In an unprecedented move, planners at Friern Barnet Town Council have decided to rename a housing complex after one of Britain’s greatest young poets. At the age of 26, Luke Kennard was the youngest poet to be shortlisted for the Forward Poetry Prize f …

Judith Palmer, director of The Poetry Society chooses her ten best poetry books Goblin Market and Other Poems ? Christina Rossetti “Hug me, kiss me, suck my juices/Squeezed from goblin fruits for you”. A new bite-sized selection, focussing on Rossetti’ …

Hay Festival Salt author Richard Marggraf Turley will be performing at this year’s Guardian Hay Festival, together with Seren poet Damian Walford Davies. Promoting their new poetry collections, Wan-Hu’s Flying Chair and Suit of Lights, the pair – previ …

Poets take up a new muse – modern technology Tom Chivers is a 26-year-old poet living in East London who in recent years has found he wants to let technological advances in society influence his writing. His witty contributions to the poetic world are …

Just published, our two USA Crashaw Prize Winners ?Jamey DunhamThe Bible of Lost PetsJared Stanley Book Made of Foresttags: jared?stanley, jamey?dunham]]> …