by Griff Rhys Jones
A vintage resident of my parents' bookcase. We love to read poetry aloud to each other and we know where all the good ones are in this book. Popular definitely =/= good, but there is certainly some overlap and some of our own favourites can be found among the... others (I was going to say Auden, but...
How can one rate an anthology of poems chosen by collective voting, really? It seems well-intentioned, the preface thankfully includes an excellent modern poem which didn't make the list, and the editor's synopsis is (thankfully?) short of analysis. My edition is simply hard to read based on the boo...
A lovely collection of poems - probably everyone will find at least several favourites here.Something to come back to and enjoy like a glass of good wine.
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