Paperback. Pub Date :2012-05-01 160 English Faber and u0026 Faber To mark the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth IIs accession to the throne. Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy brings together a dazzling array of contemporary poets (sixty in fact) to write about each of the sixty years of Her Majestys reign.An all star line up - which includes such celebrated writers as Simon Armitage. Gillian Clarke. Wendy Cope. Geoffrey Hill. Jackie Kay. Michael Longley. Andrew Motion. Don Paterson and Jo Shapcott. alongside some of the newest young talent around - address a moment or event from their chosen year. be it of personal or political significance or both.Through a series of specially commissioned poems. Jubilee Lines offers a unique portrayal of the country and times in which we have lived since 1953. culminating in an essential portrait of the way we speak...