New Poetries VII, ed. by Michael Schmidt Faber part-lover

part-lover

’ – Douglas Dunn

where matters of faith and damnation are still alive…its power to delight

Adrienne Rich

before the spill/of light and russet/falls down to her waist’

New Poetries VII, ed. by Michael Schmidt Faber part-loverFrom the first New Poetries anthology, published in 1994, through to this seventh volume, the series has showcased some of the most engaging and inventive new poets writing in English from around the world. Many have gone on to achieve notable success: Kei Miller, Sinad Morrissey, Caroline Bird, Sophie Hannah, Tara Bergin and Vahni Capildeo among them. The New Poetries anthologies have never sought to identify a school, much less a generation: the