Born OTD in 1955, the Scottish poet and playwright, Carol Ann Duffy. Carol was appointed Britain’s Poet Laureate in May 2009 and she is the first woman, the first Scot, and the first openly gay or bisexual poet to hold the position.

As Duffy dramatizes scenes from childhood, adolescence and adulthood, she finds moments of grace or consolation in memory, love and … More

Sincerity is Duffy’s final collection of poems as Poet Laureate. Time and its passage are at the heart of this reflective work, which gazes out from the autumn of life. There are moving elegies here for what has departed; whether that be children who have flown the nest, a way of life, literary luminaries, past loves, lost parents or our own youth.

As Duffy dramatizes scenes from childhood, adolescence and adulthood, she finds moments of grace or consolation in memory, love and … More