New to Poetry

As you will have seen from looking at our website and book list, there are many poets and many different kinds of poetry.
Poetry ranges from performance poetry to political poetry to religous poetry to difficult experimental poetry.
It is unlikely they will all be to your taste.
So this page is designed to help you find out what sort of poetry you like.

Use the boxes below to find a category of poetry you like. Then click on the heading below to get a list of poets who are linked to that category. Then you can find links to other similar poets and titles.

If you are new to poetry, we hope you find something to excite and interest you.

If you already know the work of some of the poets we publish, we hope you will still find the links and categories helpful. For a wider range of categories see the "Choose a subject" box in the right hand panel.

NB Categorising poet's work is a tricky and controversial business! So these categories are designed to be a guide only.
(You might, for instance, find the first poem, which is categorised as "academic" more philosophical than the "philosophical interest" poem by the daughter of a philosopher which makes wry poetic points about philosophy. But if you get to that point, you should already be starting to enjoy yourself!)
The categories are meant to be a guide only. They take into account both the style of the work and the subject matter (for instance, people looking for poems about something such as bereavement should find the categories as much help as people looking for a style such as modernist).
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ACADEMIC


ART AND HISTORY INTEREST


ANIMAL POETRY


AVANTGARDE/EXPERIMENTAL



DEATH & BEREAVEMENT



GAY AND LESBIAN INTEREST



HUMOROUS



LOVE POETRY



MAINSTREAM



MODERN CLASSIC



MODERNIST POETRY



MYTHOLOGY INTEREST



NATURE/ENVIRONMENT



PHILOSOPHICAL INTEREST



POLITICAL/SOCIAL



RELIGIOUS/SPIRITUAL



SCIENCE INTEREST