Poetry
A stunning debut poetry collection from one of America's rising literary stars- 'A mesmerizing book, deeply original, one of the most profound reading experiences I've had in years' (Louise Gl ck) ..
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'Gub is unlike anything I have ever read. In a playful demotic that is exhilarating, hilarious and never forced, Scott McKendry makes magic of a Belfast that in other hands would make grim reading. Th..
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In trailblazing poet, essayist, teacher and activist June Jordan's poems, love is a vision of revolutionary solidarity, crossing borders both emotional and literal with an outstretched hand. Haruko tr..
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One must-have reversible cover. Worn four different ways. You decide. A poetry book like no other, with beautiful endpapers and a reversible cover jacket that allows you to choose your preferred ..
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Healing Through Words is a guided tour on the journey back to the self, a cathartic and mindful exploration through writing. This carefully curated collection of exercises asks only that you be ..
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From Tiktok phenomenon Whitney Hanson, a revised edition of her bestselling Home, now with a new introduction and more than a dozen new poems "the bees aren't going to go away but they..
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The Hotel Theresa is a landmark in Harlem, New York City, where legendary figures like Josephine Baker, Duke Ellington, Malcolm X, and Muhammad Ali made their New York stay-overs. After visiting this ..
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This edition gathers together Barbara Kingsolver's vibrant and various poems, revealing an intimate side to her creative practice as yet unseen. Almost resembling a Collected or Selected Poems, the bo..
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A masterful work by a master poet, this brilliant summation of poetry and human nature will speak to all readers who long to place poetry in their lives. How to Read a Poem is an unprecedented ex..
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How did the greatest poets in history make the world anew? And what can we learn from the magic, the wisdom and the humour that is the gift of the greatest poets of our human civilization? From the ge..
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For fans of Rupi Kaur and Cleo Wade, this first collection of poetry from the viral TikTok poet Josie Balka, evokes themes of nostalgia, love, envy, and hope, speaking to the universal longings that l..
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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND FROM THE AUTHOR OF WILD HOPE 'A little corner of calm within life's storm - wonderful.' Cat Deeley 'Donna's much-needed words will no doubt empower and li..
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A timeless and comprehensive anthology of enduring English language poetry, featuring entries from 150 British and American poets, including Alexander Pope, Lord Byron, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Em..
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A beautifully illustrated travelogue, chronicling the life and work of one of the world greatest poets. Du Fu (712-70) is one of China's greatest poets. His career coincided with periods of fami..
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How do you write a poem? These startling and beautiful meditations on poetry offer a provocative new answer Kick against words like you would kick back on a swing. You've got to feel as if the so..
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'Another world must be unfurled, Another language known' Best known - and beloved - for her highly popular novels including Pride and Prejudice, Emma and Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen ..
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In a large, white-picket dream, a married mother selfishly cries. She has everything she ever wanted - a husband, a house, a business degree, a baby - she is at the pinnacle of the migrant dream. Perh..
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A collectible new Penguin Classics series: stunning, clothbound editions of ten favourite poets, which present each poet's most famous book of verse as it was originally published. Designed by the acc..
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For the past decade, Lemn Sissay has composed a short poem as dawn breaks each morning. Life-affirming, witty and full of wonder, these poems chronicle his own battle with the dark and are fuelled by ..
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'Most unsayable of all are works of art, mysterious existences whose lives exist alongside ours' At the start of the twentieth century, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a series of letters to a young offic..
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Introducing Little Clothbound Classics- irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. ..
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A brand-new collection from the award-winning poet, the companion piece to the Sunday Times bestselling Slug 'Funny, so smart and refreshingly honest' SARAH MILLICAN 'Hollie McNish's w..
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Sexually repressed, separated Greek Girl on a rampage. There's no love here just fucks. But is she fucking him or fucking herself? Initially a self-published zine, Love and F**k Poems is a bestseller ..
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Sexually repressed, separated Greek Girl on a rampage. There's no love here just f--ks. But is she f--king him or f--king herself? Initially a self-published zine, which sold out repeatedly, Love and ..
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Lupercal was Ted Hughes's second collection, containing some of his most brilliant animal poetry. It confirmed his reputation as a major talent in British poetry. 'Hughes has found his own voice, crea..
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In the highly anticipated follow-up to LVOE: Poems, Epigrams & Aphorisms, three-time New York Times bestselling author Atticus is inviting readers to take a deeper look behind the mask as he continues..
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An explosive and elevated exploration on love, longing, and loss, Many Small Hungerings is a timely and necessary collection of poetry from writer William Bortz. Many Small Hungerings is the newest ..
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The book is divided into four chapters, and each chapter serves a different purpose; deals with a different pain; heals a different heartache. milk and honey takes readers through a journey of the mos..
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A deluxe 10th anniversary edition of the bestselling poetry collection milk and honey, including an exclusive new chapter of poetry, a new introduction by Rupi, a collage of behind-the-scenes photos a..
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Naag Mountain is a journey across oceans, from the Asian subcontinent to the South Seas, a journey about human trafficking on sugar plantations in Fiji and Australia, which brings to life the historie..
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One of the English language's best-loved living poets, in Green: Natural World Carol Ann Duffy presents us with her favourites among her poems on the natural world. Drawing on work written over four d..
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This book brings together for the first time Ben Lerner's three acclaimed volumes of poetry, along with a handful of newer poems, to present a decade-long exploration of the relationship between form ..
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'Cheerful, brutal, beautiful! Stevie Smith is the wildest poet of them all.' Nick Cave 'I better say straight out that I am an addict of your poetry, a desperate Smith addict.' Sylvia Plath, wr..
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There raged a thumping cosmic ballyhoo, A manic dance - a rumpus to arouse The universe: of Higgs and W, Electrons, gluons, muons, Zs and taus... For centuries, poetry and science have been im..
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Dylan Thomas is one of most beloved British poets of all time. Richly melodious and vividly expressive, Thomas's poems strike to the heart of eternal themes of living and dying, of innocence lost and ..
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A collection of poems both old and new, spanning a career of ground-breaking writing. Dearly gave us Atwood's first new poetry collection in over a decade; Paper Boat not only provides us with new wis..
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Poets have always looked to the skies for inspiration, and have written as a way of getting closer to the power and beauty they sense in nature, in each other and in the cosmos. This anthology serves ..
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An iconic figure in the emergence of feminist poetry in South Korea and now internationally renowned, Kim Hyesoon pushes the poetic envelope into the farthest reaches of the lyric universe. In her new..
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Pillow Thoughts is a collection of poetry and prose about heartbreak, love, and raw emotions. It is divided into sections to read when you feel you need them most...
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Reflections on the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, through a re-reading of Albert Camus' great novel La Peste (1947). Just before midnight on 25 March 2020 the country entered its first C..
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Countless writers have been inspired by the beauty of birds - their colours, their easy flight, their lightness and softness, and the grace and whimsicality of their ways. Our literature, especially o..
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The Poetry Exchange is an award-winning podcast and project that celebrates the role poetry plays in people's lives. In their first anthology, Fiona Bennett and Michael Shaeffer draw on ten years of a..
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Marianne Moore said that the poet's job was to depict 'imaginary gardens with real toads in them'. In truth, gardens are always imaginary because they are always the garden that you are aiming for rat..
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A complex and truly timeless emotion, love - whether passion or heartbreak, infatuation or flirtation - has provoked some of the greatest names in literature to write verses of outstanding beauty. ..
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A beautiful gift anthology of classic poetry which captures the excitement and joy of a new arrival in the family. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning pocket-sized c..
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Dear Reader, these poems are an introduction to the passionate words of some of the English language's most renowned poets. Inspired by today's greatest lyricist, Taylor Swift, this collection overflo..
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Poems for Travellers transports you to lands far and near in the company of some of the world's greatest poets such as Walt Whitman, John Keats and Christina Rossetti. Part of the Macmillan Colle..
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The poems in Poems on Nature are divided into spring, summer, autumn and winter to reflect in verse the changes of the seasons and the passing of time. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library, ..
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This uplifting anthology contains classic and modern poems to galvanize and inspire you which are brought to life with exquisite, intricate artwork. Chosen and illustrated by Chris Riddell, Poems..
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From romance to rejection, the complex themes of love and desire have inspired some of the greatest poetry ever written. The collection of classics in Poems to Swipe Right to takes this tradition and ..
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