Ben Wilkinson
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My boy is painting outer space
Unpack a poem: Ben Wilkinson on 'The Circle' by Don Paterson
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One kid looking on in wonder
Matthew Stewart explores Ben Wilkinson’s poetic development and looks at his new collection, Same Difference (Seren, 2022)
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What the Doorman Says
by Ben Wilkinson — That he could kill for a smoke. / That the punters get older every year. / That really, he hardly ever has to lay a finger. / That even arterial blood washes right out. / That the fella with the dog
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Castaway Companions
Castaway poet Ben Wilkinson chooses three poems by Louis MacNeice, Stevie Smith and John Keats to take to a desert island