All the poems presently available in hard copy can also be downloaded here. Go to the menu on the left of this text and click on the different collection titles. You will then see onscreen three examples from each collection (click on each one to enlarge it as necessary). The complete collection can be downloaded as a folder. Since the Summer of 2010, each poem can also be viewed and downloaded individually. Just scroll down the contents list in each case and you will see the pdf of each individual poem to the right of its title and author. Click on this and the poem will open up for you. We have only just added this facility (end of September 2010) and are experiencing a few teething problems. We have identified them and will have corrected them very soon).
We have allowed ourselves this opportunity to retrieve a few poems from earlier print-runs as well. In hard copy we were unable to continue printing them for reasons of cost, but here we can return them to the total. A couple are in the commissioned collection ("Poems for...waiting") but most will be added to the collection we've called "Poems for...all Ages."
Some of the poems featured here are out of copyright and for others (the commissioned ones) this project itself holds the copyright. However, please note that many of the poems have required and obtained copyright permission from publisher, the poet's estate, or relative, or from the poet him or herself. That permission has been given on condition we acknowledge on each poster the poem's source - and we display the poem-poster free of charge and not for material gain. In making the poems available online we are passing on that condition to all who download them. That is partly why we have asked you to register, since the process requires you to tick the "agreement" box. The other reason we ask you to register is that it allows us to keep track of where the poems are going, and stay in touch with you for any suggestions you have or feed-back you can give us.
There are three main collections available here : "Poems for... Waiting, All Ages and One World."
Besides these three, we have also included collections which were put together following particular events in the UK to which we contributed. "Poems for... Young Lives" followed a day in Medway in July 2009 in which several schools came together to celebrate diversity. A short video was made of the day and if you click to open the "Young Lives" page you will be able to view the video there as well. We shall be taking part in a similar day in Medway in January 2011.
"Poemsfor ... Change-making" followed a poetry workshop for mental health Occupational Therapists working in central London. It took place in the late Autumn of 2009.
