Poems of the Decade: An Anthology of the Forward Books of Poetry 2011-2020 Ruth McIlroy animal instincts embedded in the

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fusing poetry with satire

EDITED BY JAMES BYRNE AND SHEHZAR DOJA

‘Joan Margarit is one of the great poets of his generation

Poems of the Decade: An Anthology of the Forward Books of Poetry 2011-2020 Ruth McIlroy animal instincts embedded in thePoems 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.