Tuesday, June 03, 2008

Guess I can't blame her ...

... Wendy Cope: 'I don't want to be laureate'. (Hat tip, Dave Lull and Rus Bowden.)

I thought it was a lifetime appointment. Is Andrew Motion the first to give it up without the aid of the Grim Reaper?

1 comment:

  1. Hi Frank,

    Andrew Motion was the first to be appointed to the position for ten years.

    There is a list in the Wikipedia article: Poet Laureate: Lists of Poets Laureat of England

    Yours,
    Rus

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