Click on the letters below to find South West based poets. Poets are listed alphabetically by surname.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Name:

Murray Lachlan-Young

Contact:

[email protected]

Website:

www.murraylachlanyoung.co.uk

About:

Murray is a poet, playwright and broadcaster. He has appeared on BBC Radios 4, 5 and 6, and

has performed at festivals all over the UK and written commissioned poems for the BBC as well

as TV adverts.

Name:

Lucy Lepchani

Contact:

[email protected]

Website:

www.lucylepchani.co.uk

About:

Lucy is a poetry activist. Primarily a performance poet, she also writes poetry and fiction for

publication, organizes poetry events, collaborates with other artists to exhibit poetry in visual

media. Her first collection, Lady Gardens, was published in 2013

Name:

Tim Liardet

Contact:

[email protected]

Website:

www.timliardet.org

About:

Tim has produced nine collections of poetry. His third collection Competing with the Piano Tuner

was a Poetry Book Society Special Commendation and his fourth,To the God of Rain, a Poetry

Book Society Recommendation for 2003. The Blood Choir, his fifth collection, was short-

listed for the T.S. Eliot Prize. His next full collection will appear in 2015. He is Professor of Poetry

at Bath Spa University.

Name:

Mike Lucas

Contact:

[email protected]

Website:

www.mikelucas.com.au

About:

Mike has written and published two poetry books for children: "A Load of New Nonsense" and

"Tales from an Alien's Toe." He is writing a third poetry book .

Name:

Philip Lyons

Contact:

[email protected]

Website:

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About:

Philip is currently a tutor on the Diploma in Creative Writing at the University of Bristol.

His poems have been published in a number of magazines, including Thumbscrew, Orbis and

Candelabrum. He has one collection published: Like It Is (2011)