Leonard, Tom

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Scots poet who often writes in a Glaswegian dialect. Born 1944.

One of his poems, "The Six o'clock news", is included in the syllabus for the AQA English Language GCSE.

  • Tom Leonard  - The poet's official site; includes a collection of online poetry and prose, with information about his published titles and anthologies, news, and links.
  • access to the silence  - A review of Leonard's anthology of poems written between 1984 and 2004.
  • Tom Leonard  - Offers an interview with the poet and a bibliography.
  • Tom Leonard  - The British Electronic Poetry Centre provides a concise profile, bibliography, and examples of his work.
  • Tom Leonard - Six O'Clock News  - A study guide to Leonard's poem about his anger that working class and Scottish people are undervalued and dismissed because of the way they speak.
 
 
 
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