Yes, we do a mean line in street style, fashion edits and punchy features. But were partial to a bit of poetry too more than a bit, actually, if the emails zipping through the inboxes of ELLE HQ in celebration of National Poetry Day this morning were anything to go by.
From the high-brow to the heartbreaking to the downright hilarious, here are the picks Team ELLE wanted to share with each other and, by extension, you.
Enjoy.
Tom Hiddleston reads Shakepeare for National Poetry Day
TEAM ELLE'S FAVOURITE POEMS
the lesson of the moth, by archy (Don Marquis)
Meribeth Parker, Group Publishing Director
Suzanne Sykes, Creative Director
She Walks In Beauty, by Lord Byron
Anne-Marie Curtis, Fashion Director
Susan Ward Davies, Travel and Lifestyle Director
Kirsty Dale, Executive Fashion Director
Rhiannon Thomas, Group Creative Solutions Director
The Cremation of Sam McGee, by Robert W. Service
Miette L. Johnson, Art Director
Christina Simone, Workflow Director
Aoibheann Foley, Marketing Manager
Alexandra Annunziato, Brand Marketing Executive
Fern Ross, Chief Sub-Editor/Production Editor
Debbie Morgan, Editorial Business Manager
Natalie-Wansbrough-Jones, Senior Fashion Editor
Lisa Rahman, Deputy Art Director
This Be The Verse, by Philip Larkin
Hannah Swerling, Commissioning Editor
Leisa Barnett, News and Social Media Editor
Leo Goddard, Creative Solutions Art Editor
Patricia Campbell, Commerical Editor
Kari Wilkin, Acting Deputy Chief Sub-Editor
Shannon Hollis, Digital Account Manager
Lucy Johnston, Picture Assistant
Nahema Puget, Special Projects - Fashion
Sonnet 116, by William Shakespeare
Diana Gavrilina, Picture Intern