Worlds and lives
Worlds and Lives is an exciting, modern collection of poems that include some well-known, familiar names as well as new, current voices.
It’s different from Love and Relationships and Power and Conflict because two thirds of the poems in this new collection are published post-2000. Whilst very modern, the poems are rooted in the revolutionary spirit of the Romantics, which we hope will spark young people’s interest in poetry.
The collection is both personal and political and explores concerns about the world we live in. It also looks at relatable universal themes, including our relationship with places and ideas about home, heritage, belonging and connection.
The cluster at a glance:
| Title | Writer |
|---|---|
| Lines Written in Early Spring | William Wordsworth |
| England in 1819 | Percy Bysshe Shelley |
| Shall earth no more inspire thee | Emily Brontë |
| In a London Drawingroom | George Eliot |
| On an Afternoon Train from Purley to Victoria, 1955 | James Berry |
| Name Journeys | Raman Mundair |
| pot | shamshad khan |
| A Wider View | Seni Seneviratne |
| Homing | Liz Berry |
| A Century Later | Imtiaz Dharker |
| The Jewellery Maker | Louisa Adjoa Parker |
| With Birds You’re Never Lonely | Raymond Antrobus |
| A Portable Paradise | Roger Robinson |
| Like an Heiress | Grace Nichols |
| Thirteen | Caleb Femi |
