Poems on the Underground

After nearly 30 years and almost 500 poems, Poems on the Underground has become a familiar and welcome sight on London's Tube, paying tribute to the magnificent tradition of English poetry, and to those who have contributed to its richness and diversity. In this beautiful paperback edition, poems old and new, familiar and unfamiliar explore such diverse topics as love, London, exile, family, dreams, war, music, and nature, and feature hundreds of poets including Owen Sheers, Paul Muldoon, Sylvia Plath, William Blake, D. H. Lawrence, Kathleen Raine, Roger McGough, Wilfred Owen, Wendy Cope, and John Clare, among many others.

Judith Chernaik, Gerard Benson, and Cicely Herbert co-founded Poems on the Underground nearly 30 years ago. Judith has written The Lyrics of Shelley and four novels, and was awarded an OBE for services to literature in 2002. Gerard was a poet, editor, performer, and author of 10 poetry collections. He was Poet Laureate of the City of Bradford. Cicely is a writer of poetry, performance pieces, and radio plays and a member of the Barrow Poets.