The Less Deceived by Philip Larkin #WIT By placing extreme violence within

By placing extreme violence within a form associated with restraint and natural beauty

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Christopher Reid's poetry is shaped by incisive intent disguised as playfulness

The Quiet Ear tells the story of Raymond's upbringing at the intersection of race and disability

The Less Deceived by Philip Larkin #WIT By placing extreme violence withinPhilip Larkin's second collection, The Less Deceived was published by The Marvell Press in 1955, and now appears for the first time in Faber covers. The eye can hardly pick them out From the cold shade they shelter in, Till wind distresses tail and mane; Then one crops grass, and moves about The other seeming to look on And stands anonymous again. from 'At Grass'