World Poetry

May 2020

“Poetry lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world, and makes familiar objects be as if they were not familiar”

Percy Shelly

This month looks at World Poetry, and we’ve chosen some of our favourite poems from around the world to help you to escape the lockdown without leaving your home. Thanks to technology, you literally have access to the world of poetry from the safety and comfort of your own home.

World Poetry Map

Poems

  1. United Stated - Sylvia Plaith

  2. Mexico - Octavio Paz

  3. Cuba - Mark Weiss

  4. Chile - Pablo Neruda

  5. Ireland - Oscar Wilde

  6. United Kingdom - D.H. Lawrence

  7. United Kingdom - Carol Ann Duffy

  8. United Kingdom

Additional Resources

We have provided some additional resources, such as collections of poems that are availble as eBooks :

The Princeton Handbook of World Poetry

The Poetry Archives

Poetry Daily

The Poetry Society