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This is a collection for the millennium on the theme of time. The book takes a wide-ranging look at time, including the beginning of the world; the present and the future; being born; having birthdays; and growing old. There are humorous poems and sad poems, old and new poems, familiar and less well-known ones, all included to reflect and illuminate time. The poets include Ted Hughes, Michael Rosen, and Seamus Heaney; Tennyson, Auden, and Shakespeare.