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		<title>Poems on the Underground is 40!</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[I am honoured and delighted to have taken part in the BBC Radio 4 programme Artworks celebrating 40 years of &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://anthonywilsonpoetry.com/2026/01/08/poems-on-the-underground-is-40/">More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Gaza Advent 4: Mihrab, by Samar Al Guhssain</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2025 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The fourth and final poem in our Gaza Advent series is by Samar Al Guhssain. Mihrab, by Samar Al Guhssain, &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://anthonywilsonpoetry.com/2025/12/21/gaza-advent-4-mihrab-by-samar-al-guhssain/">More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Gaza Advent 3: This is how I cook my grief by Batool Abu Akleen</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anthony Wilson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2025 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The third poem in our Gaza Advent series is by Batool Abu Akleen. This is how I cook my grief, &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://anthonywilsonpoetry.com/2025/12/14/gaza-advent-3-this-is-how-i-cook-my-grief-by-batool-abu-akleen/">More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Gaza Advent 2: Palestine Still Lives, by Sarah al Bohassi</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2025 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The second poem in our Gaza Advent series is by Sarah al Bohassi. Palestine Still Lives, by Sarah al Bohassi &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://anthonywilsonpoetry.com/2025/12/07/gaza-advent-2-palestine-still-lives-by-sarah-al-bohassi/">More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Gaza Advent 1: Detaining a poem, by Dareen Tatour</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anthony Wilson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2025 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Welcome to this series of Gaza Advent blog posts. Every Sunday during Advent I will post a link to a &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://anthonywilsonpoetry.com/2025/11/30/gaza-advent-1-detaining-a-poem-by-dareen-tatour/">More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Gaza Advent &#8211; a new series of blog posts starting tomorrow</title>
		<link>https://anthonywilsonpoetry.com/2025/11/29/gaza-advent-a-new-series-of-blog-posts-starting-tomorrow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2025 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Starting tomorrow, to mark the season of Advent, a new blog series celebrating the work of poets from Gaza and &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://anthonywilsonpoetry.com/2025/11/29/gaza-advent-a-new-series-of-blog-posts-starting-tomorrow/">More</a>]]></description>
		
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anthony Wilson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2025 14:25:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I was listening to Radio 4 the other day. (You might think this unremarkable, but it was. I still have &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="https://anthonywilsonpoetry.com/2025/11/22/this-was-canada/">More</a>]]></description>
		
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