Essential Poems (To Fall in Love With)

In the first episode Daisy Goodwin explores poetry for the first days of meeting someone, never losing hope that you can find someone you can truly love.

This episode concentrates on the physical manifestations of love.

Domestic bliss as perceived by poetry including parenthood, coping with in-laws and differences between the sexes.

Poems which deal with the pain of falling out of love.

This episode is about the power of enduring love, the long term relationship through to the death of a loved one.

A selection of Christmas poetry.