Poems on the Underground
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Poems on the Underground offering poetry old and new, familiar and unfamiliar, to three million daily travellers on London’s Underground system since 1986. www.poemsontheunderground.org
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Poems on the Underground started life in January 1986 as an experiment by three friends, the writer Judith Chernaik and the poets Cicely Herbert and Gerard Benson. They persuaded London Underground to post a few poems on its trains, to the delight of bemused commuters.
If you're in London, join us for the launch of the new Poems on the Underground on Thursday 12th Feb 11.00-11.30 at Covent Garden Station with Blake Morrison and Jason Salkey. Narcissus by Blake Morrison poemsontheunderground.org/narcissus-by...
Narcissus by Blake Morrison
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February 11, 2026 at 10:36 AM
If you're in London, join us for the launch of the new Poems on the Underground on Thursday 12th Feb 11.00-11.30 at Covent Garden Station with Blake Morrison and Jason Salkey. Narcissus by Blake Morrison poemsontheunderground.org/narcissus-by...
Look out for the Spring Poems on the Underground on London Underground and Overground trains for 4 weeks from 9th February The snow is melting by Kobayashi Issa tr. by Robert Hass Calligraphy by Yukki Yaura poemsontheunderground.org/the-snow-is-...
The Snow is Melting by Kobayashi Issa
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February 9, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Look out for the Spring Poems on the Underground on London Underground and Overground trains for 4 weeks from 9th February The snow is melting by Kobayashi Issa tr. by Robert Hass Calligraphy by Yukki Yaura poemsontheunderground.org/the-snow-is-...
Poems on the Underground Celebrating 40 Years
Poem of the Week January 31st
The Loch Ness Monster's Song by Edwin Morgan
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Poem of the Week January 31st
The Loch Ness Monster's Song by Edwin Morgan
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The Loch Ness Monster’s Song
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January 31, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Poems on the Underground Celebrating 40 Years
Poem of the Week January 31st
The Loch Ness Monster's Song by Edwin Morgan
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Poem of the Week January 31st
The Loch Ness Monster's Song by Edwin Morgan
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Celebrating 40 Years of Poems on the Underground: 100 Poems on the Underground Revised Edition published by Smith/Doorstop out today! Available from bookshops now
January 28, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Celebrating 40 Years of Poems on the Underground: 100 Poems on the Underground Revised Edition published by Smith/Doorstop out today! Available from bookshops now
Poems on the Underground Celebrating Burns Night
Poem of the Week January 24th
A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns
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Poem of the Week January 24th
A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns
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A Red, Red Rose
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January 24, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Poems on the Underground Celebrating Burns Night
Poem of the Week January 24th
A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns
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Poem of the Week January 24th
A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns
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Poems on the Underground in the Guardian www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on Poems on the Underground at 40: public art to be proud of | Editorial
Editorial: This simple idea has travelled around the world, bringing hope and inspiration to millions
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January 20, 2026 at 9:57 AM
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Poem of the Week January 17th Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley poemsontheunderground.org/ozymandias-2
Ozymandias
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January 17, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Poem of the Week January 17th Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley poemsontheunderground.org/ozymandias-2
Poem of the Week January 10th
Like a Beacon by Grace Nichols
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Like a Beacon by Grace Nichols
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Like a Beacon
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January 10, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Poem of the Week January 10th
Like a Beacon by Grace Nichols
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Like a Beacon by Grace Nichols
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Poems on the Underground on Radio 4 Tuesday 6th January at 4pm
On January 6th BBC Radio 4 is broadcasting a documentary to mark the 40th anniversary of Poems on the Underground
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Listen live on 6th January at 4pm on BBC Radio 4
On January 6th BBC Radio 4 is broadcasting a documentary to mark the 40th anniversary of Poems on the Underground
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Listen live on 6th January at 4pm on BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 - Artworks, Poems on the Underground
A programme to mark the 40th anniversary of London's Poems on the Underground scheme.
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January 5, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Poems on the Underground on Radio 4 Tuesday 6th January at 4pm
On January 6th BBC Radio 4 is broadcasting a documentary to mark the 40th anniversary of Poems on the Underground
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Listen live on 6th January at 4pm on BBC Radio 4
On January 6th BBC Radio 4 is broadcasting a documentary to mark the 40th anniversary of Poems on the Underground
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Listen live on 6th January at 4pm on BBC Radio 4
January 2026 Celebrating 40 Years of Poems on the Underground 1986-2026
This month our website features poems from the first year of Poems on the Underground
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Poem of the Week January 1st Up in the Morning Early by Robert Burns
This month our website features poems from the first year of Poems on the Underground
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Poem of the Week January 1st Up in the Morning Early by Robert Burns
This Month’s Poems
Poems on the Underground started life in January 1986 as an experiment by three friends, the writer Judith Chernaik and the poets Cicely Herbert and Gerard Benson. They persuaded London Underground…
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January 2, 2026 at 2:37 PM
January 2026 Celebrating 40 Years of Poems on the Underground 1986-2026
This month our website features poems from the first year of Poems on the Underground
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Poem of the Week January 1st Up in the Morning Early by Robert Burns
This month our website features poems from the first year of Poems on the Underground
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Poem of the Week January 1st Up in the Morning Early by Robert Burns
Poem of the Week: from Piers Plowman by William Langland poemsontheunderground.org/from-piers-p...
from Piers Plowman
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December 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Poem of the Week: from Piers Plowman by William Langland poemsontheunderground.org/from-piers-p...
Poem of the Week: Now Winter Nights Enlarge by Thomas Campion poemsontheunderground.org/now-winter-n...
Now Winter Nights Enlarge
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December 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Poem of the Week: Now Winter Nights Enlarge by Thomas Campion poemsontheunderground.org/now-winter-n...
Poem of the Week December 13th: Inversnaid by Gerard Manley Hopkins poemsontheunderground.org/inversnaid
Inversnaid
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December 13, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Poem of the Week December 13th: Inversnaid by Gerard Manley Hopkins poemsontheunderground.org/inversnaid
Poem of the Week: William at four days old by Jack Underwood poemsontheunderground.org/william-at-f...
William at four days old
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November 29, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Poem of the Week: William at four days old by Jack Underwood poemsontheunderground.org/william-at-f...
Poem of the Week November 22nd Overcrowding by Katalin Szlukovényi translated by George Szirtes poemsontheunderground.org/overcrowding-2
Overcrowding
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November 22, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Poem of the Week November 22nd Overcrowding by Katalin Szlukovényi translated by George Szirtes poemsontheunderground.org/overcrowding-2
Poem of the Week November 15th I Take into My Arms More Than I Can Bear To Hold by Janet Frame poemsontheunderground.org/i-take-into-...
I Take into My Arms More Than I Can Bear To Hold by Janet Frame
Copyright © Janet Frame 2006
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November 16, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Poem of the Week November 15th I Take into My Arms More Than I Can Bear To Hold by Janet Frame poemsontheunderground.org/i-take-into-...
Poem of the Week Everyone Sang by Siegfried Sassoon poemsontheunderground.org/everyone-san...
Everyone Sang
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November 9, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Poem of the Week Everyone Sang by Siegfried Sassoon poemsontheunderground.org/everyone-san...
yes- it's not back on the trains, but you can listen on our website poemsontheunderground.org/this-months-...
This Month’s Poems
Days of November 2009 read by Sheenagh Pugh This month we feature our new Autumn Poems on the Underground which will be on London Underground and Overground trains through November. To mark Armisti…
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November 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
yes- it's not back on the trains, but you can listen on our website poemsontheunderground.org/this-months-...
Poems on the Underground Celebrating Black History Month
Poem of the Week October 25th won't you celebrate with me by Lucille Clifton poemsontheunderground.org/wont-you-cel...
Look out for this with our New Autumn Poems on the Underground on London Overground and Underground carriages now
Poem of the Week October 25th won't you celebrate with me by Lucille Clifton poemsontheunderground.org/wont-you-cel...
Look out for this with our New Autumn Poems on the Underground on London Overground and Underground carriages now
won’t you celebrate with me
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October 25, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Poems on the Underground Celebrating Black History Month
Poem of the Week October 25th won't you celebrate with me by Lucille Clifton poemsontheunderground.org/wont-you-cel...
Look out for this with our New Autumn Poems on the Underground on London Overground and Underground carriages now
Poem of the Week October 25th won't you celebrate with me by Lucille Clifton poemsontheunderground.org/wont-you-cel...
Look out for this with our New Autumn Poems on the Underground on London Overground and Underground carriages now
Days of November 2009 by Sheenagh Pugh
Look out for this with the other new Autumn Poems on the Underground on London Underground and Overground trains now! poemsontheunderground.org/days-of-nove...
Look out for this with the other new Autumn Poems on the Underground on London Underground and Overground trains now! poemsontheunderground.org/days-of-nove...
Days of November 2009
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October 22, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Days of November 2009 by Sheenagh Pugh
Look out for this with the other new Autumn Poems on the Underground on London Underground and Overground trains now! poemsontheunderground.org/days-of-nove...
Look out for this with the other new Autumn Poems on the Underground on London Underground and Overground trains now! poemsontheunderground.org/days-of-nove...
New Poems on the Underground Autumn 2025
The Autumn Poems on the Underground go live on London Underground and Overground trains for 4 weeks from 20th October. poemsontheunderground.org/new-poems-on... Epitaph on a Tyrant by W H Auden
The Autumn Poems on the Underground go live on London Underground and Overground trains for 4 weeks from 20th October. poemsontheunderground.org/new-poems-on... Epitaph on a Tyrant by W H Auden
New Poems on the Underground Autumn 2025
The Autumn Poems on the Underground go live on London Underground and Overground trains for 4 weeks from 20th October. The six poems with themes of memory across different times and places include …
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October 21, 2025 at 8:42 AM
New Poems on the Underground Autumn 2025
The Autumn Poems on the Underground go live on London Underground and Overground trains for 4 weeks from 20th October. poemsontheunderground.org/new-poems-on... Epitaph on a Tyrant by W H Auden
The Autumn Poems on the Underground go live on London Underground and Overground trains for 4 weeks from 20th October. poemsontheunderground.org/new-poems-on... Epitaph on a Tyrant by W H Auden
Poems on the Underground Celebrating Black History Month October 2025
Poem of the Week October 18th: Benediction by James Berry poemsontheunderground.org/benediction
Poem of the Week October 18th: Benediction by James Berry poemsontheunderground.org/benediction
Benediction
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October 18, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Poems on the Underground Celebrating Black History Month October 2025
Poem of the Week October 18th: Benediction by James Berry poemsontheunderground.org/benediction
Poem of the Week October 18th: Benediction by James Berry poemsontheunderground.org/benediction
Poems on the Underground Celebrating Black History Month
Poem of the Week October 11th: We Refugees by Benjamin Zephaniah
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Poem of the Week October 11th: We Refugees by Benjamin Zephaniah
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We Refugees
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October 11, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Poems on the Underground Celebrating Black History Month
Poem of the Week October 11th: We Refugees by Benjamin Zephaniah
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Poem of the Week October 11th: We Refugees by Benjamin Zephaniah
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RIP Tony Harrison
The great Northern poet, playwright and translator Tony Harrison died on September 26th, 2025. aged 88.
Poems on the Underground Poem of the Week October 4th
Loving the Rituals by Palladas translated by Tony Harrison
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The great Northern poet, playwright and translator Tony Harrison died on September 26th, 2025. aged 88.
Poems on the Underground Poem of the Week October 4th
Loving the Rituals by Palladas translated by Tony Harrison
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Loving the Rituals
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October 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
RIP Tony Harrison
The great Northern poet, playwright and translator Tony Harrison died on September 26th, 2025. aged 88.
Poems on the Underground Poem of the Week October 4th
Loving the Rituals by Palladas translated by Tony Harrison
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The great Northern poet, playwright and translator Tony Harrison died on September 26th, 2025. aged 88.
Poems on the Underground Poem of the Week October 4th
Loving the Rituals by Palladas translated by Tony Harrison
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