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.






Words the Turtle Taught Me
Gold from the Stone
Spiritlands
Being Alive
Somewhere Else Entirely
Strong in the Rain
Funny Ha-Ha, Funny Peculiar: A Book of Strange and Comic Poems
Classical Women Poets