A sexy, witty and moving look at the ways in which we love.Carol Ann Duffy has selected 36 of the best world poets writing today and invited each of them to select a love poem written by the opposite sex which will appear opposite their own love poem. The poets have been encouraged to look to other centuries for their choice as well as to our own time. Simon Armitage, Hugo Williams, Billy Collins, Jackie Kay, Don Paterson, Jo Shapcott sit alongside Stevie Smith, Seamus Heaney, Elizabeth Bishop, John Donne.This is a wonderful, heart-warming collection for every day of the year...

Author Biography

Carol Ann Duffy was born in Glasgow in 1955. She grew up in Stafford and attended the University of Liverpool. She has received many awards for her collections including both the Forward and the Whitbread. Her last collection, "The World's Wife" was in the top 5 bestselling poetry titles in the year of publication. She lives in Manchester where she lectures on poetry for the Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University.