Verity Spott

Verity Spott (born in 1987) is an English neo-modernist poet. Spott was born and raised in Yorkshire, and moved to Brighton in 2006. Since then Spott has been teaching poetry in local institutions, as well as co-running a monthly poetry and musical performance event called "Horseplay".

Spott is an alumnus of the University of Sussex.

Reception Spott's work has been described in the New York Times as, "mesmerizing, oneiric, enchanted, with language that surprises". Spott's work has been discussed in the Cordite Poetry Review, and critiqued in the book, Wound Building: Dispatches from the Latest Disasters in UK Poetry, among other publications. One of Spott's poems, "from Coronelles – Set 2", is included in 100 Queer Poems, which The Guardian described as 2022's "most notable anthology".

Selected works Three Poems. (Broadside) London: Sender Broken, 2013. Effort to No. Brighton: Iodine, 2013. (with Jonny Liron) Dear Nothing and No One in It. Brighton: Iodine, 2013. Gideon. London: Barque Press, 2014. (with Megan Alan) Three Poems, Edinburgh Sad Press, 2014. Balconette. Guildford: Veer Books, 2014. 9 11 16. Brighton: Iodine, 2016. Trans* Manifestos, 2016. We Will Bury You. Guildford: Veer Books, 2017. Click Away Close Door Say. Contraband Books, 2017. Kate's Dream Diamond Anti Fatigue Matting Surface. Crater, 2017. (with Timothy Thornton) Poems. Face Press, 2017. The Mutiny Aboard the RV Felicity. Tipped Press, 2018. Prayers, Manifestos, Bravery. London: Pilot Press, 2018. Caterpillars. TL:DR Press, 2019. Poems of Sappho. Face Press, 2019. Prayers, Manifestos, Bravery. London: Pilot Press, (second edition), 2020. Hopelessness. London: The 87 Press, 2020. Coronelles Set 1. London: Veer Books, 2020. 70 Sonnets. Brighton: Hove Space Program, 2021. Désolation (French translation of Hopelessness). Lyon, Même pas l'hiver, 2022. Woodvale (written collaboratively by "The Beam-Eye Babies"). Brighton, The Minutes Press, 2022. Songs of the Morning. London: Slub Press, 2023. The North Road Songbook. London: Pilot Press, 2024. Went to Get the Sink Unblocker. Philadelphia: Eternal Sections, 2025. What If You Were The One Being Used As Equipment. Brighton, Ice Gresp Press, 2025. Postcards from Berlin. Brighton, Nothing Much Press, 2026. Good Morning. London: Pilot Press, 2026.