The Guardian Bookshop makes over 180,000 books available with up to 40% discount, as well as highlighting some of our favourite publications in each genre.
Find out more.
A glorious collection of some of the most emotive and memorable lyric poems ever written in English. Praised for his own love poetry, Fenton has gathered together verse ranging from the 16th century to the present day. It contains a mix of classics and popular favourites, as well as blues lyrics, American folk poetry, Elizabethan lyrics and Broadway songs. A fantastic anthology for Valentine's Day. 'Reading it is delightful: like music playing in your head' Andrew O'Hagan
Synopsis
Contains a mix of classics and popular favourites, as well as blues lyrics, American folk poetry, Elizabethan lyrics and Broadway songs. This book includes poems by men about women, women about men, men about men and women about women.
