Read more Carol Ann Duffy stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/39962/carol-ann-duffy.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:50:59 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/61795/queens-poet-savages-politicians-in-first-poem.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritain's poet laureates have been criticized for writing about humdrum events on the royal calendar. If her first effort is any indication, the new laureate—the first woman—has no such intentions. Carol Ann Duffy is ticked off about the nation's scandal over lawmakers' expense accounts, and she lets everyone...http://www.newser.com/story/61795/queens-poet-savages-politicians-in-first-poem.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 13 Jun 2009 8:23:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57822/duffy-named-first-female-poet-laureate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCarol Ann Duffy and her 13-year-old daughter agreed it was time for a woman poet laureate in Britain, the Times of London reports. Widely expected to accept the post, Duffy, 53, agreed today to take over from incumbent Andrew Motion in the name of "great women poets ... like Alice Oswald,...http://www.newser.com/story/57822/duffy-named-first-female-poet-laureate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 01 May 2009 18:58:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57445/uk-set-to-name-first-female-poet-laureate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe UK looks set to honor a woman as poet for the first time, the Independent reports, and an openly gay woman at that. At 53, Carol Ann Duffy is Great Britain’s most widely read poet, and might’ve already been named poet laureate but for former PM Tony Blair, who...http://www.newser.com/story/57445/uk-set-to-name-first-female-poet-laureate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 28 Apr 2009 14:20:01 CDT