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The Forward Book of Poetry 2008: Various

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Synopsis:

The Forward Book of Poetry 2008, published on National Poetry Day, collects together the judges’ highly commended poems from all the submissions considered for this year’s Forward Prizes for Poetry.

Described by the Daily Telegraph as ‘a litmus test for what is being currently written in poetry in the British Isles’, this varied anthology includes poems by some of the most respected poets of their generation, including: Sean O’Brien, Eavan Boland, John Burnside, Luke Kennard, Jack Mapanje, Adam Thorpe, David Harsent, Lorraine Mariner, Alice Oswald, Jean Sprackland, Carole Satyamurti, Geoffrey Hill, Matthew Sweeney, Ian Duhig, Sasha Dugdale, Tama Yoseloff, Graham Mort, David Morley, Sarah Maguire, Paul Muldoon, Elaine Feinstein, Maurice Riordan, Helen Dunmore, Nick Drake, Fiona Sampson, Nick Laird, Tim Liardet and Jane Hirschfield.

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