Next Generation poets (2004)

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),[http://www.stapleonline.blogspot.com "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:

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• 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

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