Space - Royal Observatory Greenwich Poetry Book

A stellar collection of poems about space celebrating the 350th anniversary of the Royal Observatory Greenwich. Filled with classic and brand-new poems from Homer, Shakespeare, William Wordsworth and Walt Whitman right up to the present day with Nikita Gill, Brian Patten, Nicola Davies, Dom Conlon and David Harmer. These poets have been looking to the stars and writing about space, astronomy and astronomers, our constantly evolving understanding of the universe, planets, stars and space phenomena. Illustrated with images from the Royal Observatory Greenwich collection.