Poems celebrating the capital’s diversity are to be featured on the Underground to show that “London is open to the world”.

Transport for London (TfL) today launched a set of six Poems on the Underground to be displayed in tube carriages across the capital.

All of the poems are set in London but celebrate voices and cultures from Europe and Asia to the Caribbean, as well as the UK.

The six poems were chosen to further the London Is Open campaign, launched by Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, in the wake of Britain’s decision to vote Leave in this summer’s in-out EU referendum.

The poems featured are:

• Chilling Out Beside the Thames by John Agard

• No. 3 from Uses for the Thames by Jane Draycott

• An extract from Autumn Journal by Louis MacNeice

• Our Town with the Whole of India by Daljit Nagra

• London Fields by Michael Rosen

• A Trojan Horse in Trafalgar Square by George Szirtes

Eleanor Pinfield, Head of Art on the Underground, said: “Poems on the Underground consistently brings an exciting range of poetry to London.

“Through the diverse voices of this selection, we show millions of people that London is open – to creativity, to internationalism, to the world.”

Poems on the Underground, founded in 1986, aims to bring poetry to a wider audience, by showcasing workd on tube carriages across London.

Judith Chernaik, writer, editor and founder of Poems on the Underground, said: “We are delighted to support the Mayor’s campaign with a set of Tube poems celebrating the wonderful diversity of London’s people and places, all included in a leaflet of London Poems on the Underground free to the public at Tube stations and public libraries.”

For more information about Poems on the Underground, visit http://www.tfl.gov.uk/poems