Christmas Poems
by U. A. Fanthorpe
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U.A. Fanthorpe's Christmas Poems gathers together the poems she wrote and sent to friends as Christmas cards from 1974 to 2002. Now readers can enjoy Fanthorpe's yearly output in its entirety. Her subject matter covers a broad range of seasonal characters, from angels to personified Christmas trees, and a variety of styles to match, from moments of beautiful lyricism to the comically touching Gloucestershire foxes begging baby Jesus to visit: 'Come live wi we under Westridge / Where the show more huntin folk be few'. Fanthorpe is witty and highly original, rethinking the Christmas story from quirky angles, to create her own alternative Christmas legend - from the cat and the sheep-dog left out of the stable, to the wicked fairy's gifts for Jesus. Above all, these poems are celebrations of Christmas joy and love. show lessTags
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It's a mystery to me, why only 16 members of this site have this book. These are Christmas card poems sent to friends over some 20 years and each is a little gem. Witty and deeply felt, they are a wonderful addition to the works of a deeply loved and sadly missed poet.
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U. A. Fanthorpe was the first woman to be nominated for the post of Professor of Poetry at Oxford.
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