In 2009 Carol Ann Duffy wrote Last Post which was commissioned by the BBC. This is assessed at the end of the year with … The text has become iconic of the very visible, portable proof of love. Reading 'Valentine' – a poem by Carol Ann Duffy ... "Originally" by Carol Ann Duffy by Voice & Text: From the Carson School. One chair to sit in, a greasy dusk wrong side of the tracks, and watch the lodgers' lights come on in the other rooms. 30 poems of Carol Ann Duffy. It appeared in her 2005 collection Rapture. I try to picture your hands, their image is blurred. Duffy’s Rapture is very much a contemporary collection and this poem reveals our secret obsession with detecting the often subtle, shifting revelations of love. Nothing my thumbs press will… Phenomenal Woman, Still I Rise, The Road Not Taken, If You Forget Me, Dreams ‘Text’ seems straightforward, […] I re-read your first, your second, your third, look for your small xx, feeling absurd. Carol Ann Duffy. We are in our element but we are not free. Poem Hunter all poems of by Carol Ann Duffy poems. A poem for the texting generation Carol Ann Duffy’s short poem ‘Text’ might be the first great poem written about texting and text messages. The Dolphins Lyrics. Outside this world you cannot breathe for long. The codes we send arrive with a broken chord. The collection of poems by Carol Ann Duffy entitled ‘The World’s Wife’, was first published in 1999 and presents stories, myths, fairy tales and characters in Western culture from 2:06. Here in her poem Text, Carol Ann Duffy rather uncomfortably admits to the re-checking of her messages! Carol Ann Duffy. World is what you swim in, or dance, it is simple. You can read ‘Text’ here; this post offers some notes towards an analysis of the poem. Room Lyrics. I tend the mobile now like an injured bird We text, text, text our significant words. No curtains yet. Scottish Text – Carol Ann Duffy The resources on this page are for use with the “Scottish Text” element of the course.