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Poems on the Underground
  • Published: 2 January 2013
  • ISBN: 9780141389530
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 320
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Poems on the Underground



A wonderful new collection of 230 of the most captivating poems to have appeared on the Underground over the last 26 years

After over twenty-five years and almost 500 poems, Poems on the Underground has become a common and welcome sight on London's Tube, paying tribute to the magnificent tradition of English poetry, as well as those who have contributed to its richness and diversity. In this beautiful new edition to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Underground, poems old and new, familiar and unfamiliar explore such diverse topics as love, London, exile, families, dreams, war, music and the seasons, and feature hundreds of poets including Owen Sheers, Paul Muldoon, Sylvia Plath, Paul Celan, William Blake, D. H. Lawrence, Kathleen Raine, Roger McGough, Wilfred Owen, Wendy Cope, John Clare and Louis McNeice, among many others.

  • Published: 2 January 2013
  • ISBN: 9780141389530
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 320
Categories:

Praise for Poems on the Underground

Beautifully presented ... This makes it an ideal book to dip into. Few people would see this book lying around the house and not be tempted to quickly browse through and find a morsel of verse that meant something to them at that moment. Everyone will find their own favourites in the book

A Common Reader