The
Next Generation poets are a list of young and middle-aged figures from
British poetry, mostly British, compiled by a panel for the
Poetry Book Society in 2004. This is a promotional exercise, and a sequel to the
New Generation poets (1994). The "Next Generation" was followed by
Staple magazine's "Alternative Generation" (2005), which selected a group of poets from the UK's small-press output. The Next Generation 2004 list comprises: