Brotherton Poetry Prize Anthology II ed. By Simon Armitage David Colmer It was Martial who first

It was Martial who first used the term ‘plagiarism’ in its modern sense as a kind of literary theft

At the heart of In Her Feminine Sign

The poetry moves beyond the observational into a philosophical meditation on the existential nature of place

and one of the most skilful writers now at work

Brotherton Poetry Prize Anthology II ed. By Simon Armitage David Colmer It was Martial who firstThe University of Leeds has a long tradition of engagement with poets. Many of them were members of staff (for instance, Geoffrey Hill), some were students (Jon Silkin, Ken Smith, Tony Harrison, Jeffrey Wainwright, Ian Duhig), others creative writing fellows (James Kirkup, John Heath Stubbs, Thomas Blackburn, Jon Silkin, Peter Redgrove, David Wright, Pearse Hutchinson and Wole Soyinka among them). The poetry archives in the Brotherton Library are