Poetry Please: The Seasons
This new anthology of poems, favourites from the nation's longest-running and best-loved request programme for verse, moves with the seasons, following the turning year from John Clare's 'pale splendour of the winter sun' to John Keats's 'Season o...
Poems of the Decade 2011-2020
Poems of the Decade 2011-2020 celebrates the thirtieth anniversary of the Forward Prizes for Poetry. Gathering one hundred poems by writers and performers who have drawn new audiences to the artform, it highlights poetry as a space for fresh power...
Liberty Faber Poetry Diary 2026
The Faber Poetry list, originally founded in the 1920s, was shaped by the taste of T. S. Eliot, who was its guiding light for nearly forty years. Each passing decade has seen it grow with the addition of poets who are among the finest of their generation. The Liberty Faber Poetry Diary is a celebration of this remarkable Faber list. Victoria Adukwei Bulley Simon Armitage George Barker Emily Berry William Blake Mary Jean Chan John Clare Gillian Clarke Wendy Cope Julia Copus Stephen Crane John Donne T.S. Eliot Matthew Francis Lavinia Greenlaw Thomas Hardy Seamus Heaney Gerard Manley Hopkins Ted Hughes Ishion Hutchinson Ben Jonson John Keats Zaffar Kunial Philip Larkin D.H. Lawrence Lachlan Mackinnon Ange Mlinko Daljit Nagra Sylvia Plath Camille Ralphs Richard Scott William Shakespeare Percy Bysshe Shelley Stevie Smith Wislawa Szymborska Edward Thomas Derek Walcott Walt Whitman William Wordsworth W.B. Yeats
Poetry Please
BBC Radio 4's Poetry Please is the longest-running broadcast of verse anywhere in the world. First aired in 1979, the programme, a request show which broadcasts to two million listeners a week, has become a unique record of the country's best-loved poems over the decades since its inception. The BBC has looked back through its rich archive of recordings to produce a poll of the most asked for and most broadcast pieces ever: it is those poems that this anthology brings together here. A showcase, in effect, for the nation's favourite verse, Poetry Please is a treasure trove for our most requested and most listened to poems of all time. It is a compelling invitation for readers of all ages and backgrounds to celebrate the verse that we care so much about: from new readers to old, from schools to reading groups, this a book for giving, a book for cherishing.
Forward Book of Poetry 2025
The judges of the 2024 Forward Prizes for Poetry - comprising the poets Alycia Pirmohamed, Vanessa Kisuule, Daniel Sluman and Jane Clarke, and chaired by actor and comedian Craig Charles - read hundreds of recent books and individual poems before ...
Poetry Please: Love Poems
'What will survive of us is love.' In this new anthology poets from across the ages lead us on a journey of love in its many forms. From Shakespeare to Rossetti, Keats to Auden, Byron to Browning an beyond, as well as a host of contemporary voices...
The Forward Book of Poetry 2026
The judges of the 2025 Forward Prizes for Poetry read hundreds of recent books and individual poems before arriving at this anthology. Celebrating the boldness and variety of today's poets, this collection opens windows into society, culture, and individual lives. The Forward Prizes are the most influential awards for new poetry published in the UK and Ireland. This selection combines fresh voices with familiar names, making the book essential reading for seasoned poetry enthusiasts and new readers alike. 'Central to the literary landscape of modern Britain.' Andrew Marr
