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The Morning Star, like the Sunday Worker and the Daily Worker before it, has always devoted generous space to reviewing poetry. John Rety's popular Well Versed column is now the longest-running weekly poetry column in any national newspaper and is said to add an extra 2 per cent to the paper's sales.

Ho Chi Minh, Che Guevara and Mao wrote poetry. Most of the great poets of the 20th century described themselves as revolutionaries at some time in their lives