Poetry and speech

Some writers are changing the way English is written. They write English to show the way that they speak the language. They try to show rhythm and local accent in their work. This started in the 1960s with a group of poets from the city of Liverpool. Their poems are best understood when they are read aloud. Bookshops now arrange performances of modern poets' work and this has helped to make poetry more popular.

Michael Vaughan-Rees, Geraldine Sweeney, Picot Cassidy: In Britain. 21st Century Edition, Cornelsen Verlag, 2000, page 53