Author(s): Neil Astley (editor)

Poetry

Being Alive is about being human: about love and loss, fear and longing, hurt and wonder. Being Alive is the sequel to Neil AstleyâÂÂs Staying Alive,which became BritainâÂÂs most popular poetry book, because it gave readers hundreds of thoughtful and passionate poems about living in the modern world. Now he has assembled this equally lively companion anthology for all those readers whoâÂÂve wanted more poems that touch the heart, stir the mind and fire the spirit. Staying Alive didnâÂÂt just reach a broader readership, it introduced thousands of new readers to contemporary poetry, giving them an international gathering of poems of great personal force, poems with emotional power, intellectual edge and playful wit. It also brought many readers back to poetry, people who hadnâÂÂt read poetry for years because it hadnâÂÂt held their interest. Now Being Alive gives readers an even wider selection of vivid, brilliantly diverse contemporary poetry from around the world.