Editing Les Barker (section)

{{Short description|British poet (1947–2023)}}
{{Refimprove|date=January 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2013}}
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{{Infobox writer
| name          = Les Barker
| image         = Les Barker.jpg
| alt           = Les Barker at the 2010 Ely Festival
| caption       = Barker at the 2010 [[Ely, Cambridgeshire|Ely Folk Festival]]
| birth_date    = {{birth date|1947|01|30|df=y}}
| birth_place   = [[Manchester]], England
| death_date    = {{death date and age|2023|01|14|1947|01|30|df=y}}
| death_place   = [[Oswestry]], England
| occupation    = Poet and performer
| genre         = Parody
}}

'''Les Barker''' (30 January 1947 – 14 January 2023) was an English poet.  He wrote [[comedy|comedic]] poetry, [[parody|parodies]] of popular songs, and also serious works.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.literaturewales.org/writers-of-wales/i/138828/desc/barker-les/|title=BARKER, LES &#124; List Of Writers|date=4 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130304150256/http://www.literaturewales.org/writers-of-wales/i/138828/desc/barker-les/|access-date=14 August 2021|archive-date=4 March 2013}}</ref>