Just say ‘remember, remember the 5th of November’ and a dark night filled with fireworks and bonfires springs instantly to mind – proof, if any were needed, of poetry’s power to set fireworks crackling in our own heads. Through sound, rhythm, story, surprise and joke, that’s exactly what this wonderful anthology sets out to do, bringing together poems by writers as diverse as Spike Milligan and Louis MacNeice, Stevie Smith and John Lennon, Jo Shapcott and Lewis Carroll, curated by Michael Morpurgo. Some of these poems, once read, beg to be learned by heart; none will be easily forgotten. A cornerstone for a lifetime’s enjoyment of poetry.
ISBN 13: 9780571303113
Author: Michael Morpurgo
