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Luke Horsey is a poet, music writer and tutor from Hertfordshire, England. He is currently based in Glasgow, Scotland.

Luke’s writing has been featured in a variety of publications and selected for a number of prizes. He writes at the intersection of music, linguistics and psychoanalysis.

He is currently working towards a Master of Arts in French and Music at the University of Glasgow. He has previously studied in the Language Sciences department at Sorbonne Université IV, Paris.

At present, he is a recipient of the Dynamo Scholarship at the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and is working as a scholar in the orchestra’s External Relations department.

Luke has been tutoring English and French since 2021 to students preparing for GCSE and A-level exams in line with the English National Curriculum, with a high success rate.

recent work

Luke’s poem “My mum loves a good portmanteau” is commended for the TPW Poetry Prize, judged by Andrew Jamison.

Discover the poem, along with the other winning work, here.

Screen showing the winners of the TPW Poetry Prize, with a winner named Vanessa Lampert for her poem 'In Which I'm Nice to Timmy,' and commendations for Luke Horsey, Özge Lena, and Victoria Spires.

Luke’s poems “Boy, oh boy” and “I think it’s romantic" appear in & Change’s 12th issue.

Order Issue No. 12 from & Change here.

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