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Discover Our Local Poets

Did you know that Tower Hamlets in rich in poetic history? It has seen resident poets and other poets that write poetry about Tower Hamlets and even resident poets that write poetry about Tower Hamlets!

Discover these poets and poems with the following selection. There are many more poets and poems that you can go and see at our Local Studies Library and Archives.

Bernard Kops

Ebenezer C. Knowles

Lilian Bowes Lyon

C. C. Martindale