Wind Resources

The American Academy of Poets pays homage to the great Hughes with this brief biography and sampling of poetry.

Here's Ted Hughes, brought to you by The Poetry Foundation (which is really the same thing as Poetry Magazine—the most storied poetry magazine in America, probably). You get a peek at his life and some poetry, especially poems of his that were actually published in Poetry.

Literature Today UK presents you with a reading and short film interpreting "Wind." In this version, the speaker is definitely a middle-aged adult.

Here's a smattering of Ted Hughes sound-bites and interviews, including a weird dream about a badly burned fox man.

Hughes's old friend, Seamus Heaney, speaks while a memorial is dedicated to Ted Hughes at the Poet's Corner at Westminster Abbey.

Here's the man himself, with his Yorkshire accent, reading the poem itself. Check it.

Ted Hughes tries to explain how poets think in this fascinating monologue.

This was what Ted Hughes looked like—a distinguished poet-dude.

This is the place where Ted Hughes was born, out in Yorkshire.

Here's the doomed couple, in happier times.

This may or may not be where the action of the poem is set. It's the place in Yorkshire where the young Hughes grew up.

In case you were wondering what a magpie looks like, specifically… it looks like this.

This is a black-backed gull—a pretty straightforward, classic-looking kind of gull in our opinion.

A esteemed hotbed of literati, The Paris Review, goes deep with Ted Hughes.

This is but one perspective on the tragic Hughes-Plath marriage—a major subject of literary controversy even today.

This argument gives a fairly comprehensive run-down of the Plath-Hughes controversy.

This is the collection you need if you love Ted Hughes. If you're to Ted Hughes what Spike Lee is to the Knicks (their number one fan), then this is the Ted Hughes volume for you.

If you're daunted by the Collected Poems, why not try these on for size? There's still a lot in here.

One of Hughes' most famous works, Crow traces the dark adventures and doings of its mythological protagonist, a crow (named Crow).

This was Ted Hughes first book—a prize-winning volume that included "Wind."

Originally titled The Iron Man, this is Hughes' children's book about a giant iron man-machine who tries to save the world. It was later adapted into a hit movie.