The Art of Angling: Poems About Fishing

A perfect gift for Father’s Day— a plentiful catch of poems from around the world and through the ages on every aspect of the beloved sport.

Fishing has inspired a wealth of poetry—from Tang dynasty meditations and Japanese haiku to medieval rhymes and verse by Shakespeare, Wordsworth, and Byron. Modern masterpieces abound as well, by the likes of W. B. Yeats, D. H. Lawrence, Elizabeth Bishop, Ted Hughes, Robert Lowell, Raymond Carver, Mary Oliver, Margaret Atwood, Seamus Heaney, and Billy Collins. With its diverse array of poems, The Art of Angling is sure to lure anglers and lovers of poetry alike.