www.modernpoetry.org.uk
As I said before the date, I have stopped updating this entire website after October 31. I am transferring material I would want to remain to Great Works, starting with the lists of presses, blogs etc. I am updating this as I encounter things and people and events, but not methodically. I'll probably not renew the webhosting contract next summer — really and truly a bloke of 70 is not the person best suited to keep picking up on all the wondrously diverse and strong new voices in contemporary British Innovative Poetry. I will freely make over the domain name after that to anyone who wants to use it for some good purpose. Just contact me. So if you use or recommend this site — just download it (or the Great Works material). And if you check the Creative Commons license I have invoked, you will see you are free to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format, and to remix, transform, and build upon the material. BUT you may not use the material for commercial purposes, and if you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original. Do it! Do better!
Welcome then to British Innovative Poetry. And a warning! this is a text heavy site — but if you can't cope with with that, well, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram are always available. This is a site about the contemporary art form that lives through language.
I hope there aren't any more barriers than that. Modernpoetry.org.uk is designed for someone who knows nothing or little, but wants to explore what exciting, innovative experimental poetry is happening in this country. That simple. Please send any responses, additions or corrections to me at peter@greatworks.org.uk, or use the associated blog, modernpoetryorguk.
www.modernpoetry.org.uk introduces you to this world, online. Use the links below to access the material that interests you. If you're completely new to this writing, try the Just What Is British Innovative Poetry? page, and take it from there. How Did British Innovative Poetry Come About? refers you to an online history of its development, and So What's Going On Now? to an account of its present flourishing state. Plus Sitemap and Site Search just beneath here:
