Founded by T S Eliot in 1953, the Poetry Book Society (PBS) is an organisation devoted to developing and maintaining a readership for poetry in the U.K. The PBS offers the best new contemporary poetry to its members. Click here for the Spring 2007 recommendations from our expert selectors.
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PBS Poem of the month
The Tree
The tree my father grew
from his garden I take an axe
The PBS, via its online bookshop Poetry Bookshop Online, is the exclusive distributor for this exciting new venture in poetry. Eighty poets have been recorded reading their own poetry and you can download samples or buy the complete recordings on CD.
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