Chris Campbell is an Oxford-based poet. His second full collection, Why I Wear My Past to Work (Parlyaree Press, 2025), explores family life and urban nature.
His poems have appeared in publications including The Rialto, Magma, Anthropocene, Prole, The Waxed Lemon and Sídhe Press. He was Highly Commended in the 2024 Cobh International Poetry Competition and shortlisted for Canterbury Poet of the Year 2023.
He is co-founder and co-host of the Bristol poetry night Kiss The Sky, and co-managing editor of Anteroom literary magazine. His earlier work includes the collection All Island No Sea (Alien Buddha Press, 2022) and two pamphlets.
