Steve Ely

Steve Ely teaches creative writing at the University of Huddersfield, where he also directs the Ted Hughes Network. His collections of poetry include Englaland, The European Eel, Lectio Violant and, most recently, Lives of British Shrews.

Holy Mary grant me

a firkin of butter               a peck of green pease a quart of oysters               a kenning of corn

one thousand from the...

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