British Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy Writes Poem for Royal Wedding

Posted on April 24, 2011

British Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy has written a poem for the Royal Wedding called "Rings." The 46-line poem describes many different types of rings found in nature and life, such as "watery rings made by the fish" and "ring of church-bells."

You can read the poem here on The Guardian.

Artist Stephen Raw, who drew maps for Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, created special artwork for the poem that will be unveiled on April 29, the day of the Royal Wedding. Raw says the artwork will be published exclusively by The Daily Mirror. Signed prints of the artwork will be available for purchase on Raw's website, stephenraw.com.