The Poetry of Birds
Stiil in print Birds are the most obvious wild things we have around us. They are much watched and much loved. A remarkable number of poets have noticed birds and British bird poetry is as old as British poetry. Some of the best known, and most loved, poems in English are bird poems. Here poet […]
Short and Sweet: 101 Very Short Poems
Buy from Faber Short and Sweet is an inspiring anthology arranged to show how the short poem, defined here as no longer than thirteen lines – and sometimes a lot shorter than that – can tell a story, present a complex argument, and be packed with as much passion, wisdom and music as any more extended […]
Ted Hughes
Buy from Faber In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the editors offer insights into their own work as well as providing an accessible and passionate introduction to some of the […]
Penguin Book of Poetry from Britain and Ireland Since 1945
An anthology of poetry published in Britain and England in the half-century since World War II. Poets include Edwin Muir, Kate Clanchy and the American-born T.S. Eliot and Sylvia Plath