The Salt Book of Younger Poets

Five of my poems are printed in the anthology. Four new ones: "The Winter Empress," "Mistakes in Closed Captioning," "Relics" and "The Wife’s Lament." "Apollo’s Hyacinths" first appeared in Pomegranate.


The Salt Book of Younger Poets showcases a new generation of British poets born since the mid-80s. Many of these poets embrace new technologies such as blogs, social networking and webzines to meet, mentor, influence and publish their own work and others’. Some poets here were winners of the Foyle young poet awards when at school. Some have published pamphlets in series such as tall-lighthouse Pilot and Faber New Poets. All of them are working away on first collections. This is a chance to encounter the poets who will dominate UK poetry in years to come.

N.B.: The Independent recommended that you buy a copy for your Valentine.