Poetry of Change

The poems in Poetry of Change are the longlist for the 2024 Liquid Amber Poetry Prize and were chosen from a truly impressive plethora of submissions. In their different ways, they offer us insights into profound changes - such as the ageing body, shifts in relationship, various forms of grief, the cataclysmic roll of climate change, the leftfield hit of the pandemic, as well as incidental changes of season, perception, fashion, the daily round.

The astounding stylistic and thematic range of poems in this collection provide different observations of currents of shift - in ourselves and in the world around us - and in so doing, they enact the potential of powerful art by offering the reader the consolations of insight and connection which enable us to live our lives for the better.