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“And Yet”... A new Philip Larkin poem comes to light after a half century lost in the library

Tuesday August 10, 2004
from The Scotsman:
Unpublished Larkin poem ‘Written in Grotty Bedsit’
from BBC News:
Haul of rare Larkin poems found
Heretofore unpublished poems by Philip Larkin have been discovered in England, including a quite moving elegy to his father, about whom he famously wrote “They fuck you up, your mum and dad...” The newly discovered poem, “And Yet,” is a brief & eloquent meditation on life & death.

Related resources:
Our reference page on Philip Larkin
Philip Larkin chosen as Britain’s favorite poet

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