Description
With an introduction by Simon Armitage, this book is an anthology arranged to show how the short poem (defined here as shorter than a sonnet) can tell a story, present a complex argument, and be packed with as much passion, wisdom and music as any more extended piece of writing.








Love Poems
Poems Written Abroad
Rendang
The Last Poems of Jules Laforgue
Silly Rhymes and Limericks
Flood
Sleeping Lord: And Other Fragments
The Book of Love & Loss