Something New: Alternative Poems for Alternative Weddings edited by Caroline Bird and Rachel Long
Poetry Book Society Special Commendation Autumn 2025 science and never free of

and never free of

of the poem for which he was awarded the Cambridge University Chancellor’s Medal

passionate and powerful voice

A lyrical biography of a bird and a fragmented study of a flawed and mutable creature bearing its name

whose fluent style resembles Neruda’s well-known odes

Something New: Alternative Poems for Alternative Weddings edited by Caroline Bird and Rachel Long<br><b>Poetry Book Society Special Commendation Autumn 2025</b> science and never free ofUntil recently, a wedding was no place for reinvention: everything from the location to the outfits to the language of the ceremony was decided by our particular cultures, religions and social expectations of gender and domestic roles; and of course, many of us were unable to get married at all. Now gay marriage is legal in Britain; heterosexual couples can have civil partnerships; we can get hitched in a yurt or a cave or on a rollercoaster. But the