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The Best British Poetry 2011
The Best British Poetry 2011 presents the finest and most engaging poems found in British-based literary magazines and webzines over the past year. The material gathered represents the rich variety of current UK poetry, including lyric, formal and experimental poetry. Each poem is accompanied by a note by the poet themselves, explaining the inspiration for the poem and why...more
Paperback, 176 pages
Published
September 15th 2011
by Salt Publishing
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Well this is a first: I have never reviewed a poetry book and will have to find my way into it.
The Best British Poetry 2011 is a "subjective" compilation of actual British poetry as the editor Roddy Lumsden writes in the introduction. The poetry is mainly taken from magazines like "Poetry London", "Poetry Review" and "Edinburgh Review". Some of the poets have been published before some have not.
Even with knowing about the subjectiveness of the book I have been disappointed. There was no poem t...more
The Best British Poetry 2011 is a "subjective" compilation of actual British poetry as the editor Roddy Lumsden writes in the introduction. The poetry is mainly taken from magazines like "Poetry London", "Poetry Review" and "Edinburgh Review". Some of the poets have been published before some have not.
Even with knowing about the subjectiveness of the book I have been disappointed. There was no poem t...more
Each poem within this stunning jewel of a book is accompanied by a note from the poet, giving a little detail of their lives and an explanation of why they wrote this particular poem, providing us, the reader, with added insight into the writing of each piece. This adds a wonderful dialogue to the collection wherein your own interpretation of a poem can be compared with the original writers ideas. In the introduction Roddy Lumsden states that “ the end result is, I hope, a snapshot of what is ha...more
The first year of what is intended to be a long-running British equivalent of the American and other equivalents. Some poems I liked, some which just didn't do anything for me, and a few I actively disliked. Which is as it should be, I think.
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