New Poetries VII, ed. by Michael Schmidt Faber and eventually

and eventually

part-lover

Here are stories of experience and imagination – of a man’s clothes taking on a life of their own

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

and a bestiary of untameable creatures – a jaguar girl

New Poetries VII, ed. by Michael Schmidt Faber and eventuallyFrom 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