Poems on the Underground

Poems on the Underground

The Poetry Society and Poems on the Underground join forces to promote one of Britain's most successful public art projects.

21st Anniversary Year

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Current posters

Series #70

  • John Milton, Song from Comus
  • John Milton, The Expulsion from Eden  
  • William Wordsworth, Lines from The Prelude
  • Elizabeth Smart, A Musical Note
  • John Hegley, Into Rail
  • Frances Leviston, Industrial

Poems are selected by writer Judith Chernaik and poets Gerard Benson and Cicely Herbert. Posters are designed by Tom Davidson.

The tube display is generously funded by London Underground; the programme receives additional support from London Arts and the British Council, with support for Young Poets on the Underground from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.

See also: www.thetube.com for a poetry archive of daily Poems on the Underground - "Every day: something new from Poems on the Underground".