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Nick Yapp first became aware of poetry when he had to learn some as punishment at school. Much moved by the experience, and swamped with thoughts of Love, Suffering, Death and Toffees, he subsequently wrote a great deal of verse.His favourite poets are Keats, Betjeman, Harry Graham and (most of all) William McGonagall. He has found it wise to keep quiet about all this, for poetry lovers are not much respected in south-east London where he lives. Richard Meier is the winner of the inaugural Picador Poetry Prize and is the author of 'Misadventure' (Picador, 2012). Richard now lives in London with his wife and two young children and has been known to write as many as three words a week. He sometimes plays the piano, and more frequently plays cricket - not necessarily at the same time.
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