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British Poetry since
Poetry anthology
British Poetry since is a poetry anthology edited by Edward Lucie-Smith, published in by Penguin Books, with a second and last edition in The anthology is a careful attempt to take account of the whole span of post-war British poetry,[1] including poets from The Group, a London-centred workshop that Lucie-Smith himself had once been chairman of, following the departure of founder Philip Hobsbaum.
While the first section, "Sources," includes older poets such as Robert Graves, John Betjeman and Dylan Thomas, the second section "New Voices" includes Seamus Heaney, and also Liverpool poetsAdrian Henri, Roger McGough and Brian Patten, who at the time were not accepted by mainstream critics (although they were included in the best-selling The Mersey Sound anthology from ).
Lucie-Smith wrote in the introduction:
The evidence seems to be in favour of the notion that British poetry is currently in a period of exploration, and