The Music of Time: Poetry in the Twentieth Century by John Burnside Helen Burke this collection is a heart-warming

this collection is a heart-warming and funny introduction to children’s poetry

followed by evocations of Northumberland by decadent gentry poet Algernon Charles Swinburne contrasting with grim tales of life down the pit by Tommy Armstrong and Joseph Skipsey in the 19th century

two collections from Valley Press

Now more than ever we’re in need of a daily fix of the natural world

Ted Hughes

The Music of Time: Poetry in the Twentieth Century by John Burnside Helen Burke this collection is a heart-warmingThough we might not realise it, our collective memory of the twentieth century was defined by the poets who lived and wrote in it. At every significant turning point we find them, pen in hand, fingers poised at the typewriter, ready to distil the essence of the moment, from the muddy wastes of the Western front to the vast reckoning that came with the end of empire. This is the first and only history of twentieth century poetry, by the acclaimed poet,