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T. S. Eliot Prize @tseliotprize.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

John Field (@johnfield1.bsky.social) has written a new article for the T. S. Eliot Prise website about reviewing each of the shortlisted collections since 2015 — twelve years now, and 120 collections! Read more now: tseliot.com/prize/john-f...

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Michael Sims, Director of the T. S. Eliot Prize, has reminded me that I have been writing about the shortlisted books since 2015 - that's 120 collections! Now that this archive is accessible on the website (with all of the 2015 reviews newly added this month, he has twisted my arm to share a few thoughts about reviewing for the Prize. Spoiler alert: I think that shortlists invite us to leave our algorithmic echo chambers which, in 2026, sounds as much like a political challenge as it does an aesthetic one.

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John Field | Poor Rude Lines @johnfield1.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Review of War Music, Christopher Logue's account of the Iliad, is now up on Poor Rude Lines: johnfield.org/2026/08/02/c... #poetry #review #iliad @faberbooks.bsky.social

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John Field | Poor Rude Lines @johnfield1.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

A review of @clairebooker.bsky.social's latest collection, Pedestrian in the Multiverse, now up on Poor Rude Lines: johnfield.org/2026/07/11/c... @louisewarrenpoet.bsky.social

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Matthew Stewart @roguestrands.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

If you're up for a copy, just drop me a DM and I'll sort one out for you (U.K., Ireland, mainland Europe, Canada and Oceania)...

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John Field | Poor Rude Lines @johnfield1.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Here's a link to my review of Charles Lang's excellent debut collection, 'The Oasis': johnfield.org/2025/12/23/l... @skeinpress.bsky.social #poetry

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John Glenday @johnglenday.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

I was saddened to learn of the recent death of Richard Meier, winner of the inaugural Picador Poetry Prize in 2010. He was the author of three collections - his most recent ‘After the Miracle’ came out this year: happenstancepress.com/index.php/co... A fine man and a fine poet. #Poetry

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John Field | Poor Rude Lines @johnfield1.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Review of Richard Scott's That Broke into Shining Crystals up on Poor Rude Lines: johnfield.org/2025/12/17/r... @faberbooks.bsky.social

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Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Today marks 100 years since the first publication of T. S. Eliot’s ‘The Hollow Men’

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John Field | Poor Rude Lines @johnfield1.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Follow this link to access the T.S. Eliot Prize resources for Vona Groarke’s Infinity Pool. (Videoed readings to follow): tseliot.com/prize/work/i... @thegallerypress.bsky.social @tseliotprize.bsky.social #poetry #tseliotprize

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John Field | Poor Rude Lines @johnfield1.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Some words on Richard Meier's latest collection, 'After the Miracle' (link to my review in the comments) @nellnelson.bsky.social

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Bloodaxe Books @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Today, Sat 25 Oct, 2pm, at London's @southbankcentre.bsky.social: @rachaelboast.bsky.social and poets Lisa Kelly, Karthika Naïr and Daniel Sluman will be celebrating her anthology Versus Versus: 100 Poems by Deaf, Disabled and Neurodivergent Poets. In person and livestream tickets available.

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Bloodaxe Books @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Today, Sunday 26 October, 7pm, at London's @southbankcentre.bsky.social: Niall Campbell and Vidyan Ravinthiran will be reading from their shortlisted collections The Island in the Sound and Avidyā at the @forwardprizes.bsky.social Ceremony. In-person and livestream tickets available.

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Bloodaxe Books @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

'a deeply moving, relevant, necessary collection of poems that meditates on identity and belonging.' - Rommi Smith, Co-Judge @forwardprizes.bsky.social We're thrilled that Vidyan Ravinthiran's Avidyā is joint winner of the Forward Prize for Best Collection. www.bloodaxebooks.com/news?article...

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Prof Serena Trowbridge @serena-t.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

If you've been pondering doing a #PhD on #Preraphaelite literature and/or #Gothic (as Jane Morris clearly is here), do get in touch - at Birmingham City University we have funded studentships for UK applicants in English&Media; more info here www.bcu.ac.uk/research/doc... #phdfunding #doctoralstudy

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John Field | Poor Rude Lines @johnfield1.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Gillian Allnutt's T.S. Eliot Prize shortlisted 'Lode' is one belter of a book. Check out the resources on the Prize's website (including my review): tseliot.com/prize/shortl... @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @tseliotprize.bsky.social

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Bloodaxe Books @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Coming up on The Verb: poet Daniel Sluman will be talking to host Ian McMillan about @rachaelboast.bsky.social's anthology Versus Versus: 100 Poems by Deaf, Disabled & Neurodivergent Poets. Tune in to BBC Radio 4 at 5.10pm today, 19 October, or listen later. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

The image is a colour cover photo of Rachael Boast's anthology Versus Versus. The book's cover features a square-shaped artwork by Polish artist, Julian Stanczak, entitled 'Concurrent Colors'. The painting creates an optical illusion of vertical moving curved lines in red and blue, giving the impression of moving waves or sand dunes. At the edges of the painting the lines thin out so that they resemble a comb effect. The painting has a darker blue framing band around it, filling the extent of the cover. The title of the anthology 'VERSUS VERSUS' is in a large red font at the top of the cover, and the subtitle, '100 POEMS BY DEAF, DISABLED & NEURODIVERGENT POETS', is in a large blue font underneath the square painting. The editor's name, Rachael Boast, is in a smaller red font beneath the subtitle.

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Bloodaxe Books @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

We're delighted that Gillian Allnutt has been shortlisted for the 2025 @tseliotprize.bsky.social for her tenth poetry collection Lode. Many congratulations to all ten shortlisted poets. www.bloodaxebooks.com/news?article...

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John Field | Poor Rude Lines @johnfield1.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

I’ve been reading Bernard O’Donoghue’s The Anchorage: johnfield.org/2025/07/03/b... #poetry @faberbooks.bsky.social

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T. S. Eliot Prize @tseliotprize.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

The T. S. Eliot Prize 2025 is open for submissions! Publishers can find out more information and how to submit online now: tseliot.com/prize/open-f...

2025 T. S. Eliot Prize Open for submissions until 31 July 2025

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T. S. Eliot Prize @tseliotprize.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

The T. S. Eliot Foundation is delighted to announce the judges for the T. S. Eliot Prize 2025. Michael Hofmann will chair and will be joined on the panel by fellow poets Patience Agbabi and Niall Campbell. Read more now: tseliot.com/prize/catego...

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Matthew Stewart @roguestrands.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

If you've enjoyed this poem from my second full collection, Whatever You Do, Just Don't, please do consider getting hold of the book itself. Just drop me a DM and I’ll sort out a signed copy for you! No problem to ship to the U.S., U.K., Canada or mainland Europe…

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John Field | Poor Rude Lines @johnfield1.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Rooting through the shelves for poetry to punctuate a concert, I started rereading Bunyan’s ‘Divine Emblems’ (1724), and remembering my beloved great aunt, Monica. #poetry

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John Field | Poor Rude Lines @johnfield1.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Absurdly excited and moved to hold a copy of George Herbert's 'The Temple', printed in 1633. (The book beneath it is a 1611 Bible).

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The Madrid Review @madridlitmag.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Hi everybody. We're a Madrid, Spain, based literary magazine. We publish in print and online. Right now Issue 2 is free to read and download from www.themadridreview.com Writers, poets, readers, artists: follow us and we'll follow you. Nice to be here! #litmag #literature #writers #poets #poetry

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John Field | Poor Rude Lines @johnfield1.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

'Speaking to the ghost of love through the language of immediacy': @poetrysociety.bsky.social's Young Critic, Sylvie Jane Lewis, explores Helen Farish's The Penny Dropping: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Jye... #TSEliots #poetry @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social

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Young Critic Sylvie Jane Lewis reviews Helen Farish's The Penny Dropping

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Katy Evans-Bush @katyevansbush.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Last call for this weekend's workshop - having been prepping the handouts and finalising the poem choices, I can say I think it is going to be EPIC. Join us if you can, even just for one morning. This is POETRY.

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Talk poetry this weekend! — Katy Evans-Bush

The annual TS Eliot Prize Shortlist Workshop starts tomorrow morning - and what a shortlist it is!

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John Field | Poor Rude Lines @johnfield1.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Watch Joe Wright's review of @hannahcopley.bsky.social's TS Eliot Prize shortlisted 'Lapwing' www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bGV.... It is worth every minute of your time. #poetry #TSEliots @poetrysociety.bsky.social @livunipress.bsky.social

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Young Critic Joe Wright reviews Hannah Copley’s ‘Lapwing’

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Carcanet Press @carcanet.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

‘To Mann the poem, like the body, is a site of transformative potential where language behaves in lateral and magical ways.’ dominicleonard.bsky.social on Eleanor Among the Saints by revrachelmann.bsky.social, for thelondonmagazine.bsky.social: thelondonmagazine.org/review-song-...

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Review | ‘Song is a strong thing’: On the T. S. Eliot Prize Shortlist by Dominic Leonard - The London Magazine

Dominic Leonard reviews three collections on the 2024 T. S. Eliot prize shortlist, by Rachel Mann, Hannah Copley and Raymond Antrobus.

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John Field | Poor Rude Lines @johnfield1.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Do check out Priyanka Moorjani's enriching reading of Raymond Antrobus's TS Eliot Prize shortlisted 'Signs, Music' www.youtube.com/watch?v=f984... Her website is here: poetpri.com #poetry #TSEliots @picadorbooks.bsky.social

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John Field | Poor Rude Lines @johnfield1.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

I’m a teacher, writer and critic. My blog, Poor Rude Lines, reviews contemporary poetry: johnfield.org I've reviewed the T.S. Eliot Prize short list on behalf of the T.S. Eliot Prize for 10 years. I've also written for the Forward Foundation and the Aldeburgh International Poetry Festival.

A photo of John Field, teacher, writer and critic.

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John Field | Poor Rude Lines @johnfield1.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

'Top Doll', @karenmccarthywoolf.bsky.social's T.S. Eliot Prize short-listed novel-in-verse – a bravura, polyphonic exploration of obsession, mortality and an unflinching look at the history of slavery in America. My review: tseliot.com/prize/the-t-... #poetry #TSEliots

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John Field | Poor Rude Lines @johnfield1.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

'Rhizodont', Katrina Porteous' T.S. Eliot Prize short-listed fourth collection – a thrilling meeting of language and ideas, a blurring of the boundary between humanity and machine, between planet and technology. My review: tseliot.com/prize/the-t-.... @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social #poetry #TSEliots

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John Field | Poor Rude Lines @johnfield1.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

'Scattered Snows, to the North', Carl Phillips' T.S. Eliot Prize short-listed 17th collection – reflective but resisting the temptation to judge, or to exact retribution. My review: tseliot.com/prize/the-t-.... @carcanet.bsky.social @fsgbooks.bsky.social #poetry #TSEliots

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𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜 𝔸𝕟𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 𝕆𝕨𝕖𝕟 @markantonyowen.com · 14/03/2022

People, we need to talk about the poet @roguestrands – in particular, his collection, 'The Knives of Villalejo' (titular poem here featured). Matthew's writing is a beauty of brevity and brilliance. Imagery is as sharp as the knives of the title and each poem quietly captivates.

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Julia Bird @juliamarybird.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

writers! creatives! got an idea for 2025 that needs audiences, readers, partners, funding? i can help with that ... nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/events/mento....

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Mentoring with Julia Bird

Our expert mentors are uniquely placed to help you master your craft. Julia is a poetry programmer eager to help you explore various routes to publication.

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John Field | Poor Rude Lines @johnfield1.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

'Adam', Gboyega Odubanjo's T.S. Eliot Prize short-listed and posthumously published collection – a monumental work which acknowledges the darkness but celebrates life's dignity and sanctity. My review: tseliot.com/prize/the-t-.... @faberbooks.bsky.social #poetry #TSEliots

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John Field | Poor Rude Lines @johnfield1.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

'Eleanor Among the Saints', @revrachelmann.bsky.social's T.S. Eliot Prize short-listed second collection doesn't shy away from struggle, but it offers consolation too. My review for the T.S. Eliot Prize: tseliot.com/prize/the-t-.... @carcanet.bsky.social #poetry #TSEliots

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Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

T. S. Eliot died on this day in 1965. This photograph showing his empty desk was taken at the Faber office on Russell Square the day after Eliot's death.

T. S. Eliot's empty desk, with the chair pulled slightly out as if he has just stood up to leave.

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The Poetry Society @poetrysociety.org.uk · 03/01/2025

A poem for the cold snap - Scarlett Timlett-Sheehan's 'recipe for ending winter' was a winning poem in the #FoyleYoungPoets of the Year Award 2022. Read the full poem at poems.poetrysociety.org.uk/poems/recipe-for-ending-winter/ Illustration by Jane Burkowski.

Black text reading 'the ground is forgiving even after the cold grips the air there is a thaw, the frost is clearing.' on a yellow background. An illustration of a plant pot and a trowel, with a plant beginning to grow.

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John Field | Poor Rude Lines @johnfield1.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

'High Jump as Icarus Story', @gphibbett.bsky.social's T.S. Eliot Prize short-listed debut collection: dazzling and sobering, it pulses with life. My review for the T.S. Eliot Prize: tseliot.com/prize/the-t-.... @bansheepress.bsky.social #poetry #TSEliots

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Katy Evans-Bush @katyevansbush.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Nine days till my annual workshop on the whole TS Eliot Prize shortlist: 2 mornings, one huge poetry energy shot! We meet on Zoom; no need to have read any of the books, I take care of that bit. You just bring your own coffee & croissants. katyevansbush.com www.tickettailor.com/events/katye...

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John Field | Poor Rude Lines @johnfield1.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

'Fierce Elegy', Peter Gizzi's T.S. Eliot Prize short-listed 10th collection: a world of arresting beauty and a palpable sense of consolation. My review for the T.S. Eliot Prize: tseliot.com/prize/the-t-.... @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @weslpress.bsky.social #poetry #TSEliots

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John Field | Poor Rude Lines @johnfield1.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

'The Penny Dropping', Helen Farish's T.S. Eliot Prize short-listed fourth collection: an elegiac, stoical look at memory's distorting lens. My review for the T.S. Eliot Prize: tseliot.com/prize/the-t-.... @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social #poetry #TSEliots

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John Field | Poor Rude Lines @johnfield1.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

The school house weather vane in Rougham, Norfolk: a birch rod.

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John Field | Poor Rude Lines @johnfield1.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

'Lapwing', Hannah Copley's T.S. Eliot Prize short-listed second collection, is a sombre skein of poems, an exploration of abandonment and adversity. My review for the T.S. Eliot Prize is here: tseliot.com/prize/the-t-.... #poetry #TSEliots

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John Field | Poor Rude Lines @johnfield1.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

'Signs, Music', Raymond Antrobus' latest poetry collection, is an exquisite balance of anxiety and optimism. My review for the T.S. Eliot Prize is here: tseliot.com/prize/the-t-... #poetry #TSEliots

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