…S. Eliot edited a selection of Kipling’s verse he maintained that, whilst Kipling was capable of writing poetry, it was “by accident”. Kipling’s use of traditional forms and his political…

…the ‘black blood’ of the Tennysons. This darkness informs much of his poetry which tends to focus on loss and mortality: T. S. Eliot called him “the great master ….

…1998 and his collection, Wild Root, was a Poetry Book Society Choice and nominated for the T. S. Eliot Prize: the outsider had become an insider but without compromising his…

…the northwest of England. She has been shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection, the Whitbread Prize and the T. S. Eliot prize. She was chosen as a…

Ruth Padel (b. 1947) has won the National Poetry Competition and written six collections of poetry, several shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot or Whitbread Prize; taught Greek at Oxford, sung…

…Forward Prize for Best Poem; his collection, The Lammas Hireling, was the Poetry Book Society’s Choice for Summer 2003, and was shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize and Forward Prize…

…for his creativity. Reel, was awarded the 2004 T. S. Eliot Prize. The tension in Szirtes’ haunting poems is partly a result of displacement and the consequent negotiation between a…

David Harsent (b. 1942) won the 2005 Forward Prize for Legion, which was also shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize and the TS Eliot Award; he has also been the recipient…

…string of awards and nominations, (in addition to her many prior accolades), including two short listings for the TS Eliot Award, the 2005 Scottish Arts Council Book of the Year…

…acclaimed thousand-line poem, ‘Killing Time’. From an Eric Gregory Award in 1988 to his nomination for the T S Eliot Prize in 2012, Armitage has been a frequent presence on…

…Abse’s voice. Dannie Abse’s Favourite Poetry Sayings: “Chance favours the prepared mind.” – Louis Pasteur on inspiration “We are only undefeated because we go on trying.” – T. S. Eliot…

…Literature Prize, the T. S. Eliot Prize and the Forward Prize for Best Poetry Collection for Breaking News in 2003. His translation of Dante’s Inferno won the Oxford Weidenfeld Translation…

…for Poetry and the Wilfred Owen Award. In addition, he has won the Whitbread Prize, the T S Eliot Prize, the Hawthornden Prize, the Irish Times Irish Literature Prize for…

…collections of poetry with Faber & Faber including Musk (2003) which was shortlisted for the T S Eliot, Forward and Whitbread poetry prizes, and The Casual Perfect (2011). A Double…

…for the T. S. Eliot Award. Sheenagh Pugh’s poems are devoted to the project of storytelling, employing a beguiling simplicity of language to navigate the no man’s land between the…