The Manchester Carols, a modernisation of the Christmas story with words by the Poet Laureate, Carol...

The Other Country was Carol Ann Duffys third collection, and as with her later books, takes its readers on journeys that seem initially similar bu...

In this enchantingly illustrated Christmas poem, Carol Ann Duffy invites readers to open the windows on Advent Street. In each one is a gift. You m...

Once upon a time, there was a rich merchant who had three daughters. The girls were just as clever as they were bella and none more so than the you...

To mark the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II's accession to the throne, Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy brings together a dazzling array of co...

The princess cannot get warm, no matter what is done for her. A stranger with cold eyes brings her the Earth's blanket, the Forest's blanket, the O...

Down at the Front, on a cold winter's night in 1914, amidst the worst war the world had ever seen, an inexplicable silence spread from man to man. ...

Britannia calls a meeting, to listen to her people. Caledonia, Cymru, East Midlands, North East, Northern Ireland and the South West bring the voic...

Carol Ann Duffy has been a bold and original voice in British poetry since the publication of Standing Female Nude in 1985. Since then she has won ...