I grew up in a bookless house - my parents didn't read poetry, so

I grew up in a bookless house - my parents didn't read poetry, so

Carol Ann Duffy
22/09/2025
22/09/2025

I grew up in a bookless house - my parents didn't read poetry, so if I hadn't had the chance to experience it at school I'd never have experienced it. But I loved English, and I was very lucky in that I had inspirational English teachers, Miss Scriven and Mr. Walker, and they liked us to learn poems by heart, which I found I loved doing.

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I grew up in a bookless house - my parents didn't read poetry, so
I grew up in a bookless house - my parents didn't read poetry, so
I grew up in a bookless house - my parents didn't read poetry, so if I hadn't had the chance to experience it at school I'd never have experienced it. But I loved English, and I was very lucky in that I had inspirational English teachers, Miss Scriven and Mr. Walker, and they liked us to learn poems by heart, which I found I loved doing.
I grew up in a bookless house - my parents didn't read poetry, so
I grew up in a bookless house - my parents didn't read poetry, so if I hadn't had the chance to experience it at school I'd never have experienced it. But I loved English, and I was very lucky in that I had inspirational English teachers, Miss Scriven and Mr. Walker, and they liked us to learn poems by heart, which I found I loved doing.
I grew up in a bookless house - my parents didn't read poetry, so
I grew up in a bookless house - my parents didn't read poetry, so if I hadn't had the chance to experience it at school I'd never have experienced it. But I loved English, and I was very lucky in that I had inspirational English teachers, Miss Scriven and Mr. Walker, and they liked us to learn poems by heart, which I found I loved doing.
I grew up in a bookless house - my parents didn't read poetry, so
I grew up in a bookless house - my parents didn't read poetry, so if I hadn't had the chance to experience it at school I'd never have experienced it. But I loved English, and I was very lucky in that I had inspirational English teachers, Miss Scriven and Mr. Walker, and they liked us to learn poems by heart, which I found I loved doing.
I grew up in a bookless house - my parents didn't read poetry, so
I grew up in a bookless house - my parents didn't read poetry, so if I hadn't had the chance to experience it at school I'd never have experienced it. But I loved English, and I was very lucky in that I had inspirational English teachers, Miss Scriven and Mr. Walker, and they liked us to learn poems by heart, which I found I loved doing.
I grew up in a bookless house - my parents didn't read poetry, so
I grew up in a bookless house - my parents didn't read poetry, so if I hadn't had the chance to experience it at school I'd never have experienced it. But I loved English, and I was very lucky in that I had inspirational English teachers, Miss Scriven and Mr. Walker, and they liked us to learn poems by heart, which I found I loved doing.
I grew up in a bookless house - my parents didn't read poetry, so
I grew up in a bookless house - my parents didn't read poetry, so if I hadn't had the chance to experience it at school I'd never have experienced it. But I loved English, and I was very lucky in that I had inspirational English teachers, Miss Scriven and Mr. Walker, and they liked us to learn poems by heart, which I found I loved doing.
I grew up in a bookless house - my parents didn't read poetry, so
I grew up in a bookless house - my parents didn't read poetry, so if I hadn't had the chance to experience it at school I'd never have experienced it. But I loved English, and I was very lucky in that I had inspirational English teachers, Miss Scriven and Mr. Walker, and they liked us to learn poems by heart, which I found I loved doing.
I grew up in a bookless house - my parents didn't read poetry, so
I grew up in a bookless house - my parents didn't read poetry, so if I hadn't had the chance to experience it at school I'd never have experienced it. But I loved English, and I was very lucky in that I had inspirational English teachers, Miss Scriven and Mr. Walker, and they liked us to learn poems by heart, which I found I loved doing.
I grew up in a bookless house - my parents didn't read poetry, so
I grew up in a bookless house - my parents didn't read poetry, so
I grew up in a bookless house - my parents didn't read poetry, so
I grew up in a bookless house - my parents didn't read poetry, so
I grew up in a bookless house - my parents didn't read poetry, so
I grew up in a bookless house - my parents didn't read poetry, so
I grew up in a bookless house - my parents didn't read poetry, so
I grew up in a bookless house - my parents didn't read poetry, so
I grew up in a bookless house - my parents didn't read poetry, so
I grew up in a bookless house - my parents didn't read poetry, so
Carol Ann Duffy
Carol Ann Duffy

British - Poet Born: December 23, 1955

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