The Oxford treasury of time poems

This is a collection for the millennium on the theme of time.

The book takes a wide-ranging look at time, including the beginning of the world; the present and the future; being born; having birthdays; and growing old.

There are humorous poems and sad poems, old and new poems, familiar and less well-known ones, all included to reflect and illuminate time.

The poets include Ted Hughes, Michael Rosen, and Seamus Heaney; Tennyson, Auden, and Shakespeare.