Editing Kingston upon Hull (section)

===Poetry===
Hull has attracted the attention of poets to the extent that Australian author [[Peter Porter (poet)|Peter Porter]] described it as "the most poetic city in England".<ref>{{cite web
 |url         = http://www2.hull.ac.uk/fass/english/about-us.aspx
 |title       = Welcome to the Department of English
 |access-date  = 25 February 2013
 |publisher   = [[University of Hull]]
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20130301080416/http://www2.hull.ac.uk/fass/english/about-us.aspx
 |archive-date = 1 March 2013
}}
</ref>

Philip Larkin set many of his poems in Hull, including "[[The Whitsun Weddings (poem)|The Whitsun Weddings]]", "Toads", and "Here".<ref>{{cite web
 |url = http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/larkin.htm
 |title = Philip Larkin
 |access-date = 13 January 2008
 |work = Poets' Graves: Serious about poets and poetry
 |publisher = Cameron Self
 |year = 2006}}
</ref> Scottish-born [[Douglas Dunn]]'s ''Terry Street'', a portrait of working-class Hull life, is one of the outstanding poetry collections of the 1970s.<ref>{{cite web
 |url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/arts/writingscotland/writers/douglas_dunn/works.shtml
 |title = The Writers – Douglas Dunn (1942– ) – Works
 |access-date = 9 November 2007
 |work = Writing Scotland
 |publisher = BBC
 |archive-date = 15 May 2009
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090515142015/http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/arts/writingscotland/writers/douglas_dunn/works.shtml
 |url-status = dead
 }}</ref>
Dunn forged close associations with such Hull poets as [[Peter Didsbury]] and [[Sean O'Brien (writer)|Sean O'Brien]]. The works of some of these writers appear in the 1982 Bloodaxe anthology ''A Rumoured City'', which Dunn edited.<ref>{{cite web
 |url = http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=authC2D9C28A0cb241D669uKk169F46C 
 |last = Smith 
 |first = Jules 
 |title = Peter Didsbury 
 |year = 2005 
 |access-date = 13 January 2008
 |work = Contemporary writers 
 |publisher = [[British Council]] 
 |url-status = dead 
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070410080847/http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=authC2D9C28A0cb241D669uKk169F46C 
 |archive-date = 10 April 2007 }}
</ref> [[Andrew Motion]], past [[Poet Laureate]], lectured at the University of Hull between 1976 and 1981,<ref>{{cite web
 |url = http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth76 
 |last = Forbes 
 |first = Peter 
 |title = Andrew Motion 
 |year = 2002 
 |access-date = 13 January 2008
 |work = Contemporary writers 
 |publisher = [[British Council]] 
 |url-status = dead 
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071001130129/http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth76 
 |archive-date = 1 October 2007 }}
</ref> and [[Roger McGough]] studied there. Both poets spoke at the Humber Mouth Festival in 2010.<ref>{{cite web
 |url = http://www.hull.ac.uk/arc/collection/literarymanuscripts/mcgough.html
 |title = Roger McGough (1937– )
 |year = 2008
 |access-date = 13 January 2008
 |work = Archives: Modern English literature and drama subject guide
 |publisher = [[University of Hull]]
 |archive-date = 30 October 2008
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081030025959/http://www.hull.ac.uk/arc/collection/literarymanuscripts/mcgough.html
 |url-status = dead
 }}</ref> Contemporary poets associated with Hull are [[Maggie Hannan]],<ref>{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.bloodaxebooks.com/personpage.asp?author=Maggie+Hannan
 |title       = Maggie Hannan, author
 |year        = 2006
 |access-date  = 13 January 2008
 |publisher   = Bloodaxe Books
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20071019051841/http://www.bloodaxebooks.com/personpage.asp?author=Maggie+Hannan
 |archive-date = 19 October 2007
}}
</ref> [[David Wheatley (poet)|David Wheatley]],<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.towerpoetry.org.uk/poetry-matters/march2007/wheatley.html 
 |title=Ups and Downs: Tim Kendall reviews Mocker by David Wheatley 
 |year=2006 
 |access-date=13 January 2008 |publisher=Tower Poetry 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071108034959/http://www.towerpoetry.org.uk/poetry-matters/march2007/wheatley.html 
 |archive-date= 8 November 2007 |url-status=dead 
}}
</ref> and [[Caitriona O'Reilly]].<ref>{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.bloodaxebooks.com/personpage.asp?author=Caitriona+O'Reilly
 |title       = Caitriona O'Reilly, author
 |year        = 2006
 |access-date  = 13 January 2008
 |publisher   = Bloodaxe Books
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20071019073221/http://www.bloodaxebooks.com/personpage.asp?author=Caitriona+O%27Reilly
 |archive-date = 19 October 2007
}}
</ref>

17th-century [[Metaphysical poetry|metaphysical]] poet and parliamentarian [[Andrew Marvell]] was born nearby, and grew up and received his education in the city.<ref>{{acad|id=MRVL633A|name=Marvell, Andrew}}</ref><ref name="ODNB6">{{cite ODNB
 |url = http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/18242?docPos=2
 |title = Marvell, Andrew (1621–1678)
 |last = Kelliher
 |first = W. H.
 |date = September 2004
 |doi = 10.1093/ref:odnb/18242
 |access-date = 17 January 2010}}{{Subscription required}}
</ref> There is a statue in his honour in the Market Square (Trinity Square), set against the backdrop of his alma mater [[Hull Grammar School]].<ref>{{cite news
 | url = https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003600/19990517/009/0009
 | title = Statue moved back to Holy Trinity Church as part of city's facelift
 | date = 17 May 1999
 | work = Hull Daily Mail
 | page = 9
 | accessdate = 2 October 2024
 | via = British Newspaper Archive
 | url-access = subscription}}</ref>