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Plain Song

Collected Poems 1960-1985

Cliff Ashby

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ISBN: 978 0 856355 62 2
Categories: 20th Century
Imprint: Carcanet Poetry
Published: January 1992
216 x 135 mm
160 pages
Publisher: Carcanet Press
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    • Cliff Ashby published four poetry collections and two novels in his lifetime. His collected poems, Plain Song (1985), contains the best work from his earlier volumes and includes several previously unpublished poems. Born in Norfolk in 1919, Cliff Ashby left school at 14 and moved to Leeds to become a window-dresser. ... read more
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