The Next Generation poets are a list of young and middle-aged figures from British poetry, mostly British, compiled by a panel for the Poetry Book Society in 2004. This is a promotional exercise, and a sequel to the New Generation poets (1994). The "Next Generation" was followed by Staple magazine's "Alternative Generation" (2005),"An Alternative Generation", Staple 62: Ten Years of Small Press Poets, 12 July 2005. which selected a group of poets from the UK's small-press output. The Next Generation 2004 list comprises:
Patience Agbabi Amanda Dalton Nick Drake Jane Draycott Paul Farley Leontia Flynn Matthew Francis Sophie Hannah Tobias Hill Gwyneth Lewis Alice Oswald Pascale Petit Jacob Polley Deryn Rees-Jones Maurice Riordan Robin Robertson Owen Sheers Henry Shukman Catherine Smith Jean Sprackland
See also New Generation poets (1994) Next Generation poets (2014)
References
External links Next generation poets 2004 coverage on The Guardian website