Click on the letters below to find South West based poets. Poets are listed alphabetically by surname.
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Kevin Bailey |
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Poet and editor for Bluechrome Publishing and HQ Poetry Magazine |
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Chrissy Banks |
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A poet and counsellor, living and working in Taunton, Somerset, Chrissy's first full collection, Days of Fire and Flood, was published in 2005 by Original Plus Press. |
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www.benbanyard.wordpress.com and www.clearpoetry.wordpress.com |
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Ben Banyard lives and writes in Portishead. His poems have been widely published in print and online. His debut pamphlet is Communing (Indigo Dreams Publishing, 2016). Ben also edits Clear Poetry, a blog of accessible work by newcomers and old hands. |
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Matthew Barton |
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Matthew teaches on the creative writing diploma at Oxford University and is co-editor of Raceme magazine. His two books are: Learning to Row (Peterloo 1999) and Vessel (Brodie, 2009). A third collection is forthcoming from Shoestring Press |
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Angie Belcher |
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Angie Belcher is stand-up, poet, actor and writer. She can be found on stage around the South West dishing dirty stanzas and awkward observations. |
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Nikki Bennett |
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www.nikkibennettpoems.com |
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Nikki is a great believer in poetry as communication and therapy, and particularly highlights women’s issues and circumstances. She has been involved with The Poetry Society UK as a Stanza Representative in Bath, UK. |
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Fiona Benson |
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www.forwardartsfoundation.org/poet/fiona-benson |
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Fiona has had work published in a wide range of UK journals including Times Literary Supplement, London Review of Books, Poetry Review, New Statesman, Poetry London. In 2006 she won an Eric Gregory Award and a Faber New Poets Award. Her first collection Bright Travellers was published in 2014. |
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A C Bevan |
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Poems in many of the leading poetry magazines in the UK & Europe, including: Poetry Review, London Magazine, The North, The Shop, & Poetry Salzburg Review. |
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Patrick Brandon |
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www.patrickbrandon.blogspot.co.uk/ |
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Patrick has had poems published in U.K. magazines, including Magma and Poetry London. He published his first collection, A Republic of Linen (Bloodaxe Books), in 2009. |
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David Briggs |
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David has had poems published in U.K. magazines and journals. His first collection, The Method Men was published in 2009, his second Rain Rider was published in 2013 by Salt. |
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Andy Brown |
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www.andybrownpoetry.blogspot.co.uk |
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Dr Andy Brown is a Senior Lecturer, and Director of the Writing Programme at the University of Exeter. His new book of poems is Exurbia (Worple 2014). |
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Graham Burchell |
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www.gburchell.com |
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Graham's poetry has appeared in print and online literary magazines in the U.K, U.S and other parts of the world. His latest collection, ‘The Chongololo Club’, was published by Pindrop Press in July 2012. |
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Carly Burns |
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Published in Poetry Rivals collection 2009 Waltz on the Wing, Poetry Rivals collection 2010 Passions of the Poet and in The Book of Dreams to be out in 2011. |
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Edson Burton |
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Dr Edson Burton combines a research and writing career. He has written plays for Radio 4, BBC regional radio, and for theater. In 2008 his first collection of poetry Seasoned was published by City Chameleon. He is a regular guest on Radio 4 and local radio programs including Poetry Please and Off the Page. |