The Twelve Poems of Christmas (Volume Eight)

Published on Monday 19 September 2016

We’re delighted to be adding to our previous seven volumes of poems for Christmas selected by the Poet Laureate; this eighth title in the series again brings in the season in true Candlestick fashion.

In a year of considerable and unexpected turbulence, this selection of twelve Christmas poems shines like the splendid, hopeful beacon of the opening poem, John Keats’ ‘Bright Star!’. With three new poems, including an extraordinary new poem by Carol Ann Duffy herself, the musicality of the selection keeps breaking out. From a lullaby to a new baby to bells chiming the New Year and pipers welcoming it in, poetry ‘goes on rising to the challenge of singing above the chaos.’

This year we’re making a donation to UNICEF www.unicef.org.uk from sales of our Christmas pamphlet. But all of our previous Christmas pamphlets are still available to buy too, so if you’d like to collect the set, you’ll be supporting all of our other Christmas charities with every title you buy.