Poetry

"These fragments I have shored

against my ruins"

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"April is the cruellest month" (Eliot)

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It's the anthology no-one thought would see the light of the day.

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Four years in the making, Shored Fragments features the work of over 50 writers from across the world, writing in response to Eliot's 1922 long poem. Haunting and bleak-oblique, diverse writers have taken the original and made radical departures, kicking against, or departing from, the original work. Shored Fragments is not a homage to the iconic original but a series of poems that disrupt, challenge and part-evoke aspects of The Waste Land.

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Co-editors Kitty Donnelly and Matthew M. C. Smith have curated an anthology for the 21st century, with poems reflecting contemporary concerns and newer voices. 

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We are proud to feature startling (and perfect) cover art by Swansea artist, Fran Williams.

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We are also very proud to dedicate the work to contributors Sarah Connor and Ivor Daniel. Rest in poetry.

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Tell your family, friends, reading groups, Universities, libraries, creative writing groups about Shored Fragments. Review, boost, post pictures of the work on social media. 

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Be moved and startled by the work of Z.R. Ghani, JP Seabright, Teo Eve, Ness Owen, Helen Laycock, Rhona Greene, Matt Gilbert, Paul Brookes, Iris Anne Lewis, Kip Knott, Vikki C, George Sandifer-Smith, Karan Chambers, Georgia Hilton, Julie Runacres, Martin Kennedy-Yates, Regine Ebner, and many more.

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