Ken Smith began publishing his poetry while studying English at Leeds University with Geoffrey Hill, and won a Gregory Award for his first pamphlet of poetry. He held many positions, including Writer-in-Residence at Wormwood Scrubs Prison, and published several acclaimed collections of poetry including Wild Root, which was nominated for the T S Eliot Prize.

Name	Description
The Abel Baker Charlie Delta Epic Sonnets	1979
The Hawkwood Sequence	26 October 1983
Other Branch Reading	27 September 1984
Arthur and George	11 October 2006