By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University)
In previous selections of the best colour poems, we’ve offered a colourful range of poems including classic verse about the colour green, poems about all things yellow, all things red, all things blue, all things black, and all things white. But what about that most prized colour of all: gold? Gold can signify a whole range of things to poets, from wealth to beauty to all manner of things precious and rare. Below, we introduce ten solid gold poems.