A short book that includes complete poems or shorter extracts from 100 poets, from Sappho and Homer to Seamus Heaney and Maya Angelou. It’s the perfect companion to John Carey’s A Little History of Poetry. Each poet’s entry comes with a few paragraphs of detail to help contextualise the work, and the briefness of the entries makes the book readable and accessible, rather than dense and intimidating, and it’s perfect for dipping in and out of.

100 Posts by John Carey

I've just read this book cover to cover. This is a wonderful poetry book that takes you from poetry from BC to modern day. I liked that it gave each poet a mini biography.
It will be one that you'll want to keep on your bookcase to re-read many times over.