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'''William Dixon Cocker''' (13 October 1882 – 1970) was a Scottish poet who wrote in both [[Scots language|Scots]] and English.

==Life==
W. D. Cocker was born in [[Rutherglen]] to a family of [[Glasgow]] merchants,<ref name=Edinburgh>Maurice Lindsay and Lesley Duncan, ''The Edinburgh book of twentieth-century Scottish poetry'', p.378</ref> although his family had connections to the rural [[Drymen]] area where he learned Scots.<ref>[https://electricscotland.com/history/other/cocker_wd.htm Significant Scots | William Dixon Cocker], Electric Scotland</ref>

In the [[First World War]], he served with the [[Highland Light Infantry]], and was taken prisoner in 1917. His war poetry is limited in scope, but includes the poems "Up the Line to Poelkapelle", "[[The Sniper (poem)|The Sniper]]" and a five-part sonnet cycle entitled "Sonnets in Captivity".

After the war Cocker entered the accounts department of the ''[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]]'', and was the paper's drama critic until his retirement in 1956.<ref name=Edinburgh/> He is best known for his humorous poems in Scots, often on Biblical themes, such as "The Deluge", on the story of Noah and the Flood. Books of his poems include "Poems: Scots and English", "Further Poems", "New Poems" and "Random Rhymes and Ballads".<ref>all published by Brown, Son & Ferguson, Ltd., Glasgow</ref>

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