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- ↑ Saunders, Tristram Fane (29 November 2020). "The best poetry books of 2020". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235 . Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ↑ "Wales Book of the Year 2021 Shortlist". Literature Wales. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ↑ "Cwmbran teacher wins prestigious National Poetry Competition". ITV News. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ↑ "Galatians 5:22". Bible.
- ↑ "Poetry Wales welcomes Marvin Thompson and Zoë Brigley as the magazine's first joint editors!". Poetry Wales. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ↑ "Marvin Thompson Stepping Down as Poetry Wales Co-Editor". Wales Arts Review. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
