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Poet portraits

Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heaney
Sean O'Connor, via Wikimedia Commons
CC-BY-SACommons
W.B. Yeats
W.B. Yeats
George Charles Beresford (1911)
Public domainCommons
Patrick Kavanagh
Patrick Kavanagh
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
No restrictionsCommons
Elizabeth Bishop
Elizabeth Bishop
Vassar College yearbook (1934)
Public domainCommons
Tracy K. Smith
Tracy K. Smith
Library of Congress, via Wikimedia Commons
CC-BY-SACommons
Derek Mahon
Derek Mahon
Goga312, via Wikimedia Commons
CC-BY-SACommons
John Donne
John Donne
Isaac Oliver (c. 1616)
Public domainCommons
T.S. Eliot
T.S. Eliot
Lady Ottoline Morrell (1934)
Public domainCommons
Adrienne Rich
Adrienne Rich
Robert Giard, via Wikimedia Commons
CC-BY-SACommons
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson
Only authenticated photograph of Emily Dickinson (c. 1846-7)
Public domainCommons
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Gerard Manley Hopkins (c. 1880s)
Public domainCommons
Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath
Public domainCommons
Gwendolyn Brooks
Gwendolyn Brooks
ACME Telephoto, 1950
Public domainCommons
Carol Ann Duffy
Carol Ann Duffy
Walnut Whippet, via Wikimedia Commons
CC-BY-SACommons
Sinéad Morrissey
Sinéad Morrissey
Durham Book Festival, via Wikimedia Commons
CC-BY-SACommons
Paul Muldoon
Paul Muldoon
Tepoztlán Literary Festival 2018, via Wikimedia Commons
CC-BY-SACommons
Edwin Arlington Robinson
Edwin Arlington Robinson
Edwin Arlington Robinson (c. 1925)
Public domainCommons
Tim Seibles
Tim Seibles
AWP Conference 2026, via Wikimedia Commons
CC-BY-SACommons
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
John Taylor, the Chandos portrait (c. 1610)
Public domainCommons
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Alfred Clint (1819)
Public domainCommons
Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou
U.S. Government photo, Clinton inauguration (1993)
Public domainCommons
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, mid-19th century
Public domainCommons
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1795)
Public domainCommons
Rita Dove
Rita Dove
Gage Skidmore, via Wikimedia Commons
CC-BY-SACommons
Nikki Giovanni
Nikki Giovanni
Nikki Giovanni, via Wikimedia Commons
CC-BY-SACommons
Ted Hughes
Ted Hughes
Layle Silbert (1977)
Public domainCommons
Wisława Szymborska
Wisława Szymborska
Wisława Szymborska (2009), via Wikimedia Commons
CC-BY-SACommons
William Carlos Williams
William Carlos Williams
Man Ray (1922)
Public domainCommons
Benjamin Zephaniah
Benjamin Zephaniah
Benjamin Zephaniah (2018), via Wikimedia Commons
CC-BY-SACommons
Linda France
Linda France
summonedbyfells, via Wikimedia Commons
CC-BYCommons
Literary motif: antique books
Literary motif: antique books
Photo Liam Quin
Public domainCommons
Literary motif: collection of old books
Literary motif: collection of old books
Photo Clem Onojeghuo (Unsplash)
CC0Commons
Literary motif: open library shelves
Literary motif: open library shelves
Photo Frederick Noronha
CC BY-SA 4.0Commons
Literary motif: 12th-century parchment manuscript
Literary motif: 12th-century parchment manuscript
Photo George E. Koronaios
CC BY-SA 4.0Commons
Literary motif: oak reading-room stacks
Literary motif: oak reading-room stacks
Library of Congress
Public domainCommons
Literary motif: battered Underwood typewriter
Literary motif: battered Underwood typewriter
Photo jjmusgrove
CC BY 2.0Commons

Text covers, posters, and illustrations

Medea
Medea
Original illustration for English Hub Plus
Original illustration
Macbeth
Macbeth
First Folio (1623), opening of Macbeth
Public domainCommons
Hamlet
Hamlet
Edwin Booth as Hamlet (1870)
Public domainCommons
Othello
Othello
Théodore Chassériau, Othello and Desdemona in Venice (1849)
Public domainCommons
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
First edition cover, Anne Brontë (1848)
Public domainCommons
Dracula
Dracula
Bram Stoker, Dracula first-edition cover (1897)
Public domainCommons
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald, original 1925 cover by Francis Cugat
Public domainCommons
A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun
Theatre poster, Lorraine Hansberry (1959)
Public domainCommons
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights
First edition title page, Emily Brontë (1847)
Public domainCommons
1984
1984
George Orwell, first-edition cover (1949)
Public domainCommons
A Doll's House
A Doll's House
First edition cover, Henrik Ibsen (1879)
Public domainCommons
The Third Man
The Third Man
American theatrical poster, dir. Carol Reed (1949)
Public domain (US, 1949)Commons
Silas Marner
Silas Marner
George Eliot, Silas Marner first edition (Blackwood, 1861)
Public domainCommons
The Mayor of Casterbridge
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge first edition (1886)
Public domainCommons
Mustang
Mustang
Mustang (2015) cinema display, photo Can Kamiloğlu
Public domainCommons
Diego Maradona
Diego Maradona
Diego Maradona, Argentina vs Italy, World Cup 1986
Public domainCommons
Children of Men
Children of Men
Children of Men promotional baby prop, photo FR (Commons)
CC-BY-SA 3.0Commons
The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption
Ohio State Reformatory (Shawshank filming location), photo Niagara66
CC-BY-SA 4.0Commons
Hamnet
Hamnet
Anne Hathaway's Cottage, Shottery (Stratford-upon-Avon), photo Ken Crosby
CC BY-SA 2.0Commons
Room
Room
Attic window, photo Chris Light
CC BY-SA 4.0Commons
The Crucible
The Crucible
Jonathan Corwin House (the Salem Witch House), photo SalemPuritan
CC BY-SA 4.0Commons
The Spinning Heart
The Spinning Heart
Ghost estate, Bridgetown, Co. Wexford, photo Terence Wiki
CC0Commons
The Cove
The Cove
Cove near Dooneen, west Cork, photo Oliver Dixon
CC BY-SA 2.0Commons
The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad
Railroad tracks toward a tunnel, photo thinkcat
CC BY 2.0Commons
Sive
Sive
Restored thatched cottage, Brinlack, Co. Donegal, photo Joseph Mischyshyn
CC BY-SA 2.0Commons
Girl on an Altar
Girl on an Altar
Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens, photo Jebulon
CC0Commons
Purple Hibiscus
Purple Hibiscus
Purple hibiscus flower, photo Chic Portfolios
CC BY-SA 4.0Commons
The Silence of the Girls
The Silence of the Girls
Walls of Troy archaeological site, photo Jorge Láscar
CC BY 2.0Commons
Young Skins
Young Skins
Tuam High Street, Co. Galway, photo Andreas F. Borchert
CC BY-SA 4.0Commons
The Best We Could Do
The Best We Could Do
Vietnamese fishing boat at Lang Co, photo Vyacheslav Argenberg
CC BY 4.0Commons
Lessons in Chemistry
Lessons in Chemistry
Vintage laboratory glassware, photo Łukasz Katlewa
CC BY 4.0Commons
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner
Kite at sunset, Kabul, photo Todd Huffman
CC BY 2.0Commons
Small Things Like These
Small Things Like These
Narrow street in New Ross, Co. Wexford, photo Humphrey Bolton
CC BY-SA 2.0Commons
Notes from a Coma
Notes from a Coma
Empty hospital ward, Northwick Park, photo Kolforn
CC BY-SA 4.0Commons
Where the Crawdads Sing
Where the Crawdads Sing
Salt marsh, US Fish and Wildlife Service
Public domainCommons
Elena Knows
Elena Knows
Parish church, Wilde (Buenos Aires province), photo Andreacmuller
CC BY-SA 4.0Commons
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
Terraced housing on Manchester Road, Accrington, photo JThomas
CC BY-SA 2.0Commons
Once Before I Go
Once Before I Go
River Liffey in Dublin city centre, photo John Quincey
Public domainCommons
All My Sons
All My Sons
American picket-fence house, Redlands CA, photo inkknife_2000
CC BY-SA 2.0Commons
Colder Than Here
Colder Than Here
Snow on Arlington National Cemetery, US Army
Public domainCommons
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Grandhotel Pupp, Karlovy Vary (a Wes Anderson reference point), photo DIMSFIKAS
CC BY-SA 3.0Commons
Barbie
Barbie
Pink building, Avenida de Roma, Lisbon, photo Jules Verne Times Two
CC BY-SA 4.0Commons
Knives Out
Knives Out
Brown Mansion, Chesterton, Indiana, photo Steve Shook
CC BY 2.0Commons
The Banshees of Inisherin
The Banshees of Inisherin
Stone walls on Inishmore, Aran Islands, photo JoachimKohler-HB
CC BY-SA 4.0Commons
Winter's Bone
Winter's Bone
Autumn in the Ozarks, NASA Earth Observatory
Public domainCommons
A Christmas Carol (radio play)
A Christmas Carol (radio play)
John Leech, Marley's Ghost, A Christmas Carol (1843)
Public domainCommons
A Sound of Thunder
A Sound of Thunder
Blue morpho butterfly, marsupium photography
CC BY-SA 2.0Commons
All Summer in a Day
All Summer in a Day
Sun breaking through clouds, photo Felipe Valduga
CC BY 2.0Commons
Araby
Araby
Sackville Street and O'Connell Bridge, Dublin (c. 1899 photochrom)
Public domainCommons
As You Like It
As You Like It
Walter Deverell, As You Like It, Act IV Scene 1 (c. 1850)
Public domainCommons
Belfast
Belfast
Belfast streets, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
No known restrictions (PRONI)Commons
Between Shades of Gray
Between Shades of Gray
Winter forest path, photo AS Photography
CC BY 4.0Commons
Blitz
Blitz
Air raid damage, London (1940), Imperial War Museums collection
Public domainCommons
Blood Brothers
Blood Brothers
Rodney Street, Liverpool, photo Rodhullandemu
CC BY-SA 4.0Commons
Bog Child
Bog Child
Peat bog, Dingle Peninsula, Co. Kerry, photo Maoileann
CC BY-SA 4.0Commons
Cathedral
Cathedral
William Tombleson, Cologne Cathedral engraving (c. 1832)
Public domainCommons
Ender's Game
Ender's Game
Hubble Ultra Deep Field, NASA/ESA
Public domainCommons
Eveline
Eveline
Kingstown harbour, Co. Dublin (c. 1895), Detroit Publishing Co.
Public domainCommons
Family Life
Family Life
Row houses, Long Island City, New York, photo Kidfly182
CC BY-SA 4.0Commons
Girl from the North Country
Girl from the North Country
Dorothea Lange, Depression-era family on the road (1937)
Public domainCommons
Hamilton
Hamilton
John Trumbull, Alexander Hamilton (1806)
Public domainCommons
Heartstopper Vol 1
Heartstopper Vol 1
Autumn leaves in the wind, photo Sheba_Also
CC BY-SA 2.0Commons
Hills Like White Elephants
Hills Like White Elephants
Original illustration for English Hub Plus
Original illustration
Hombre
Hombre
Saguaro National Park, Arizona, photo dconvertini
CC BY-SA 2.0Commons
Hotel Rwanda
Hotel Rwanda
The hills of Kigali, Rwanda, photo Alex Shema
CC BY-SA 4.0Commons
I Am Not a Witch
I Am Not a Witch
Zambian village, photo Florence Devouard
CC BY-SA 4.0Commons
Jekyll and Hyde
Jekyll and Hyde
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde theatrical poster (c. 1880s), Library of Congress
Public domainCommons
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar
Vincenzo Camuccini, The Death of Caesar (1806)
Public domainCommons
Lamb to the Slaughter
Lamb to the Slaughter
Original illustration for English Hub Plus
Original illustration
Leonard and Hungry Paul
Leonard and Hungry Paul
Board game pieces, photo Mshuang2
CC0Commons
Little Women
Little Women
Orchard House, Concord, home of Louisa May Alcott, National Park Service
Public domainCommons
Mrs Robinson
Mrs Robinson
Mary Robinson, President of Ireland (1996), photo Ardfern
CC BY-SA 3.0Commons
Napoleon Dynamite
Napoleon Dynamite
Sunrise over Idaho canola fields, photo Charles Knowles
CC BY 2.0Commons
Noughts and Crosses
Noughts and Crosses
Original illustration for English Hub Plus
Original illustration
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men
Fields in the Salinas Valley, California, photo Robert Ashworth
CC BY 2.0Commons
Older Than Ireland
Older Than Ireland
Thatched cottage, Co. Donegal, photo Joseywales1961
CC BY-SA 4.0Commons
Once Upon a Bridge
Once Upon a Bridge
Putney Bridge, London, photo Ian S
CC BY-SA 2.0Commons
Passing
Passing
Original illustration for English Hub Plus
Original illustration
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice first-edition title page (1813)
Public domainCommons
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
Frank Dicksee, Romeo and Juliet (1884)
Public domainCommons
Savage Her Reply
Savage Her Reply
Mute swan landing, photo Stein Arne Jensen
CC0Commons
Sing Street
Sing Street
Grand Canal, Dublin, photo Dr Neil Clifton
CC BY-SA 2.0Commons
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Original illustration for English Hub Plus
Original illustration
Stones in His Pockets
Stones in His Pockets
The Blasket Islands off the Kerry coast, photo Peter Evans
CC BY-SA 2.0Commons
Strangers on a Train
Strangers on a Train
Carousel at Tivoli, photo Jens Cederskjold
CC BY 3.0Commons
Sucker
Sucker
Original illustration for English Hub Plus
Original illustration
The 14th Tale
The 14th Tale
Original illustration for English Hub Plus
Original illustration
The Breadwinner
The Breadwinner
Kabul, Afghanistan, photo Olga Mielnikiewicz
CC BY-SA 4.0Commons
The Burial at Thebes
The Burial at Thebes
Ancient theatre at Epidaurus, photo TimeTravelRome
CC BY 2.0Commons
The Choice
The Choice
Fork in a woodland path, photo Scott Cormie
CC BY-SA 2.0Commons
The Doll's House
The Doll's House
Constance Dahl's 1882 dolls' house, Guildhall Museum, photo Clem Rutter
CC BY-SA 3.0Commons
The Elephant Man
The Elephant Man
Original illustration for English Hub Plus
Original illustration
The Farthest
The Farthest
Voyager spacecraft, NASA/JPL
Public domainCommons
The Great Wave
The Great Wave
Katsushika Hokusai, The Great Wave off Kanagawa (c. 1831)
Public domainCommons
The Henna Wars
The Henna Wars
Henna design on a hand, photo The open draft
CC BY-SA 4.0Commons
The Hitchhiker
The Hitchhiker
Empty road to the horizon, photo Dietmar Rabich
CC BY-SA 4.0Commons
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest
Original 1895 production, George Alexander and Rose Leclercq
CC0Commons
The King of Spain's Daughter
The King of Spain's Daughter
Road through Connemara, Co. Galway, photo David Dixon
CC BY-SA 2.0Commons
The Landlady
The Landlady
Royal Crescent, Bath, photo Mike Peel
CC BY-SA 4.0Commons
The Lumber Room
The Lumber Room
Attic window, photo Tangopaso
Public domainCommons
The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice
Maurycy Gottlieb, Shylock and Jessica (1876)
Public domainCommons
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea
Original illustration for English Hub Plus
Original illustration
The Open Window
The Open Window
Original illustration for English Hub Plus
Original illustration
The Outsiders
The Outsiders
Golden sunrise over fields, photo Dietmar Rabich
CC BY-SA 4.0Commons
The Poet X
The Poet X
Harlem brownstones, New York, photo Paul Lowry
CC BY 4.0Commons
The Princess Bride
The Princess Bride
Cliffs of Moher (the Cliffs of Insanity), photo Berthold Werner
CC BY-SA 4.0Commons
The Red Shoes
The Red Shoes
Original illustration for English Hub Plus
Original illustration
The Teachers' Lounge
The Teachers' Lounge
School lockers in a hallway, photo ChinaFlag
Public domainCommons
The Weight of Water
The Weight of Water
Swimming pool lanes, photo Xander
CC BY 2.0Commons
Things Fall Apart
Things Fall Apart
Yam tubers after harvest, Nigeria, photo Sasu photography
CC BY-SA 4.0Commons
Trash
Trash
River settlement, Bulacan, Philippines, photo Zarate123
CC BY-SA 4.0Commons
Truth Be Told
Truth Be Told
Peace Bridge, Derry, photo Simon Burchell
CC BY-SA 4.0Commons
Tuesday
Tuesday
Storm clouds at sunset, photo The open draft
CC BY-SA 4.0Commons
Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night
Johann Heinrich Ramberg, Olivia, Maria and Malvolio (1789)
Public domainCommons
Washington Black
Washington Black
Montgolfier's balloon, engraving by Ambrose William Warren
Public domainCommons
Wonder Boy
Wonder Boy
Original illustration for English Hub Plus
Original illustration

Tiles for poets and texts without a Commons-safe image fall back to stylised monogram cards (no third-party image used).