LUKE WORTHY
Writer | Arts Administrator | Clay Artist
Writer Biography
Luke Worthy is a queer poet and fiction writer from Sheffield. His work has been published in Poetry Wales, fourteen poems and Broken Sleep’s Masculinity: an anthology of modern voices (2024). In 2023 he was commissioned by the British Library to write a piece of children’s literature and was Runner-up in the New Poets Prize. Luke is a member of Hive Poetry Collective.
“From a jellyfish like a ‘tumour of salt and sand’ to a meditation on Putin’s penis and toxic masculinity – these poems are full of surprising images and wide-ranging in their interrogations – of class, sexuality, homophobia and masculinity.“
Kim Moore
On New Poets Prize Pamphlet 2023 (On What Could Sting)