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),[1] which selected a group of poets from the UK's small-press output.
The Next Generation 2004 list comprises:
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