'What will survive of us is love.' In this new anthology poets from across the ages lead us on a journey of love in its many forms. From Shakespeare to Rossetti, Keats to Auden, Byron to Browning an beyond, as well as a host of contemporary voices including Wendy Cope, Simon Armitage and Carol Ann Duffy, this new gathering of timeless love poems speaks to the heart about this most universal of themes. Whether in marriage or heartbreak, friendship or infatuation, whether in pursuit of the unattainable ideal or else settling down together for life, whether in love or out of it, you will find poems here to touch the heart. A vital assembly of our most treasured and enduring love poems.

From Shakespeare and Rossetti to Auden, Armitage and Carol An Duffy, Poetry Please: Love is a treasury of the nation's favourite love poems

About the Author
BBC Radio 4's Poetry Please is the longest-running broadcast of verse anywhere in the world. First aired in 1979, the programme, a request show which broadcasts to one million listeners a week, has become a unique record of the country's best-loved poems over the decades since its inception.


Book Information
ISBN 9780571315994
Author Various Poets
Format Hardback
Page Count 208
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publisher Faber & Faber
Weight(grams) 296g
Dimensions(mm) 204mm * 137mm * 19mm