Carol Ann Duffy to mark demise of gas meters with new poem

By The Newsroom
Published 19th Apr 2016, 00:12 BST
Updated 19th Apr 2016, 01:20 BST
Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy with her old-school meter. Picture: Mikael BuckPoet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy with her old-school meter. Picture: Mikael Buck
Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy with her old-school meter. Picture: Mikael Buck
She is most often found tackling heavyweight topics such as the war in Afghanistan or the MPs expenses scandal.

But now Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy is to turn her hand to a tribute to the demise of the traditional electricity and gas meters as they make way for new, digital technology.

Glasgow-born Duffy has been working on the ode to the meter for the past few months and is due to publish her latest work in the summer.

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