Familiar poems and almost unknown poems. Love poems and war poems. Funny
poems and heartbroken poems. Poems that re-create the world we know and
poems written on the dark side of the moon.
Poetry by Heart is an essential collection of over 200 poems, from
Geoffrey Chaucer to Emily Dickinson, from Christina Rossetti to Benjamin
Zephaniah, all carefully chosen for their suitability for learning and
reciting. This is an anthology which celebrates the age-old pleasure of
reciting poems - an anthology for all ages to treasure.