Andrew Motion, the former Poet Laureate of the UK, wrote a poem in 2005 commemorating the marriage of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles. The poem alludes to the difficulties of their relationship by saying the heart "slips and sidles like a stream" but eventually "Breaks loose to revel in its proper course." Motion was appointed Poet Laureate in 1999 and was responsible for producing poems about events of national significance in Britain. He had his first book of poetry published at age 24 and later wrote a biography of poet Philip Larkin, who he met while teaching at Hull University.

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Spring Wedding
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3. Introduction
Poet Laureate Andrew Motion
alludes to the tribulations of
Prince Charles' relationship
with Camilla Parker Bowles in a
poem commemorating their
wedding.

4. Contents of Poem Spring Wedding
 The verses say the heart "slips and sidles like a stream" but
eventually "Breaks loose to revel in its proper course.“
 The poet laureate, who is appointed for life, is responsible for
producing verse to reflect on events of national significance.

5.  Motion was appointed laureate in 1999 following the death
of Ted Hughes.
 Andrew Motion was introduced to poetry at school, and at
Oxford studied under W.H. Auden.
 He had his first volume of poetry published at the age of 24.

6.  He taught at the University of Hull, where he met the poet Philip
Larkin, whose biography he later wrote.
 He taught at the University of Hull, where
he met the poet Philip Larkin, whose
biography he later wrote.
 Motion was appointed Poet Laureate in
1999 for a term of ten years.

7.  As well as writing poems about royal occasions and national
events, Motion championed poetry in schools and to a wider
audience.
 He set up the Poetry Archive, a web-based resource of poets
reading their own work.
 Motion was knighted for his services to literature in 2009 and is
now Professor of Creative Writing at Royal Holloway,
University of London

8. This poem was written by
Motion in 2005 to celebrate the
marriage of Prince Charles, the
Prince of Wales and Camilla
Parker Bowles.

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