- Title: UNITED KINGDOM: LONDON ZOO HAS A RESIDENT POET
- Date: 4th November 1998
- Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (RECENT) (RTV ACCESS ALL) 1. TOBIAS HILL READING HIS POETRY AT LONDON ZOO 2. VARIOUS SHOTS OF ANIMALS 3. ANIMAL PLACARD 4. TOBIAS HILL POET SAYING: "IT'S ANOTHER WINDOW ON THE ANIMALS HERE FOR THE PUBLIC. IT'S ANOTHER WAY FOR THE PUBLIC TO LOOK AT THE ANIMALS AND WHAT POETRY'S GOOD AS IT GIVES PEOPLE
- Embargoed: 19th November 1998 12:00
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- Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
- Country: United Kingdom
- Reuters ID: LVAAVM4H5LNW0Y9R21E0L8QWB9AU
- Story Text: Most zoos have elephants, tigers and chimpanzees.But
the newest addition to the London Zoo is a rare speciman
indeed -- a resident poet.
London zoo does its bit to protect threatened species
-- and that now extends to poets.There have been artists in
residence at universities throughout the United Kingdom for
quite some time.London Zoo took the idea a step further...and procured its own poet.
The scheme highlights the plight of endangered
animals...and poets.
Tobius Hill joined the menagerie in May for a nine month
stay to interest young people in poetry and give himself some
animal inspiration.
But Hill isn't the first poet to be captivated by animal
magic.Ted Hughes, Britain's official poet, who died in
October, also worked at the zoo.
Rhymes for rhinos, sonnets for snakes and couplets for
chimpanzees.
And for the human visitors: running tours, workshops and
competitions to verse people in the ways of the wild.
Hill's family couldn't be happier with the posting....they
get free visitation rights.
It's poetry for all creatures great and small at the
London zoo.
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