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.
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...
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
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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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We have a new collection of Poems on our website for October
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We are delighted to mark Black History Month with a selection of poems by Black poets with close links to the UK, Europe, the United States, Canada, the Caribbean and Africa.
Free by Merle Collins
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We are delighted to mark Black History Month with a selection of poems by Black poets with close links to the UK, Europe, the United States, Canada, the Caribbean and Africa.
Free by Merle Collins
October 2025
Free written and read by Merle Collins We are delighted to mark Black History Month with a selection of poems by Black poets with close links to the UK, Europe, the United States, Canada, the Carib…
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October 1, 2025 at 10:25 AM
We have a new collection of Poems on our website for October
poemsontheunderground.org/october-2025
We are delighted to mark Black History Month with a selection of poems by Black poets with close links to the UK, Europe, the United States, Canada, the Caribbean and Africa.
Free by Merle Collins
poemsontheunderground.org/october-2025
We are delighted to mark Black History Month with a selection of poems by Black poets with close links to the UK, Europe, the United States, Canada, the Caribbean and Africa.
Free by Merle Collins
Poems on the Underground Poem of the Week September 27th
from To Autumn by John Keats
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from To Autumn by John Keats
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from To Autumn
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September 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Poems on the Underground Poem of the Week September 27th
from To Autumn by John Keats
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from To Autumn by John Keats
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Poems on the Underground Poem of the Week September 20th
from Ode to the West Wind by Percy Bysshe Shelley
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from Ode to the West Wind by Percy Bysshe Shelley
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from Ode to the West Wind
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September 20, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Poems on the Underground Poem of the Week September 20th
from Ode to the West Wind by Percy Bysshe Shelley
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from Ode to the West Wind by Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Poems on the Underground Poem of the Week September 13th
For the Life of This Planet by Grace Nichols
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For the Life of This Planet by Grace Nichols
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For the Life of This Planet
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September 13, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Poems on the Underground Poem of the Week September 13th
For the Life of This Planet by Grace Nichols
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For the Life of This Planet by Grace Nichols
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Poems on the Underground Poem of the Week September 6th
from Autumn Journal by Louis MacNeice
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from Autumn Journal by Louis MacNeice
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from Autumn Journal
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September 6, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Poems on the Underground Poem of the Week September 6th
from Autumn Journal by Louis MacNeice
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from Autumn Journal by Louis MacNeice
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Poems on the Underground Poem of the Week August 30th
Buses on the Strand by R P Lister
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Buses on the Strand by R P Lister
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Buses on the Strand
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August 30, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Poems on the Underground Poem of the Week August 30th
Buses on the Strand by R P Lister
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Buses on the Strand by R P Lister
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Poems on the Underground Poem of the Week August 23rd
Midsummer, Tobago by Derek Walcott
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Midsummer, Tobago by Derek Walcott
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Midsummer, Tobago
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August 23, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Poems on the Underground Poem of the Week August 23rd
Midsummer, Tobago by Derek Walcott
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Midsummer, Tobago by Derek Walcott
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Poem of the Day: Proud Songsters by Thomas Hardy poemsontheunderground.org/proud-songst...
Proud Songsters
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August 22, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Poem of the Day: Proud Songsters by Thomas Hardy poemsontheunderground.org/proud-songst...
Poem of the Day: Song by George Peele poemsontheunderground.org/song-3
Song
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August 21, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Poem of the Day: Song by George Peele poemsontheunderground.org/song-3
Poem of the Day: Under the Greenwood Tree by William Shakespeare poemsontheunderground.org/under-the-gr...
Under the Greenwood Tree
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August 20, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Poem of the Day: Under the Greenwood Tree by William Shakespeare poemsontheunderground.org/under-the-gr...
Poem of the Day: Late Summer Fires by Les Murray poemsontheunderground.org/late-summer-...
Late Summer Fires
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August 19, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Poem of the Day: Late Summer Fires by Les Murray poemsontheunderground.org/late-summer-...
Poem of the Day: In the Heart of Hackney by Sebastian Barker poemsontheunderground.org/in-the-heart...
In the Heart of Hackney
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August 18, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Poem of the Day: In the Heart of Hackney by Sebastian Barker poemsontheunderground.org/in-the-heart...
Poem of the Day: Everything Changes by Cicely Herbert poemsontheunderground.org/everything-c...
Everything Changes
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August 17, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Poem of the Day: Everything Changes by Cicely Herbert poemsontheunderground.org/everything-c...
Poems on the Underground Poem of the Week August 16th
The Morning After (August 1945) by Tony Harrison
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The Morning After (August 1945) by Tony Harrison
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The Morning After (August 1945)
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August 16, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Poems on the Underground Poem of the Week August 16th
The Morning After (August 1945) by Tony Harrison
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The Morning After (August 1945) by Tony Harrison
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Poem of the Day: August 1914 by Isaac Rosenberg poemsontheunderground.org/august-1914
August 1914
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August 15, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Poem of the Day: August 1914 by Isaac Rosenberg poemsontheunderground.org/august-1914
Poem of the Day: The Very Leaves of the Acacia Tree Are London by Kathleen Raine poemsontheunderground.org/the-very-lea...
The Very Leaves of the Acacia-Tree are London
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August 14, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Poem of the Day: The Very Leaves of the Acacia Tree Are London by Kathleen Raine poemsontheunderground.org/the-very-lea...