Carol Ann Duffy: Ritual Lighting [2014] hardback Condition:New and its successor Babylonia

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entertaining and inspiring the world with his work

and what it is to be a woman in contemporary society

Or Dribbling Drew - a boy whose drool gets him into trouble on a school trip

Carol Ann Duffy: Ritual Lighting [2014] hardback Condition:New and its successor BabyloniaCarol Ann Duffy was appointed Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom in May 2009. In the first five years of her laureateship, she has written brilliant, challenging, lyrical and relevant poetry about people, places and significant moments, past and present. From Chaucer to Shakespeare, from Valentine's Day to Christmas Eve, from the industrial cities to the White Cliffs of Dover, this selection of her public poems celebrates our nation and its rituals.