100 Prized Poems

<b>'The Forward Prizes have turned a spotlight on contemporary poetry which is both searching and glamorous'</b><br><b>Carol Ann Duffy</b><br><br><i>100 Prized Poems</i> brings together the best of the poems published over a quarter century in twenty-five editions of the Forward books of poetry<i>,</i> a series highlighting the works commended annually for the prestigious Forward Prizes.<br><br>The roll-call of poets included is a Who's Who of poetry excellence and includes both familiar names - Simon Armitage, Jackie Kay, Derek Walcott - and fresh voices - Kae Tempest, Kei Miller and Emily Berry.<br><br> This anthology of anthologies is a great way of encountering the richness that new poetry has to offer.