Underground, Poems on the

Underground, Poems on the,
a scheme launched in Jan. 1986 to display poster-poems on the London Underground, on the initiative of American-born London-based novelist Judith Chernaik , and supported by London Transport, the Arts Council , and other bodies. Short poems, including some newly commissioned translations, are selected by Chernaik and poets Cicely Herbert and Gerard Benson , and displayed for a limited period: they are sold to the public both in poster and volume form.