Greta Stoddart
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Greta Stoddart’s poems combine exceptional poise and presence with impressive reach. Capturing the flow of life they are distinguished by their depth of thought, alertness and sense of the paradoxical. Appearing to travel lightly, her poetry penetrates the mysteries of being and the complexities of the emotions. An outstanding maker of poems, Stoddart is also an electrifying performer. In 2017 she brought together her two paths of theatre and poetry in a radio drama Who’s there?, a profound and deeply humane work inspired by visits to a care home for those with advanced dementia. A recent collection Fool (2022) further demonstrates Greta Stoddart's ability to stretch what poetry can achieve. It confirms her as one of our most accomplished and ambitious poets."
Moniza Alvi, Judge for the 2023 Cholmondeley Awards
Read You Drew Breath
Read Pupil
Shortlisted for the 2008 Costa Book Award
'This is a collection that thrives not on solutions, but on endless, boundless possibilities.'
'Honest, observant poems from a collection which is both wonderfully unsettling and deeply life-affirming'
Costa Book Award Judges
Read The Curtain
Read Deep Sea Diver
Shortlisted for the 2016 Roehampton Poetry Prize
'Colloquial, faintly unruly, the poems travel light on adventures of conciseness, channelling the energies of a big, agnostic imagination into new forms'
Poetry Review
'Alive Alive O is a compelling book, defiant in the face of life's losses'
TLS
Read The Fitter
Winner of the 2002 Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize
Shortlisted for the 2002 Forward Prize for Best First Collection
'At Home in the Dark is a fine debut collection from a poet of huge promise'
New Statesman
'Long after we have stopped reading, Stoddart's haunting imagery and living music play on in our minds'
Poetry Review