This Poem Doesn't Rhyme

Gerard Benson was born in London, England on April 9, 1931. For two years, he was an intelligence coder in Gibraltar for the Royal Navy. He taught voice production, diction, and verse-speaking at the Central School for Speech and Drama for 20 years. He published 10 volumes of poems and poetry collections for children including The Magnificent Callisto, Evidence of Elephants, and To Catch an Elephant. He also edited several poetry collections including This Poem Doesn't Rhyme. He died on April 28, 2014 at the age of 83. An autobiography, Memoirs of a Jobbing Poet, will be published after his death.

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