The Picador Book of Love Poems

by John Stammers

A dazzling anthology of classic and contemporary love poems selected by an award-winning poet.

Genres: Poetry

192 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 6, 2011

Reviews

[Katie K · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just finished high school and with an array of pending books to read, including this book of love poems, I have a new appreciation for literature.

I didn't have to pick apart these poems, stanza by stanza, or have to analyze each and every word. I recognized a few sonnets that I studied in high school (Elizabeth Barrett Browning, William Shakespeare) and now reading them in my own leisure was much more enjoyable.

That's the beauty of literature; when you're expected to read a given text at school, you're most likely going to hate it. Yet picking up a book - without the stress of writing about it in an exam- is probably the best feeling.

This is the kind of book that you can read whilst listening to classical music on a summers day :) It's not usually my kind of read but hey, books from the library are free and I liked reading this one :)

[claudia v · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good collection of poems

[Nightshade · Rating 3 out of 5]

Can we please stop including "To His Coy Mistress" in every poetry collection......

[Jennefer Lee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Includes some of my favourite poems on the subject.

[Jon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good selection of poems. Interesting arrangement with one poem from the canon then a more modern poem that responds in some way to the canonical poem.

Would recommend to poetry peeps.