- Kevin Bailey (poet)
Kevin Bailey (born
16 March 1954 ) is a Britishpoet and founder of 'HQ Poetry Magazine'. He has had three books published and co-edited ananthology of poetry for theAcorn Book Company in 2000. He was born and grew up atWallingford , in the County ofBerkshire (nowOxfordshire ),England , where he attended the localgrammar school . He was later educated at theUniversity of York andUniversity College, Bath .In 1990 he founded the international literary journal "HQ Poetry Magazine", which he still edits and publishes independently. He has been closely involved in the work of
London 's poetry group "Piccadilly Poets" and "The Live Poet's Society" in Bath. In 2000 he edited (with Lucien Stryk) the classic anthology "Contemporary Haiku". Since 2001 he has co-organised and judged at the annual "Poetry on the Lake" festival held atOrta San Giulio inItaly . In 2004 he adjudicated the prestigiousSasakawa Prize for Haikai . His poetry and commentaries have appeared in a wide variety of publications. Originally trained as a psychologist he is now a self-supporting writer and lives inSwindon ,Wiltshire , at the heart of his beloved NorthWessex countryside.He has served as a judge for The Silver Wyvern, the annual award of the
Poetry on the Lake festival held atLake Orta ,Italy , in both 2004 and 2005.Books
* "Surviving Love" (2005) Bluechrome Publishing ISBN 1-904781-53-5
* "Poems and Translations" (1987) Day Dream P. ISBN 1-870294-00-9
* "The Acorn Book of Contemporary Haiku", (2000) Acorn Book Company "eds." Lucien Stryk, Kevin Bailey ISBN 0-9534205-2-3
* "Prospero's Mantle" (2006) Bluechrome Publishing ISBN 1-904781-78-0References
* [http://www.orta.net/poetry/index.html Poetry on the Lake festival home page] Accessed
27 August 2005
* [http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/park/yaw74/Piccadilly_guests.htm Picadilly Poets - Guest Poets]27 August 2005 External links
* [http://www.blackmountainreview.com/issues/issues0120/issue06/is06poemtitani.html "Titanic" - a poem by Kevin Bailey]
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