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Iain Crichton Smith, John Greening (ed) Deer on the High Hills Carcanet Classics, 27th May, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781800170940 Looks afresh at the work of one of Scotland’s best loved writers and one of the original Penguin Modern Poets.
Joelle Taylor Cunto and Other Poems Te Westbourne Press, 1st June, pb, eb, £10.99, 9781908906489 Part-memoir, part- conjecture, Joelle Taylor investigates sexuality and gender in poetry that is lyrical, expansive, imagistic, epic and intimate.
Shash Trevett From a Borrowed Land Smith|Doorstop, 1st May, pamphlet, eb, £6.50, 9781912196647 Driven by grief, these poems bear witness to Tamil loss during the Sri Lankan civil war: of lives, of a homeland, of a language and of a way of life.
Kelsi Vanada (tr), Marie Silkeberg Damascus, Atlantis MIT Press, 11th May, pb, £19.99, 9781949597110 Epic poems drawn from Swedish writer Silkeberg’s most recent books are matched with stills from her poetry films that put word and image in dialogue.
Ian Vannoey Stupid Poems 16 Matador, 28th February, pb, £8.99, 9781800461925 Latest collection of humorous poetry in this long-running series. Displays a unique and offbeat sense of humour and covers a wide range of subjects.
Various Joy is Coming Trapeze, 22nd April, hb, £14.99, 9781398702554 Beautifully curated anthology from writers past and present, these poems will provide the perfect tonic for whatever ails you.
Mark Waddell Particles of Wonder Valley Press, 25th March, pb, £9.99, 9781912436569 Eye-popping poetry with hare-brained illustrations from the man behind the street signs that are part of London’s Kentish Town landscape and keep passersby intrigued and tickled pink.
Rob Walton This Poem Here Arachne Press, 25th March, pb, eb, £8.99, 9781913665302 When Walton went into lockdown, he didn’t know that he would also go into mourning for his dad. Sadness seeps into various aspects of these often witty poems.
Sandol Stoddard Warburg I Like You Profile Books, 4th February, hb, £6.99, 9781788167420 A tiny book with a big heart—a favourite gift for weddings, best friends and Valentines.
Sarah Westcott Bloom Liverpool University Press / Pavilion Poetry, 1st April, pb, eb, £9.99, 9781800348707 Westcott’s second collection approaches the cultural and physical spaces where human and non-human lives co-exist.
Susie Wild Windfalls Parthian Books, 1st May, pb, £8.99, 9781912681754 Second poetry collection by Wild follows on from the critically acclaimed Better Houses.
Isobel Williams Shibari Carmina: Catulli Carcanet Poetry, 25th March, pb, eb, £14.99, 9781800170742 Erotic, humorous, inventive translation of the late Roman poet Catullus through the lens of shibari (Japanese rope bondage).
Sarah Wimbush The Last Dinosaur in Doncaster Smith|Doorstop, 1st February, pamphlet, eb, £6, 9781912196432 Exuberant journey down Yorkshire’s ginnels, from the miners’ strike to men who should have been astronauts to no-nonsense women. A celebration of belonging, in all its gritty splendour.
Alex Wong Shadow and Refrain Carcanet Poetry, 27th May, pb, eb, £12.99, 9781800170988 Wong’s highly anticipated second collection, a thematic sequel to 2017’s acclaimed Poems Without Irony.
Georgie Woodhead Takeaway New Poets List, 1st June, pamphlet, eb, £5, 9781912196623 Winner of the 2020 New
Poets Prize. “A significant and urgent new voice. Uncompromising in its depiction of brutalities without ever sacrificing its humanity and compassion”—Luke Kennard.
William Wootten (ed), Walter de la Mare Reading Walter De La Mare Faber & Faber, 17th June, pb, eb, £12.99, 9780571347131 Selection of de la Mare’s greatest poems presented alongside insightful, reader-friendly commentaries.
Alexia Claire Wren-Sillevis Womxn: Sticks and Stones Pyramid, 3rd June, hb, £10.99, 9780753734537 Sticks and stones may break your bones but words need never hurt you. A tool for transformation and resilience for womxn.
WB Yeats WB Yeats Selected Poetry Flame Tree, 16th February, hb, £9.99, 9781839642197 Gift edition of Collected Poetry gathers some of the finest works by the Irish poet, including The Lake of Innisfree, The Stolen Child and Easter, 1916.
DENISE MILLER A LIGATURE FOR BLACK BODIES
ISBN: 978-1-913606-18-3 Price: 10.99 / Paperback / Summer
Denise Miller, Pronouns: They/ Them. They are a professor, poet and mixed media artist whose poetry has been published in The Offing, the African American Review and Blackberry: A Magazine. They were named the 2015 Willow Books Emerging Poet and they have been a finalist in many contests.
Winner of the 2020 Sexton Prize For Poetry. This book is a confron- tation of police brutality and the unjustified violence shown towards the Black community.
Runner-up for the 2020 Sexton Prize For Poetry
KATHLEEN BALMA UNDELIVERED NOTES FROM BIRDS OF PASSAGE
ISBN: 978-1-913606-88-6 Price: 10.99 / Paperback / Autumn
The poems in this book answer
metaphysical questions with a balance of comedy, weight, and great formal invention. Balma is a Fulbright fellow, librarian, and veteran of the US
Navy. She has been awarded multiple scholarships and in 2013 she received a Pushcart Prize. A nomad for most of her life, she has hung her hat in several regions of Spain, Australia, and North America. She works at New Orleans Public Library.
She’s language-focused, less Language, a subtle corralling of such for surprise as well as narrative draw – and the occasional cosplay in which the poet costumes herself in characters, e.g. in ‘Abraham, Honestly.’ The verity these days is that even a book of poetry has to tell a story. No miscellany! But few readers of poetry stick to the program and plod from one poem to the next. Balma triumphs with the first half brimming with slimly related bon-bons, then brilliantly tightrope-walks the entire second half. – Terese Svoboda, head judge for the prize
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