Discover The Dead Poets Of West Norwood Cemetery — londonist.com

| Books & Poetry | By: Rachel Holdsworth Photo of West Norwood catacombs by Tyla from the Londonist Flickr pool “I am not looking for a great Victorian poet: I am looking for a great poet who lived through the Victorian period.” Chris McCabe has been wandering around West Norwood Cemetery in search of dead poets for his new book. He wants to find a voice that speaks to modern readers — one which was ahead of its time, that we’re finally catching up with — and London’s Magnificent Seven burial grounds are his search area. West Norwood is the first; he identifies 12 writers at rest in the grounds and sets out to visit their graves, work in hand.

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