This course is for all those who enjoy reading great poetry and would like to learn more about this poet. U.A. Fanthorpe (22 July 1929 - 28 April 2009) was a well known female poet who intriguingly did not start to write poetry until aged 45. Later she was awarded the CBE and also became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Her early background and Quakerism informed her accessible poetry but also provided a subtly subversive commentary on social issues. Andrew Motion has described her as a possible heir to Betjeman and Larkin. There will be a brief introduction to several aspects of her life followed by each of us reading in turn from the poetry she created. There will be some analysis of her poems. Please bring her collected poems or other examples of her poems to the class.