Poetry pairings
John Donne: A Nocturnall Upon S. Lucies Day, Being the Shortest Day / Liz Lochhead: Midwinter Song
Matthew Arnold: Dover Beach / Anthony Hecht: The Dover Bitch
William Carlos Williams: This is Just to Say / Kenneth Koch: Variations on a Theme by William Carlos Williams
Giacomo Leopardi: To the Moon / Julie O'Callaghan: Alla Luna
Thomas Hardy: The Voice / Henry Shukman: The Call
Christopher Marlowe: The Passionate Shepherd to his Love / Sir Walter Raleigh: The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd
Sextus Propertius: Cynthia's Ghost / John Hartley Williams: The Revenant
Anna Akhmatova: The Last Toast / Elaine Feinstein: Another Toast
Allen Ginsberg: from Howl / Tony Curtis: Trowel
Walter de la Mare: Echo / Dannie Abse: Bluebells
William Carlos Williams: The Red Wheelbarrow / Ian McMillan: The Green Wheelbarrow
Dylan Thomas: In My Craft or Sullen Art / Nina Cassian: My Last Book
Tomas Transtromer: Allegro / Robin Robertson: Ictus
Dafydd Ap Gwilym: The Clock / Menna Elfyn: A Dream Against The Clock
Wallace Stevens: Fabliau of Florida / Sean O'Brien: Grey Bayou
Book source
The poetry pairings were sourced from Answering Back by Carol Ann Duffy.
