Recommmended Reads
Calling all book lovers!
We are looking to hear from poets and writers across the globe that have a keen interest in reading to give our Forward Poetry audience their thoughts and reviews on book titles.
Send us the title of the book, your review, your name, age and a short piece about yourself to
inbox@forwardpoetry.co.uk. Each month we will choose one review to publish on the website.
The Painter of Modern Life
Poet, aesthete and hedonist, Baudelaire was also one of the most groundbreaking art critics of his time. Here he explores beauty, fashion, dandyism, the purpose of art and the role of the artist, and describes the painter who, for him, expresses most fully the drama of modern life.
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It Wusny Me!
This is the twentieth book by poet Thomas 'Tam' Craven, and it includes all his funniest poems from the last 14 years. The collection shows poetry can be light-hearted and funny - after all poetry isn't all serious subjects, strict forms and cryptic meanings.
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100 Great Brits: A Rhyming History from Bede to Beckham
James Muirden's book is a great read. A fun and informative way to digest key facts about famous Britons. Use of various rhyme structures and stanza forms keeps the book interesting and of course it covers all our favourite people from literary figures such as Austen, Burns, Chaucer, Shakespeare and Christie to Captain James Cook, Darwin, Florence Nightingale and Stephen Hawking. It's a charming collection that poetry-lovers as well as those interested in history will enjoy browsing through.
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Writing Poetry - The Essential Guide
If you enjoy writing poetry but feel you need some more guidance Writing Poetry - The Essential Guide can help. Kenneth Steven covers the basics of writing poems right through to the final revisions.
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