1960 in Literature - Poetry

Poetry

  • Douglas Livingstone – The Skull in the Mud
  • Sylvia Plath - The Colossus and Other Poems
  • Alan Sillitoe - The Rats and other poems
  • Jan Twardowski – Znaki ufności

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