William Martin (1925-2010) was a poet of extraordinary vision and musicality. Thoroughly grounded in his native North-East England, its pit communities and industry, his... Læs mere
The lode in Gillian Allnutt’s title picks up on two of the many meanings of the word. A lode can be a course, a way, a journey; also a road, a lane. Her collection traces a journey through time,... Læs mere
This eclectic anthology brings together one hundred deaf, disabled and neurodivergent poets from across the international arena, from emerging voices to world-renowned authors, and offers an urgent redress, unpicking many misapprehensions and misrepresentations.
New Arcana explores grief, bad boyfriends and the power of female friendship through readings of the Tarot and Tim Burton movies. Moving from teenage friendship and destructive relationships... Læs mere
Clare Pollard cocks a snook at Dr Johnson’s all-male Lives of the Poets in chronicling her own life and theirs in her Lives of the Female Poets. These portraits and self... Læs mere
Mute is Tracey Herd’s fourth collection from Bloodaxe, following Not in This World (2015), a Poetry Book Society Choice shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize. Her debut, No Hiding Place (1996), was... Læs mere
Jug Band Jag is a wonderfully spirited bout of poetry-making whose forms and themes are markedly diverse, while the concern for musicality is constant. Kit Wright’s vision of the world blends the sharply realistic with a distinctive brand of surrealism.
Until now Menna Elfyn wrote only in Welsh. In this hybrid book – for the first time – she has written many of the poems direct into English, and translated some of them herself, now describing... Læs mere
Selima Hill’s twenty-second collection A Man, a Woman & a Hippopotamus presents ten sequences of short poems, prose poems and short pieces on relationships and doings between people, animals and the world at large.
Emilie Jelinek’s poems chart the estrangement between a daughter and her charismatic but often terrifying father. With... Læs mere
Danish poet Pia Tafdrup's latest sequence of themed collection is a series of five books focussing on the human senses, her... Læs mere