John Whitworth is one of those fattish, baldish, backward-looking, provincial poets in which England is so rich (perhaps too rich). His ninth collection, Being the Bad Guy [1], was published by Peterloo in November 2007. Les Murray likes it. Good on him. You might also consider Writing Poetry [2] published by A & C Black, one of those how-to books; it has run to a second edition and is pretty good, though he (the poet) would say that, wouldn’t he?
Links:
[1] http://www.ablemuse.com/v7/books/john-whitworth/being-bad-guy
[2] http://www.ablemuse.com/v7/books/john-whitworth/writing-poetry-writing-handbooks
[3] https://www.ablemuse.com/v7/fiction/john-venecek/measure-snow?s=70a9fe8b77df6690068c3a38e846fd1f
[4] https://www.ablemuse.com/v7/essay/john-whitworth/are-poems-still-allowed-rhyme?s=70a9fe8b77df6690068c3a38e846fd1f