A dazzling selection of love poems from the Poet Laureate
Whether writing of longing or adultery, romance or seduction, Carol Ann Duffy
captures the truth of what it means to love, to be in love, and to be loved in
return -- and, sometimes, of what it means when love ends. Her poetry speaks of
tangled, heated passion; of declarations, arguments and jealousies; of love both
requited and unrequited, both fierce and tender. As with all her writing, these
poems are alive to the sounds of modern life, but also attuned to – and rich
with – the traditions of love poetry.