Poems on the Underground @PoemsOnTheTube
We started life in 1986 as an experiment by three friends, the writer Judith Chernaik and the poets Cicely Herbert and Gerard Benson #PoemsontheUnderground Joined February 2021-
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Poems on the Underground Poem of the Week April 27th Paisley by Jo Clement poemsontheunderground.org/paisley
Poem of the Day: Home-Thoughts, from Abroad by Robert Browning poemsontheunderground.org/home-thoughts-…
Poem of the Day: 25th April 1974 by Sophia de Mello Breyner translated by Ruth Fainlight
Poem of the Day: Sonnet 65 by William Shakespeare poemsontheunderground.org/sonnet-65
Celebrating Shakespeare's birthday: Ariel's Song by William Shakespeare poemsontheunderground.org/ariels-song-3
Poem of the Day: Sonnet 73 by William Shakespeare poemsontheunderground.org/sonnet-73
Poem of the Day: Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare poemsontheunderground.org/sonnet-116-2
Poems on the Underground Poem of the Week April 20th Celebrating Shakespeare’s Birthday Sonnet 29 by William Shakespeare poemsontheunderground.org/sonnet-29
Poem of the Day: Vesper by Kerry Shawn Keys poemsontheunderground.org/vesper
Poem of the Day: Sweet Thames Flow Softly by Ewan MacColl poemsontheunderground.org/sweet-thames-f…
Poem of the Day: Harmonica by Michael Longley poemsontheunderground.org/harmonica
Poem of the Day: Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers by Adrienne Rich poemsontheunderground.org/aunt-jennifers…
Poem of the Day: This Is Just to Say by William Carlos Williams poemsontheunderground.org/this-is-just-t…
Poem of the Day: Not Weeding by Paula Meehan poemsontheunderground.org/not-weeding
Poem of the Week: The Creel by Kathleen Jamie poemsontheunderground.org/the-creel
Poem of the Day: Crow by Cyril Wong poemsontheunderground.org/crow
Poem of the Day: You took away all the oceans and all the room by Osip Mandelstam poemsontheunderground.org/you-took-away-…
Poem of the Day: Proud Songsters by Thomas Hardy poemsontheunderground.org/proud-songsters
Poem of the Day: Letter to André Billy 9 April 1915 by Guillaume Apollinaire translated by Oliver Bernard poemsontheunderground.org/letter-to-andr…
Poem of the Day: I Sing of a Maiden, Anon poemsontheunderground.org/i-sing-of-a-ma…
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@PoemsOnTheTube Such a delightful poem I had to record it. Listen here: soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-2…
@PoemsOnTheTube Here's my recording, should you care to listen: soundcloud.com/anton-jarvis-2…
our Emily ont'underground today @BronteParsonage @PoemsOnTheTube
This felt very suitable for the train journey home at the end of a long day ‘The Square of the Clockmaker’ by Helen Ivory from @PoemsOnTheTube Read online at: poemsontheunderground.org/the-square-of-…
@PoemsOnTheTube A setting of this for choir and organ that you might enjoy: soundcloud.com/hutchingsmusic…
Spotted in that London Town….. @PoemsOnTheTube
@PoemsOnTheTube Wonderful that some of the poems can also be heard. If you’re ever looking for a voice to record verses, here I am: on.soundcloud.com/CxgkoqUydHrKTY…
@PoemsOnTheTube has delighted millions. Their archive has been donated to the UL. To celebrate World Poetry Day, new recordings of their poems have been released. Here’s ‘You took away all the oceans and all the room’ by Osip Mandelstam, read by Cyril Wong poemsontheunderground.org/world-poetry-d…
Happy #WorldPoetryDay2024! Here are three of our favourite poems from this month's #PoemsOnTheUnderground. We're proud supporters of @PoemsOnTheTube, which has provided poetry to London's travellers for over 30 years. Do you have a favourite poem? Let us know in the comments.
@PoemsOnTheTube Happy World Poetry Day and thanks for the years of moments of reflection and inspiration #poemsontheunderground #poemsonthetube
For #WorldPoetryDay I read Michael Longley's 'Harmonica', shown here beside my poem about it and my voice "like a broken harmonica": poemsontheunderground.org/wp-content/upl… @PoemsOnTheTube
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(Irish) Poems on the Underground. Buíochas le @PoemsOnTheTube. poemsontheunderground.org/poems-on-the-u…
We thought you'd enjoy Poems on the Underground Poem of the Week: Packing for America by Marjorie Lotfi Look out for this and our other new poems on London Underground and Overground trains through March. #poemsontheunderground @PoemsOnTheTube
Love this by @MsRachelCooke in praise of the wonderful @PoemsOnTheTube Some beautiful poems this month including this by @SeniSeneviratne theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Second favourite Poem On The Underground that I can still quote from memory nearly thirty years on...
I LOVED poems on the underground. Learnt so many by heart on commutes to dead end jobs. One fave, CELIA by Adrian Mitchell “When I am sad and weary When I think all hope has gone When I walk along High Holborn I think of you with nothing on.” #poetry bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…
We’re thrilled that Seni Seneviratne’s ‘The Weight of the World’ is part of @PoemsOnTheTube this week. Let us know if you spot it on your journeys! 🚆 Seni’s collection Unknown Soldier is available here: peepaltreepress.com/books/unknown-…
'Packing for America' by Marjorie Lotfi which is displayed on the London Underground this week. #PoemsontheUnderground
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