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The Internet Poets

5/5 Lemn Sissay explores how poets have found a new route to audiences - the smartphone.

The Establishment Poets

4/5 How have the rebel poets stormed the establishment? Lemn Sissay charts their rise.

The Slam Poets

3/5 Lemn Sissay explores the biggest innovation in poetry of the last 50 years - the slam.

The Political Poets

2/5 Lemn Sissay discovers how spoken word poets made space for politics in their work.

The Liverpool Poets

1/5 Lemn Sissay explores how the Liverpool poets launched a revolution by performing live.

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