A selection of Brian Patten's best work over the last forty-five years, chosen by the poet himself. The earliest of these poems, 'Sleep Now', was written when Patten was fifteen, the latest when he was sixty. Presented in rough chronological order, the selection includes a dozen new poems.

Collect the series; Carol Ann Duffy, James Fenton, Sophie Hannah, Tony Harrison, Geoffrey Hill, Derek Mahon, Roger McGough, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Brian Patten and Michael Rosen.