Poets divided by styles, but united by talent

{ "b" : "The Fullness of Time: New & Selected Poems"}

By Gerard Smyth, €16.80 Dedalus Press

{ "b" : "Seeing Stars"}

By Simon Armitage

Faber & Faber, €15.60

{ "b" : "The Last Falcon and Small Ordinance"}

By Paul Perry, €14.40

Dedalus Press

Poetry exists in every generation, often as invisible but as essential as plankton.

This month sees the publication of three highly contrasting volumes from poets who were born at ...