| KILMARNOCK | Ayrshire town where Burns's first collection of poetry was published |
| HARTCRANE | "White Buildings" was his first collection of poetry |
| LEONARDCOHEN | Canadian singer, songwriter, musician, poet, novelist and painter whose first published book of poetry was Let Us Compare Mythologies |
| OWED | One hears a piece of poetry was outstanding (4) |
| EECUMMINGS | American experimental poet whose first collection of verse was Tulips and Chimneys published in 1923 (1,1,8) |
| NIGHTSHIFT | Stephen King's first collection of short stories, published in 1978 (5,5) |
| BRADSHAW | English printer who published the first collection of railway timetables in 1839 (8) |
| LIBRARY | Star sign associated with royal youth's first collection of books (7) |
| THELESSDECEIVED | Philip Larkin's second collection of poetry published in 1955 (3,4,8) |
| RILKE | 'The Book of Hours', a collection of poetry by Rainer Maria -- (5) |
| OBVERSE | The old boy's poetry was found on one side of the coin (7) |
| ADRIENNE | __ Rich, poet whose first collection was A Change of World (8) |
| ASHROPSHIRELAD | Collection of poetry remains sharp -- or idle rubbish? (1,10,3) |
| REVERSES | Setbacks concerning collection of poetry (8) |
| DIVAN | One may fall asleep on a collection of poetry (5) |
| EPISODES | Is collection of poetry added to record events? (8) |
| THEPROPHET | 1923 collection of poetry by Khalil Gibran |
| LARGESSE | Generosity of Ayrshire town about English home Counties |
| ADVERSE | At short notice, heard some poetry was regarded as unfavourable (7) |
| TOPSAWYER | Poetry was composed by superior (3-6) |
