There are three bands with the name The Poems, two from the United Kingdom, both from Glasgow (though 20 years apart from each other), the third is russian romantic emo/post-hardcore band. The Poems (early 80s): There is little known about the first group. They released one EP, Achieving Unity, in 1981, before Rose McDowall moved to the group Strawberry Switchblade. The members included Rose McDowall (of Strawberry Switchblade, Boyd Rice and Friends, Sorrow, Spell , and collaborations with Coil and Current 93) and her then current husband Drew McDowall.

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