Poems for carers

People Who Care is a book of new writing from four British poets celebrating the work of the UK's carers
  
  


Poems for carers: A care worker
Poet Sally Read visited Rainbows children’s hospice in the East Midlands. Her poem, Ocean Drum, likens the attention given by staff - such as this care worker - to a mother's love. Photograph: PR
Poems for carers: Poet Sally Read
Sally Read has published two poetry collections - The Point of Splitting (2005), which was shortlisted for the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival Prize, and Broken Sleep (2009). Photograph: PR
Poems for carers: A care worker at the Thera Trust
Paul Batchelor visited people supported by Thera Trust, a learning disability charity, in Worksop, Nottinghamshire. His poem, Here, is an uplifting account of how care need not mean institutionalisation but can facilitate independence and joi de vivre. Photograph: PR
Poems for carers: Poet Paul Batchelor
Paul Batchelor is undertaking doctoral research at Newcastle University on the poet Barry MacSweeney. His first full-length collection, The Sinking Road (2008), has been shortlisted for the Jerwood Aldeburgh First Collection Prize 2008 and the poetry category of the Glen Dimplex New Writers Awards. Photograph: PR
Poems for carers: A care worker in action
Esther Morgan visited Rutland Care Village in Leicestershire. Her poem, Will You Lift Your Head For Me, Darling?, describes how it is possible for elderly people to retain their dignity and receive affection from those looking after them. Photograph: PR
Poems for carers: Poet Esther Morgan
After graduating from Cambridge University, Esther Morgan worked as a volunteer at the Wordsworth Trust in Grasmere, Cumbria. She has published two collections of poems, Beyond Calling Distance (2001), and The Silence Living in Houses (2005), and is currently working on a third collection. Photograph: PR
Poems for carers: A carer at Sue Ryder Care
Leckhampton Court is the inspiration for Clare Pollard's poem of the same name. Pollard visited the Sue Ryder hospice in Cheltenham, Gloucester, and her poem explores how in among the sadness, it is still possible to find enjoyment and love. Photograph: Anna Lythgoe
Poems for carers: Poet Clare Pollard
Clare Pollard has published three collections: The Heavy-Petting Zoo (1998), Bedtime (2002) and Look, Clare! Look! (2005). Her first play, The Weather (2004), premièred at the Royal Court Theatre. In addition to poetry, Pollard is also an editor, broadcaster and teacher. Her radio documentary, My Male Muse (2007), was a BBC Radio Four Pick of the Year. Photograph: Anna Lythgoe
 

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