Dymock poets
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The Dymock poets were a literary group of the early 20th century who made their homes near the village of Dymock in Gloucestershire, in England, near to the border with Herefordshire.
Dymock village centre, 2011
Clump of Corsican pine trees on May Hill – Robert Frost and Edward Thomas walked here, and Frost and his wife could see it from their cottage, "Little Iddens". It was here that Thomas began writing his poem "Words".
John Drinkwater (playwright)
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John Drinkwater was an English poet and dramatist. He was known before World War 1 as one of the Dymock poets, and his poetry was included in all five volumes of Georgian Poetry. After World War I, he
Dymock poets
…The 'Dymock Poets' are generally held to have comprised Robert Frost, Lascelles Abercrombie, Rupert Brooke, Edward Thomas, Wilfrid Wilson Gibson and John Drinkwater, some of whom lived near the village in the period between 1911 and 1914. Eleanor Farjeon, who was involved with Edward Thomas, also visited. The group…
John Drinkwater in 1919.
John Drinkwater's grave at Piddington, Oxfordshire.