Poems on the Underground (Penguin, 2015) contains over 200 poems featured on the Tube and is available from the London Transport Museum shop and all good bookshops. The first series of poems for 2025 is now on trains.

The Poems on the Underground collection has been catalogued and is available for consultation at Cambridge University Library by anyone interested in seeing it. Our first set of Poems on the Underground in 2024 goes live on London Underground and Overground cars from 26 February throughout March.

Find your favourite poem of the day in our poetry archive.

This Month’s Poems. Look out for the new set of Poems on the Underground on London Underground and Overground trains through March. The poems share common themes as they celebrate new life and the renewal of nature as spring returns.

Poems are selected by Judith Chernaik, Imtiaz Dharker, and George Szirtes. The posters are designed by Tom Davidson, and the project is generously supported by London Underground (TfL), Arts Council England and the British Council.

If you missed the poem of the day during your travels, find it here.

Feb 26, 2024 · Poems on the Underground is supported by TfL, Arts Council England and The British Council. The original posters from 1986 onwards can be accessed at: www.poemsontheunderground.org Some of the archive collection pictured in situ at Cambridge University Library.

some of the poems which have entertained London Underground travellers for the past 35 years. The poems gathered here offer consolation for our troubles and promise a brighter future, as they celebrate London and its amazing transport system, past and present. We are grateful to TfL, Arts Council England and

Jan 22, 2016 · It's 30 years since Poems on the Underground started. In that time over 500 poems — written by the famous to the relatively obscure — have been published above commuter's head, and next to ads ...

Transport for London (TfL) is today marking 30 years of Poems on the Underground. The celebrated public arts programme has shared over 500 poems with the travelling public since it was established, highlighting classical, contemporary and international work by poets famous and relatively unknown over the years.