Poems on the Underground
Poems on the Underground, founded in 1986, is supported by London Underground, Arts Council England, and the British Council. Poems are selected by Judith Chernaik and poets Gerard Benson and Cicely Herbert. Posters, designed by Tom Davidson, are available from the Poetry Society and London’s Transport Museum, Covent Garden.
Poems on the Underground has been the inspiration for similar programmes around the world: in Dublin (on the DART suburban railway) and in Adelaide, Melbourne, New York, Paris, Stuttgart, Sydney, Barcelona, Athens, Moscow, St Petersburg and Shanghai. The UK Poems on the Underground have been displayed in the subway systems of Helsinki, Oslo, Stockholm and Vienna. Themes have included European Poetry, Young Poems on the Underground, Commonwealth Poetry, Chinese Poetry, African Poetry, 1,000 Years of Poetry and most recently Science Poems.
Publications:
Best Poems on the Underground, published by Weidenfeld in 2009, is available from bookshops and directly from Orion Books.
Carnival of the Animals, (Walker Books 2005) includes poems commissioned by Poems on the Underground, illustrated by Satoshi Kitamura, with a CD of music and poems performed by the Apollo Chamber Orchestra, directed by David Chernaik.
Carnival of the Animals, (Walker Books 2005) includes poems commissioned by Poems on the Underground, illustrated by Satoshi Kitamura, with a CD of music and poems performed by the Apollo Chamber Orchestra, directed by David Chernaik.
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