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POEM A DAY: WALLACE STEVENS
The summer night is like a perfection of thought.
The house was quiet because it had to be.
- Wallace Steven...
POEM A DAY: ELLA FREARS
'How will we go on after, I thought'
- Ella Frears, Shine, Darling
Join us tonight at 7pm for a poetry reading by ...
HAPPY BOOK BIRTHDAY TO ELLA FREARS
Happy book birthday to another of our PBS Summer Recommendations SHINE, DARLING by Ella Frears! To celebrate its offi...
POEM A DAY: ALICE OSWALD
'It’s night and somebody’s
Pushing his mower home To the moon'
- Marginalia at the Edge of the Evening by Alice Osw...
POEM A DAY: SARAH BROOM
Now - are you here? Are you here?
- from Tigers at Awhitu by Sarah Broom
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POEM A DAY: BHANU KAPIL
A door opened in the side
Of sheer rock I stepped through it.
Images of an alternative life
Filled my psyche
Lik...
PBS BOOK CLUB NEXT WEDNESDAY 20th MAY
Tune in to Instagram Live @poetrybooksociety next Wednesday the 20th May for our next PBS online bookclub hosted by ...
POEM A DAY: HAFEZ
One for those who are struggling to see the light. A stunning poem by Hafez from the Winning Words anthology, availa...
POEM A DAY: LIFE
From Beyond the Barbed Wire by Abdellatif Laâbi, translated by Andre Naffis- Sahely, published by Carcanet Press.
LAST CHANCE TO JOIN FOR SUMMER
This week is your last chance to join the Poetry Book Society for our summer mailing! The final cut off date for our...
POEM A DAY: ITHACA
Ithaca by C P Cavafy, translated by Daniel Mendelsohn. A reminder today that it’s the journey not the destinatio...