The Dragon Book of Verse

by Michael Harrison (Editor), Christopher Stuart-Clark (Editor)

An anthology of verse which provides coverage of eight topics: childhood; creatures; landscapes; seascapes; people; mystery; war; reflections. Includes poems by Shakespeare, Lawrence and Emily Dickinson, accompanied by black and white illustrations.

Genres: Poetry, Childrens

263 pages, Paperback

First published July 14, 1977

About the author

Michael Harrison has written four teenage novels and has edited many highly-acclaimed poetry anthologies.

Reviews

[Syed Waqar Bukhari · Rating 4 out of 5]

Most of the poems in it are familiar to me but overall it is an excellent anthology.

[Scott Langston · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not really a review. Found some familiar poems in this collection, but discovered so much more. A good place to start...

[Rayyan Misbah]

My course book, finally found it

[Shion Aoki · Rating 4 out of 5]

great anthology

[Preston · Rating 3 out of 5]

***Read for English literature class***

[Chris Fordham · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some truly great poems in this collection, a few personal favourites appear alongside a scattering of more obscure but intriguing verse. My copy has travelled as an ex library book from a language college in Saudi Arabia back to a market stall the UK - I like a book that's lived.

[Beccy · Rating 3 out of 5]

True rating; 3.25 stars

I generally don't read poetry because a lot of what may be considered 'good poetry' I generally don't like. This collection had some I didn't like at all, some I thought were okay, and some I really liked, so I evened it out to an average rating.

Poems I do like are lyrical, with clear subject matter and rhymes. John Betjeman wrote a postscript for this collection, and he sums my tastes pretty well;

"Different people like different sorts of poetry. I like the kind that rhymes and has rhythm and is good to say out loud and easy to remember."

[Olivia · Rating 4 out of 5]

There are few reasons why I gave this book 4 stars and these are original poems like: "We are going to see the rabbit", "Not waving but drowning" and "7 ways to kill a man" but you don't have to necessarily buy the book, just research them on the web, they are worth it.