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Author
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Pub. Date
2009
Description
In 2009, the BBC will schedule a major 'poetry season' on BBC2 and BBC4. This landmark TV series will be the centrepiece of the season, and this anthology includes all the poems read or mentioned in the series as well as a large number of others selected to complement them.
Publisher
Michael O'Mara Books Limited
Pub. Date
2015
Description
A brilliant new anthology of poems that will help you to overcome stress, depression and other anxieties. Arranged by spiritual ailment, the sections include a range of verse, new and old, which may be of comfort to those in need of a pick-me-up for the soul. The collection has been carefully compiled by Deborah Alma, the world's first and only emergency poet, who travels to schools, libraries, festivals and other events in her 1970s ambulance to...
Author
Series
Publisher
Faber
Pub. Date
2002
Description
With an introduction by Simon Armitage, this book is an anthology arranged to show how the short poem (defined here as shorter than a sonnet) can tell a story, present a complex argument, and be packed with as much passion, wisdom and music as any more extended piece of writing.
13) Poetry please
Author
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Pub. Date
2013
Description
Based on the long-running and extremely popular BBC Radio 4 programme 'Poetry Please', this collection features poems about heroism, the seasons, birth, death, work and eccentric characters.
Author
Publisher
Ebury Press
Pub. Date
2013
Description
This treasure trove of very British poetry brings together over 100 classic poems, selected by bestselling author and proud patriot George Courtauld. The author places each poem in its historical context, gives a potted biography of each poet and offers his own personal interpretation of the words and themes.
18) Best-loved poems
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2000
Description
This collection gathers together the best-loved gems of English language verse, from the deeply moving to the hilariously silly, and includes works by William Blake, Dylan Thomas and Seamus Heaney, among others.
19) The rattle bag
Author
Publisher
Faber
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes have brought together an inspired and diverse selection, ranging from undisputed masterpieces to rare discoveries, as well as drawing upon works in translation and traditional poems from oral cultures.