On 26 September 2009 ‘Poems on the Underground’ was displayed in the City Library Brakja Miladinovci. On the occasion of the cultural event ‘Beli nokji’ and the opening of the British corner in the City Library, 16 ‘Poems on the Underground’ posters were exhibited in the library hall.
Poems on the Underground was launched in 1986. The programme was the brainchild of American writer Judith Chernaik, whose aim was to bring poetry to the wide ranging audience of passengers on the Underground. Judith Chernaik, together with poets Cicely Herbert and Gerard Benson, continue to select poems for inclusion in the programme.
Contemporary and historical poems are included as the programme aims to give a wide variety of choice and style. Works from established and emerging poets from around the world are used.
New sets of poems generally appear three times each year and six poems are displayed in advertising spaces within tube carriages across London. Readers who sample the poems on their way to work often want to read more.
London Underground sponsors the programme by donating the space, and helping with the cost of design and production. Sponsorship is also received from The British Council, London Arts, The Poetry Society and The Arts Council of England. The British Council has supported Poems on the Underground since its inception in 1986.
Poems on the Underground has been the inspiration for similar programmes around the world: in Dublin (on the DART suburban railway) and in Adelaide, Melbourne, New York, Paris, Stuttgart, Sydney, Barcelona, Athens, Moscow, St Petersburg and most recently Shanghai. The UK Poems on the Underground have been displayed in the subway systems of Helsinki, Oslo, Stockholm and Vienna. Themes have included European Poetry, Young Poems on the Underground, Commonwealth Poetry, Chinese Poetry, African Poetry and 1,000 Years of Poetry.
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