26 Connections by edited by Jacob Sam-La Rose, John Simmons Leonardo Boix a demented travelogue that skewers

a demented travelogue that skewers ‘the present beyond itself by the frozen image of the past’

all-encompassing read' - The Idler This is the history of England told in a new way: glimpsed through twenty-five remarkable poems written down between the eighth century and today

sirens and dreams make their appearance

The consequences of poet’s long-term residence in Miami are forcefully brought home through poems of emigration and estrangement

we are invited to become the hollow bone

26 Connections by edited by Jacob Sam-La Rose, John Simmons Leonardo Boix a demented travelogue that skewersPublished 4th September 2025. What happens when you connect one poet to another to think about a theme? And what then happens when you ask them to create a poem together? Does poetry itself create common ground that rises above differences in background, culture and identity a shared space that is human and universal? 26 Connections shows the results. Here, 13 alumni of the Barbican Young Poets programme were paired with 13 from the writers group 26.