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Twentieth Century English Poetry contains the poetry of over 280 poets from 1900 to the present day. The collection reflects many of the concerns and techniques of a century's writing. From modernist experiment to post-modern playfulness, from Georgian convention to free-verse confession, and from Edwardian poetry of empire to post-imperial diversity, the collection embraces vital contrasts and continuities. The aim is to include as full a collection of the published works of each poet as possible. When available, a poet's collected edition has been keyed. In general, only a single version of each poem has been included, and when available, the most recent and complete version of each poem has been keyed. Integral images are scanned.

The main, Twentieth Century English Poetry only includes authors who originate from, or have been based in the British Isles. However, the collection also includes poetry in English by selected major Commonwealth authors who are based outside the British Isles, such as Les Murray (Australia), Nissim Ezekiel (India), and Allen Curnow (New Zealand). Translations of non-English-language poetry are included for major figures from countries within the scope of the collection, such as India's Rabindranath Tagore, or the Welsh writer Waldo Williams, and also where the published works of an author in the collection includes translations (such as Elaine Feinstein's translations of Marina Tsvetaeva). Searches can be by author, title, first line, keyword, date of first publication, publisher, poet’s gender, nationality, years in which poet lived and wrote. Results can be printed and/or emailed.