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Read 45 poems from 15 emerging and established poets – and hear their authors read them too. Welcome to wave 8 of iamb. wave eight winter 2021 Beth Brooke Catrice Greer Cora Dessalines Fiona Sampson Hilary Otto JC Niala Leeanne Quinn Lucy Holme Marcelle Newbold Natalie Crick Oliver Comins Peter Scalpello Robert Harper Suchi Govindarajan Zoe Brooks

Read 45 poems from 15 emerging and established poets – and hear their authors read them too. Welcome to wave 9 of iamb. wave nine spring 2022 Alexandra Citron Barney Ashton-Bullock Catherine Graham Charlotte Oliver Craig Smith James Giddings Jonathan Davidson Judith Kingston Kyle Potvin Liz Houchin Mark McGuinness Nóra Blascsók Olivia Dawson Rachael Clyne Radka Thea Otípková

Read 45 poems from 15 emerging and established poets – and hear their authors read them too. Welcome to wave 20 of iamb. wave twenty winter 2024 Daragh Fleming Dion O'Reilly Graham Clifford Jane Ayres Kevin Grauke Laura Lewis-Waters Marie Marchand Pam Thompson Polly Walshe Rachel Smith Rowan Lyster Sharon Phillips Simon Alderwick T S S Fulk Wendy Pratt

Read 45 poems from 15 emerging and established poets – and hear their authors read them too. Welcome to wave 21 of iamb. wave twenty-one spring 2025 Andrea Small Bob Perkins Fred Schmalz Gillian Craig Jane Robinson Joe Williams Kelly Davis Maggie Mackay Marie Little Mark Carson Moira Walsh Perry Gasteiger Robin Helweg-Larsen S Reeson Theresa Donnelly

Read 45 poems from 15 emerging and established poets – and hear their authors read them too. Welcome to wave 22 of iamb. wave twenty-two summer 2025 Carl Alexandersson Charlotte Gann Fidel Hogan Walsh J A Lenton Julian Bishop Kate Jenkinson Katrina Naomi Kerry Trautman Loic Ekinga Mary Mulholland Patricia M Osborne Rishika Williams Samantha Terrell Sarah James Wren Wood

Read 45 poems from 15 emerging and established poets – and hear their authors read them too. Welcome to wave 13 of iamb. wave thirteen spring 2023 Anila Arshad-Mehmood Anna Milan Ben Blench Courtenay Schembri Gray Dale Booton Darren J Beaney Di Slaney Emily Cotterill James McConachie Jude Marr Mary Ford Neal Michael Conley Rachel Deering Sam J Grudgings Stephanie Clare Smith

Read 45 poems from 15 emerging and established poets – and hear their authors read them too. Welcome to wave 23 of iamb. wave twenty-three autumn 2025 Barnaby Harsent Claire Orchard Eric T Racher Estelle Price Helen Laycock Hilary Sallick Hilary Watson Karan Chambers Kate Caoimhe Arthur Lysz Flo Marie Isabel Matthews-Schlinzig Michael Burton Piero Toto Sarah Wallis Victoria Spires

Read 45 poems from 15 emerging and established poets – and hear their authors read them too. Welcome to wave 17 of iamb. wave seventeen spring 2024 Carol J Forrester David Pecotić Eilín de Paor Helen Kay Ilisha Thiru Purcell Iris Anne Lewis Jonathan Humble Lesley Curwen Margaret Dennehy Nina Parmenter Sarah Holland Steve Smart Sue Spiers Thomas McColl Tracey Rhys

Read 45 poems from 15 emerging and established poets – and hear their authors read them too. Welcome to wave 18 of iamb. wave eighteen summer 2024 A R Williams Deborah Harvey Hilary Menos Isabelle Kenyon Julieanne Larick Liam Bates Mims Sully Nicole Tallman Niki Strange Phillip Crymble Rachel Carney Sinéad Griffin Thomas Zimmerman Warrick Wynne Yvonne Marjot

Read 45 poems from 15 emerging and established poets – and hear their authors read them too. Welcome to wave 19 of iamb. wave nineteen autumn 2024 Christopher Arksey Corinna Board Frances Boyle Julie Stevens Kerry Darbishire Laura Theis Lewis Wyn Davies Louise Longson Marc Alan Di Martino Michele Grieve Nicholas McGaughey Oormila V Prahlad Rhona Greene Suyin Du Bois Tom Bailey

Read 45 poems from 15 emerging and established poets – and hear their authors read them too. Welcome to wave 15 of iamb. wave fifteen autumn 2023 Abigail Lim Kah Yan Adam Cairns Andy Breckenridge C Daventry Dominic Weston Elisabeth Sennitt Clough Emma Lee Gaynor Kane Grace Uitterdijk Julie Easley Lesley James Luke Palmer Lynn Valentine Özge Lena Wendy Allen

Read 45 poems from 15 emerging and established poets – and hear their authors read them too. Welcome to wave 10 of iamb. wave ten summer 2022 Annick Yerem Bill Sutton Elisabeth Kelly Elizabeth M Castillo Emma Kemp Gerry Stewart Jay Whittaker Ken Cockburn Kitty Donnelly Michael McGill Penelope Shuttle Richard Jeffrey Newman Ruth Taaffe Shiksha S Dheda Simon Middleton

Read 45 poems from 15 emerging and established poets – and hear their authors read them too. Welcome to wave 5 of iamb. wave five spring 2021 Aaron Caycedo-Kimura Alan Kissane Brian Bilston Emily Blewitt Jemelia Moseley Jill Abram Joanna Nissel Katie Stockton Khalisa Rae Mariam Saeed Khan Maxine Rose Munro Nicola Heaney Pey Oh Robin Houghton Stewart Carswell

Read 45 poems from 15 emerging and established poets – and hear their authors read them too. Welcome to wave 16 of iamb. wave sixteen winter 2023 Alan Buckley Conor Kelly Dorian Nightingale Faye Alexandra Rose Holly Peters Isra Hassan J-T Kelly JP Seabright Jen Feroze Jenny Wong Matthew Stewart Pascale Potvin Phil Vernon Rebecca Goss Sarah Connor

Read 45 poems from 15 emerging and established poets – and hear their authors read them too. Welcome to wave 7 of iamb. wave seven autumn 2021 Candradasa Charlotte Knight Clare Proctor Daljit Nagra Devon Marsh Giovanna MacKenna Harula Ladd Ivor Daniel Jenny Byrne Kara Knickerbocker Peter A Samuel Tongue Sue Finch Usha Kishore Ysella Sims