Life, death and mowing: Study reveals Britain's poetic obsession with the humble lawnmower

Over the last half-century, British poets including Philip Larkin and Andrew Motion have driven a "lawnmower poetry microgenre," using the machine to explore childhood, masculinity, violence, addiction, mortality and much more, new research shows.

May 17, 2025 - 00:02
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Over the last half-century, British poets including Philip Larkin and Andrew Motion have driven a "lawnmower poetry microgenre," using the machine to explore childhood, masculinity, violence, addiction, mortality and much more, new research shows.