Poetry
Classic and contemporary poems for all occasions and ages, from John Keats to John Cooper Clarke. Our range includes some of the most vital voices in contemporary poetry, such as Carol Ann Duffy, Kae Tempest and Clive James.
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He, She, They, Us
Charlie Castelletti

May Day
Jackie Kay

A Golden Treasury of Irish Verse
Lennox Robinson

Feminine Gospels
Carol Ann Duffy

Poems for Love
Gaby Morgan

The World's Wife
Carol Ann Duffy

Musical Tables
Billy Collins

Days Like These
Brian Bilston

Christmas Eve at The Moon Under Water
Carol Ann Duffy
Margaux Carpentier

And So This is Christmas
Brian Bilston

365 Poems for Life
Allie Esiri

Poems to Live Your Life By
Chris Riddell

Poems to Save the World With
Chris Riddell

ISDAL
Susannah Dickey

Poems to Fall in Love With
Chris Riddell

Bread and Circus
Airea D. Matthews

Wound is the Origin of Wonder
Maya C. Popa

Hand in Hand with Love
Simon Avery

Divisible by Itself and One
Kae Tempest

Poems About Birds
H. J. Massingham

Nature
Carol Ann Duffy

Politics
Carol Ann Duffy

Material Properties
Jacob Polley

Love
Carol Ann Duffy

Elegies
Carol Ann Duffy

Sunrise
Susie Gibbs

Embark
Sean O'Brien

Advent Street
Carol Ann Duffy

Goblin Market & Other Poems
Christina Rossetti
Laurence Housman

We Wish You A Merry Christmas and Other Festive Poems
Chris Riddell

The Fire of Joy
Clive James

Women of the Harlem Renaissance
Marissa Constantinou

The River in the Sky
Clive James

bandit country
James Conor Patterson

Orlam
PJ Harvey

Funeral Readings and Poems
Becky Brown

Poems for New Parents
Becky Brown

She Will Soar
Ana Sampson

Lurex
Denise Riley

Empty Nest
Carol Ann Duffy