The Ted Hughes Poetry Festival is an annual event in Mexborough , South Yorkshire , celebrating the work of the former UK Poet Laureate , who died in 1998.
Whilst much is known about the poet's later life , including his marriage to Sylvia Plath , and his affection for Mytholmroyd in West Yorkshire , his formative years were spent in Mexborough , where his parents had a newsagent's shop in the late 1930s and 40s.
The inaugural event in 2015 was built around a presentation by Steve Ely about Hughes' early years in Mexborough and a walking tour , now referred to as The Ted Hughes Trail , which takes in many of the places he knew and drew inspiration from ... including The Ferry Boat Inn , and The George & Dragon public house (both still working pubs).
The above poem draws on some of the issues raised in Steve Ely's presentation.
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