Warsan Shire

Need to know: After reading For Women Who Are Difficult To Love, Beyoncé used Shire’s poetry to staggering effect in her visual album, Lemonade.

Find the work: Teaching My Mother How To Give Birth (£4, Mouthmark) is available to buy online.

Yrsa Daley-Ward

Need to know: The former model’s poetry makes even the darkest, most vulnerable aspects of human existence seem beautiful, with tales of depression, relationships, anxiety and self-care.

Find the work: Her collection Bone (£9.99, Penguin) is out now.

Greta Bellamacina

Need to know: Exploring everything from beauty ideals to ugly intimacies of relationships, this poet, filmmaker and model isn’t afraid to confront difficult subjects.

Find the work: The collection Smear (£10, New River Press), edited by Bellamacina, is out now.

Rupi Kaur

Need to know: The Canadian hit headlines after Instagram removed ‘visual poetry’ showing her bleeding through her pyjama bottoms.

Find the work: Her anthology The Sun And Her Flowers (£12.99, Simon & Schuster) was released in October.

Hera Lindsay Bird

Need to know: The New Zealander behind poems such as Keats Is Dead So F*** Me From Behind deals with love, darkness and Nineties sitcoms with surreal wit and emotion.

Find the work: Her first published collection Hera Lindsay Bird (£9.99, Penguin) is out now.

Vanessa Kisuule

Need to know: The writer and burlesque artist looks at womanhood and self-esteem. She also does rap battles under the moniker ‘Shonda Rhymez’.

Find the work: A Recipe For Sorcery (£9.99, BurningEyeBooks) and Joyriding The Storm (£8.99) are out now.

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