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The Stare’s Nest: poetry that commits to the struggle - Judi Sutherland
The Stare’s Nest poetry blog aims to counteract the cynicism of commentators like Jeremy Paxman. Editor Judi Sutherland has the story
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Poets know that creative ideas sometimes emerge from a collision of disparate events. This was the case with my poetry blog/zine, The Stare’s Nest.
It had two unlikely muses: Jeremy Paxman and Nigel Farage.
The European elections of May 2014 plunged me into despair. I watched the rise of Ukip, aided by Farage’s constant appearances on TV and in print. After the results were announced, the news programmes reported that 31 million people had not bothered to vote. Presumably they didn’t think it mattered.
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