The original series was published by South East Arts between 1976 and 1983, with Howard Sergeant editing the first and Anthony Thwaite the last. The Frogmore Press revived the series with Poetry South East 2000
and published Poetry South East 2010
ten years later.
The latest incarnation boasts another striking cover by Neil Gower
, who designed the covers for both its predecessors, and includes poems by three poets whose work appeared in Poetry South East 1
back in 1976: John Arnold, Ian Caws and John Rice. In total fifty-two poets, among them John Agard, Brendan Cleary, Sasha Dugdale, Maria Jastrzębska, Patricia McCarthy, John McCullough, Grace Nichols, Catherine Smith, Susan Wicks and Jackie Wills have contributed to this unique survey of poetry from the region.
