Poems on the Underground A New Edition

by Judith Cherniak, Gerard Benson (Editor), Cicely Herbert (Editor)

This beautiful new edition of Poems on the Underground is published to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Underground in 2013. Here 230 poems old and new, romantic, comic and sublime explore such diverse topics as love, London, exile, families, dreams, war, music and the seasons, and feature poets from Sappho to Carol Ann Duffy and Wendy Cope, including Chaucer and Shakespeare, Milton, Blake and Shelley, Whitman and Dickinson, Yeats and Auden, Seamus Heaney and Derek Walcott and a host of younger poets. It includes a new foreword and over two dozen poems not included in previous anthologies.

Genres: Poetry

320 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 2012

Reviews

[T · Rating 4 out of 5]

In April I was texting someone in the UK about what was flowering and this came into my head
"Oh to be in England
Now that April's there"
I blame this book.

[Charlotte · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best books I've read in a long time - one that I'd seen before but happened upon by chance. I love communication - it is the best weapon we have as a species. Reading this made me realise that all of this poetry we write - it has the power to change people. Maybe in small ways but just imagine happening across a poem in the street. An obscure little poem that no one has ever told you about before. And, just like that, you hold within you that message, one that you have as yours, spoken from the breath of a poet somewhere who hoped just as you and I did. For people are merely people - and poetry is just words strung together. But words are the kryptonite of people, something that has just come to light.

[Belle · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like the bold cover design and the shape of this book. It catches the eye and looks interesting on the side table beckoning browsers to dip into it. Each poem is set out clearly. As far as content goes, it's not bad, there are a good few poems that stand out and the poets are particularly varied. It's quite easy to search for particular poems, although it's not the easiest anthology I've ever navigated. I would have liked a bit more humour but that is my personal taste.