George Szirtes has won the T.S.Eliot prize for poetry. He received the cheque last night for the best collection of new poetry published in Britain in 2003.

Here's a link which features Mr. Szirtes reciting a couple of his poems:

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Les

Apparently a sample poem on the link below. I suspect he would not fare well with present-day internet critics with such rhythm, rhymes and cliches.

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