Adventures in Form: A Compendium of Poetic Forms Rules & Constraints

A Poetry Book Society Special Commendation The Independent 50 Best Summer Reads Welcome to a strange new world in which a poem can be written using only one vowel processed through computer code collaged from film trailers compiled from Facebook status updates hidden inside a Sudoku puzzle and even painted on sheep to demonstrate Quantum Theory. Discover a multitude of new and unusual poetic forms - from tweet to time-splice and from skinny villanelle to breakbeat sonnet - in this inspiring and inventive anthology. Adventures in Form features over ninety poems by forty-six contributors including Patience Agbabi Christian Bok Joe Dunthorne Inua Ellams Roddy Lumsden Ian McMillan Paul Muldoon Ruth Padel and Hannah Silva. Edited and introduced by Tom Chivers.