Lachlan Mackinnon evokes the power of music to strengthen faith, in the last of Carol Ann Duffy’s comforting picks from her poetry bookshelves

In this haunting work chosen by Carol Ann Duffy, the phases of the visiting moon trigger strange desires and inexplicable feelings in Ella Frears’ narrator

In this week’s poetry choice by Carol Ann Duffy, a daughter uses a bathroom light to communicate with her mother 50 floors below and half a city away

The Roller in the Woods by Kit Wright is this week’s choice, as Carol Ann Duffy continues her series of poems chosen from her shelves to comfort us in isolation

Imtiaz Dharker reflects on her heritage to evoke sensuous delight … and longing. Our latest poem picked by Carol Ann Duffy from her bookshelves to comfort us in isolation

Poems chosen from Carol Ann Duffy’s shelves to comfort and inspire us in isolation. Here, America’s favourite poet travels back before the start of civilisation

In the second of a series in which the former poet laureate picks poems from her shelves to comfort and inspire us in isolation, Carol Ann Duffy introduces a gentle study by Colette Bryce of isolated souls

The poet starts a new series, picking poems from her shelves to comfort and inspire us in isolation. Here she introduces a work that celebrates the sounds and smells of libraries