Description
In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the editors offer insights into their own work as well as providing an accessible and passionate introduction to the most important poets in our literature.
Earth has not anything to show more fair:
Dull would he be of soul who could pass by
A sight so touching in its majesty . . .
— Composed Upon Westminster Bridge,
September 3, 1802





Milk and Honey
The Moon Before Morning
The Map and the Clock: A Laureate's Choice of the Poetry of Britain and Ireland
The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova
Soemps
Peace Poems and meditations on peace
A Quarter of an Hour