Kevin Bailey (born 16 March 1954) is a British poet and founder of ''HQ Poetry Magazine''. He has had six collections of poetry published and co-edited an anthology of poetry for the
Acorn Book Company in 2000. He was born and grew up at
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, in the County of
Berkshire
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(now
Oxfordshire
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), England, where he attended the local
grammar school
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. He was later educated at the
University of York
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and
University College, Bath.
Early life
Background
In 1990, Bailey founded the literary journal ''HQ Poetry Magazine'', which he still edits and publishes independently.
[ Includes interview.] He has been 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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) the anthology ''Contemporary Haiku''.
Since 2001, Bailey has co-organised and judged the annual
Poetry on the Lake
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festival held at
Orta San Giulio
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in Italy. In 2004, Bailey adjudicated the
Sasakawa Prize for Haikai. His poetry and commentaries have appeared in a variety of publications. Originally trained as a psychologist, he is now a self-supporting writer and lives in
Wroughton
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,
Wiltshire
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.
He was a judge for The Silver Wyvern, the annual award of the
Poetry on the Lake
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festival held at
Lake Orta
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It has been so named since the 16th century, but was previously called Lago di San Giulio, after Saint Julius (4th century), the patron s ...
, Italy, in 2004, 2005, and 2013. A dedicated amateur astronomer, he was elected a
Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society
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in July 2013.
In 2014, he became the Uranus Coordinator of the Saturn Section of the British Astronomical Association (BAA), and in 2023 an assistant director of the BAA's new Saturn, Uranus and Neptune Section.
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.
* ''Freud's Graffiti – Collected Poems 1974-2024'' (2025), Day Dream Press/Stravaigers.
References
External links
"Titanic"- a poem by Kevin Bailey
1954 births
Living people
Alumni of the University of York
English male poets
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