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Between Hallowe'en and Bonfire Night
Source: Poetry (June 2004).
Biography
Roddy Lumsden was born in St. Andrews, Scotland; he describes his upbringing as small-town and working-class. His earliest exposure to literature came from his mother and older brother, who would read aloud to him when he was a child. Later, when he attended school, his writing was influenced by the works of W.S. Graham, Philip Larkin, Thom Gunn, T.S. Eliot, and Sylvia Plath, and by song lyrics.
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Poem Categorization
SUBJECT Nature, Relationships, Love, The Body, Desire
POET’S REGION Scotland
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