Share, who was named the editor-in-chief of Poetry in 2013, previously served there as Senior Editor.

His poetry collection Wishbone from Black Sparrow Press was published in 2012.

Squandermania, was Share's second full collection of original poetry (Salt Publishing, 2007), three poems from which were nominated for a Pushcart Prize.

His other books include: Seneca in English (Penguin Classics) and I Have Lots of Heart (Bloodaxe Books, 1997), a selected collection of Miguel Hernández, for which Share received the Times Literary Supplement Translation Prize and Premio Valle Inclán Prize for Translation from the UK Society of Authors.

On June 26, 2020, Share announced that he would step down as editor of Poetry at the end of summer 2020.