Poems of the Decade

Poems of the Decade: An Anthology of the Forward Books of Poetry

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Paperback Published on: 19/03/2015
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Synopsis

Agbabi, Armitage, Burnside, Duffy, Dunmore, Fanthorpe, Heaney, Motion, Nagra, O'Brien and more

Poems of the Decade brings together more than one hundred poems from the many thousands submitted to the Forward Prizes for Poetry in the first decade of the 21st century.
The Forwards are among the world's most coveted poetry honours. They have been awarded annually since 1992 for the Best Collection, Best First Collection and Best Single Poem published in Britain and Ireland, and the roster of winning, shortlisted and highly commended poets regularly juxtaposes familiar canonical names with fresh voices.
This anthology of anthologies draws on the ten Forward Books of Poetry published to accompany the prizes between 2001 and 2010.

It is the perfect introduction to a wide range of contemporary poetry: works that speak of violence, danger and fear, of love and all that opposes love, in forms of language broken and reshaped by the need to communicate what it is to be alive now, here.

'These annual anthologies of the poems in the running for the Forward Prizes remain the best way of encountering the richness that new poetry has to offer.' Daily Telegraph

  • Publisher: Faber & Faber
  • ISBN: 9780571325405
  • Number of pages: 208
  • Weight: 271g
  • Dimensions: 216 x 135 x 15 mm

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Poems of the Decade
Great Poems
A fascinating anthology of modern, cutting edge poetry.
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Poems of the Decade
A fascinating anthology
Poems of the decade is an amazing collection of contemporary poetry from poets both established and emerging, all gleaned from the forward prize for poetry... READ MORE
T.Saunders