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Derek Power was born in 1932 in Oldham, Lancashire. His poems have appeared in various literary magazines including The New Statesman. His first collection Blue Beards Door was published last year by Odyssey Press, available from Coleridge Cottage, Nether Stowey, Somerset at pounds 2.95.
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