Virtually impossible to give a top three – I’d struggle with a top thirty, there’s so many I admire. Plus, my favourites tend to be a function of mood, which frequently changes. Leaving aside the usual classically iconic figures, three contemporary poets I particularly like are:
Billy Collins (read The Revenant first!)
Sophie Hannah
Wendy Cope
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