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How To Cry

by Kayo Chingonyi

How To Cry - Kayo Chingonyi
Poem

The death of children

by Richard Berengarten

The death of children - Richard Berengarten
Poem

The Missing

by Roger Robinson

The Missing - Roger Robinson
Poem

Surge 3

by Jay Bernard

Surge 3 - Jay Bernard
Special Collection

World War Poetry Showcase

The Poetry Archive’s World War Poetry Showcase is based on the collection put together for our national poetry recitation competition, Poetry by Heart, to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War. Of course, there are plenty of anthologies…

Poet

Edgar Allan Poe

B. 1809 D. 1849

2 poems available

All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream. - A Dream Within a Dream by Edgar Allan Poe

Poet

Rebecca Goss

B. 1974

6 poems available

pared-down precision and scorching intensity - Helen Dunmore

Poet

Charlotte Smith

B. 1749 D. 1806

2 poems available

Ah! why has happiness no second spring? Charlotte Smith

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John Wilmot Earl of Rochester

B. 1647 D. 1680

2 poems available

Man differs more from man than man from beast.

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Anne Bradstreet

B. 1612 D. 1672

4 poems available

All things within this fading world hath end. ('Before the Birth of One of Her Children')

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Alice Oswald

B. 1966

2 poems available

Alice Oswald throws the windows of the imagination open; she places a fingertip on the pulse of tradition, and proves it is still very much alive - The Times

Poet

Douglas Dunn

B. 1942

4 poems available

Among the finest of our poets. - Melvyn Bragg

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