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Ken Smith was born in 1938 in East Yorkshire, and now lives in London. His recent published collections include Terra (Bloodaxe, 1986), Wormwood (Bloodaxe, 1987), and his latest The heart, the border (Bloodaxe, 1990). This poem will appear in his new collection Tender to the Queen of Spain (Bloodaxe), to appear in the autumn.
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