Start Sentences for each Poem

Eat Me: Eat Me is a dramatic monologue by Patience Agbabi that explores the female experience within an ambiguously unhealthy relationship.
Chainsaw vs The Pampus Grass: Chainsaw Versus the Pampus Grass is a dramatic monologue by Simon Armitage that explores gender, conflict and nature through the semantic field of war.
Material: Material is an elegy by Ros Barber that universally identifies the theme of nurture
Inheritance: Inheritance is by Eavan Boland and explores the idea of what parents pass down to their  children whether it be materialistic or an intangible quality such as motherhood.
Leisure Centre: A Leisure Centre is also a Temple of Learning is an unusual and intriguing poem written in the form of an ode, by Sue Boyle, exploring ageing and the female individual.
History: History is a lyrical poem by John Burnside that views the speaker and his son on a beach and more deeply, explores the metaphysical experience of man.
The War Correspondent: Gallipoli is one of seven parts of The War Correspondent by Ciaran Carson and explores a military disaster in an omniscient, god-like narrative.
Balaklava is one of seven parts of The War Correspondent by Ciaran Carson and explores the Crimean War through the semantic field of nature.
An Easy Passage: An Easy Passage is a vignette by Julia Copus that explores the liminal state of a young female as she symbolically makes the jump from childhood to adulthood.
The Deliverer: The Deliverer is a
The Map Woman: The Map Woman is a bildungsroman by Carol Ann Duffy that explores the journey of growth and the female experience.
The Lammas Hireling: The Lammas Hireling is a dramatic monologue by Ian Duhig that explores the themes of loss and guilt.
To My 9 Year Old Self: To My 9 Year Old Self is an interior dialogue in an ode form by Helen Dunmore, exploring the reminiscent perspective on the speaker's childhood.
A Minor Role: A Minor Role is a dramatic monologue by UA Fanthorpe that follows the semantic field of performance, exploring the theme of death and societal expectations.
The Gun: The Gun is an autobiographical poem by Vicki Feaver, exploring themes of death and it's consequences.