Hands Off Poetry!
HANDS OFF POETRY!We strongly oppose the censoring of Carol Ann Duffy's poem Education for Leisure by the examination board AQA, which has removed it from its anthology because it deals with the conten... continue reading »
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"Plunge the knife into AQA!"
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"Apparently, AQA don't need no education -- but young readers do, and they respond intelligently, feelingly and creatively to this poem. Only totalitarian states interpret art literally."
"So she can write a great poem."
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"What a childish approach to poetry!"
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"It is ludicrus and misguided to suggest that this poem glorifies knife crime. It is a literary investigation into why this mindless violence happens. This debate is crucial to attempt to reduce violent offences."
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"If you wish to continue the ban on a work by the Poet Laureate you should give a point by point justification comparing it with (say) Henry V, The Charge of the Light Brigade or other poems glorifying or commmenting on violence - or perhaps you want to li"
