The Poem and the Journey: And Sixty Poems to Read Along the Way

Ruth Padel is an award-winning poet who has also become renowned as an energetic, generous and thought-provoking guide to reading poetry.

Her 52 Ways of Looking at a Poem, with its lively overview of contemporary writing and eye-opening readings of individual poems, is indispensable for anyone who writes poetry, teaches it, or simply wants to enjoy it.

In her new book, she uses sixty poems by some of our finest poets to look at the idea of the journey, through literature and through life.