Poems of the Decade 2011–2020: An Anthology of the Forward Books of Poetry 2011–2020

by Various

Poems of the Decade 2011-2020 celebrates the thirtieth anniversary of the Forward Prizes for Poetry. Gathering one hundred poems by writers and performers who have drawn new audiences to the artform, it highlights poetry as a space for fresh powerful language, feeling and thought. It includes poems by Raymond Antrobus, Simon Armitage, Fiona Benson, Liz Berry, Caroline Bird, Vahni Capildeo, Alice Oswald and Claudia Rankine.

Genres: Poetry

176 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2021

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Reviews

[Iulia · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5* rounded up
Many of these I’ve encountered in another Forward anthology, but from the new-to-me poems in here I particularly admired:

John Burnside: “On the Vanishing of My Sister, Aged 3, 1965”
Tishani Doshi: “Girls Are Coming Out of the Woods”
Kate Edwards: “Frequency Violet”
Vicky Feaver: “The Larder”
Roger Robinson: “Trinidad Gothic”
Jo Shapcott: “Bees”

[Russio · Rating 5 out of 5]

Some great poems here - really invigorated my interest in the scene. I ordered 9 different collections as a result and wish-listed 6. Don Paterson, John Burnside, Paul Farley, Lorraine Mariner, Tishani Doshi, Daljit Nagra, George Szirtes, Hugo Williams, Jo Shapcott, Leontia Flynn all stood put, with Lorraine Mariner possibly being the most exciting find for me.

[Erin · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a middle of the road some of the poems I absolutely adored others I didn't enjoy as much. A 3 star I think is a good rating especially when it's anthologies as you know there is a variety and there is a bunch of different authors and none of them were repeated

[Ben · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enjoyed doing into this anthology, but on the whole these didn't fulfill my current poetic itch - a matter of personal taste rather than quality