'The Navigators' is the second full-length collection by Matthew Clegg (published by Longbarrow Press). Listen to poems and sequences from the collection on this site. http://matthewcleggthenavigators.wordpress.com

The National Poetry Library is the largest public collection of modern poetry in the world. Based at Southbank Centre, we are free and open to all.

'Envies the Birds' is the debut poetry collection by Angelina D'Roza (published by Longbarrow Press).

'Contraflow' is the debut poetry collection by Fay Musselwhite (published by Longbarrow Press). http://faymusselwhitecontraflow.wordpress.com/

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The Footing is an anthology of specially commissioned poems on the theme of walking, with contributions from Angelina Ayers, James Caruth, Mark Goodwin, Rob Hindle, Andrew Hirst, Chris Jones and Fay Musselwhite. City, country and coast (and the spaces in between) are the settings for these journeys; here, the act of walking is, by turns, exploratory, destructive, restorative, defiant, contemplative and devotional. The Footing will be published by Longbarrow Press in September 2013.

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