Elizabeth Jennings (1926 - 2001)

Elizabeth Joan Jennings (July 18, 1926 – October 26, 2001) was an English poet, noted for her clarity of style and simplicity of literary approach. Her Roman Catholicism coloured much of her work. She always made it clear that, whilst her life, which includes a spell of severe mental illness, contributed to the themes contained within her work, she did not write explicitly autobiographical poetry.

She is not generally regarded as an innovator. Her work displays a simplicity of metre and rhyme that she shares with Philip Larkin, Kingsley Amis and Thom Gunn, all members of the group of English poets known as The Movement.

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First Line	Comments
At this particular time I have no one
I keep my answers small and keep them near;
I visited the place where we last met.	1 Comment
Lying apart now, each in a separate bed,	3 Comments
Nature teaches us our tongue again
Over the surging tides and the mountain kingdoms,
The radiance of the star that leans on me
We nailed the hands long ago,
When the gardener has gone this garden
You are no longer young,