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In a poem by this author, the title woman calls her husband a “total, utter, absolute, Grade A pillock.” (10[1])This author of The World’s Wife (10[1])described how (10[2])a “lethal” scent (10[1])will “cling to your fingers, cling to your knife” in a poem calling an (10[1])onion a “moon wrapped in brown paper.” (10[1])A poem by this author (10[1])describes where the narrator’s mother “clatters toward me over George Square” and her skirt blows upwards like “Marilyn.” This poet wrote about a man whose editor “will pick out five or six… agonies” and listed cities like (10[1])“Belfast. Beirut. Phnom Penh” in a poem that states “all flesh is grass.” (10[1])For 10 points, what lesbian poet (10[1])of “War Photographer” (-5[1])was the first female UK Poet Laureate? ■END■ (10[2])

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