Last summer the Sunday Mirror, in an issue commemorating the outbreak of the First World War, printed one of Wilfrid Gibson’s war poems. The accompanying one-paragraph biography contained seven factual errors. Though I managed to get these corrected in Mirror Online, other misinformation about Gibson persists on the internet and in print. He did not … Continue reading New in March 2015: additional resources on Wilfrid Gibson
A selection of poems written by Wilfrid Gibson between 1914 and 1944.
2014. Committed to ‘Art for Life’s Sake’, both poets wrote about suffering, injustice and social responsibility. Similarities and differences in their beliefs show in the form and content of their work. Article from Dymock Poets & Friends, No. 13.
2012.
Discusses Gibson (my grandfather) as poet in the family and poet of family, raising questions about the relationship between poetry and autobiography.
Article from Dymock Poets and Friends, No.11.
2004. Discusses the close relationship between the sibling poets, and the influences on their artistic and political development. Article from Dymock Poets and Friends, No.3.