Kevin Bailey (born 16 March 1954) is a British
poet and founder of ''HQ Poetry Magazine''. He has had four books published and co-edited an
anthology
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of poetry for the
Acorn Book Company in 2000. He was born and grew up at
Wallingford, in the County of
Berkshire
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(now
Oxfordshire
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),
England, where he attended the local
grammar school. He was later educated at the
University of York
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, type = Public research university
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, budget = £403.6 million
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, vice_chancellor = Charlie Jeffery
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and
University College, Bath.
Early life
Background
In 1990 Bailey 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
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. In 2000 he edited (with
Lucien Stryk
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Stryk was born in Poland on April 7, 1924, and ...
) the classic anthology ''Contemporary Haiku''. Since 2001 he has co-organised and judged at the annual
Poetry on the Lake festival held at
Orta San Giulio in
Italy. In 2004 Bailey adjudicated the prestigious
Sasakawa 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 in
Swindon
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,
Wiltshire, at the heart of his beloved North
Wessex countryside.
He has served as a judge for The Silver Wyvern, the annual award of the
Poetry on the Lake festival held at
Lake Orta,
Italy, in 2004, 2005, and 2013. A dedicated amateur astronomer, he was elected a
in July, 2013. Since 2014 he has been the Uranus Coordinator for the Saturn Section of the British Astronomical Association.
Preferring publication in book form, only one of his poems "Titanic" appears on-line.
Books
* ''Surviving Love'' (2005), Bluechrome Publishing
* ''Poems and Translations'' (1987), Day Dream P.
* ''The Acorn Book of Contemporary Haiku'' (2000), Acorn Book Company (ed. with Lucien Stryk).
* ''Prospero's Mantle'' (2006), Bluechrome Publishing
* ''Misericord or The Strange Poetry of Kevin Bailey'' (2019) Dempsey and Windle.
* ''By The Way - Collected Haiku'' (2023) Red Moon Press.
References
* Accessed 27 August 2005
Picadilly Poets - Guest Poets27 August 2005
External links
1954 births
Living people
Alumni of the University of York
English male poets
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