POETRY

A poetry lover, a curator of joy and a wise woman with a deep sense of compassion, Dearbhla Mescal encourages her followers online to find the joy in everyday life...

What does Ireland's nature poetry say about us as a people? How does it speak to us of our past, our inheritance, the values to which we aspire? What clues...

The collection describes life on the streets of Dublin over an amazing period of 20 years, with colour photos taken by Pat himself as well as a wonderful photo of...

A New York Times Bestseller, chosen as Oprah's 'Books That Help Me Through' for Oprah's Book ClubChosen by Poetry Book Society as their special commendation'No matter where one starts reading,...

Nobel Prize in Literature 1995'More than any other poet since Wordsworth he can make us understand that the outside world is not outside, but what we are made of.' John...

Jiving with Wasps is a new retrospective from Rita Ann Higgins drawing on a dozen books of poetry published over four decades, from Goddess on the Mervue Bus (1986) to...

For the multitaskers, the overreactors, the silent screamers and the quiet loversEverybody Is a Poem: Midlife in Rhymes is Jan Brierton's second collection. Inspired by Jan's popular podcast these 52...

The first great adventure story in the Western canon, The Odyssey is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; about wealth, poverty and power; about marriage, family and...

Seamus Heaney had the idea to form a personal selection of poems from across the entire arc of his writing life, small yet comprehensive enough to serve as an introduction...

POEMS AND ILLUSTRATIONS INSPIRED BY LOCKDOWNBefore the COVID-19 global pandemic, Dubliner Jan was working as a freelance fashion stylist and creative director. Now, she is an experienced homeschool teacher, playground...

An Irish Times Bestseller: a new selection of Paul Durcan's finest poems.'He has written immortal poems. I revere him' Michael LongleyFor fifty years the poet Paul Durcan has explored and...

From Irish Hospice Foundation, who so compassionately provide end-of-life and bereavement care, this collection provides the gift of words at a time when words can be hard to find and...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'An intoxicating mixture of poetry and prose, Slug is a taboo-busting delight' SCOTSMAN 'One of the best poets we have' MATT HAIG 'She writes with honesty, conviction,...

'Beautiful and uplifting' Davina McCall'So inspiring, so heartfelt ... the way Donna writes is beyond beautiful.' Lisa SnowdonUplifting inspiration from the Sunday Times bestselling author of I Wish I KnewWild...

Soundings was first published in 1969. It was intended as an 'interim' anthology of poetry for the Leaving Certificate until such time as a more permanent volume could be devised....

A Lick and a Promise is the debut poetry collection of one of Ireland's most famed female musicians, Imelda May.Following the release of her first poetry EP Slip Of The...

Every Night is a Full of Stars: More Meaningful Poems for Life is a beautiful collection of poetry chosen by Aoibhin Garrihy to bring solace and joy to our stressful...

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF I WISH I KNEWFor those cast adrift in the lonely sea of grief, this collection offers solace for when the water gets rough.Donna...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE T. S. ELIOT PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN HEANEY PRIZEI guess I must have been in two mindsabout the new dayas the daylight godsbegan to march in straight...

THE COMPLETELY UPDATED COLLECTION WITH OVER 70 BRAND NEW POEMS, FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES NO.1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF WILD HOPE AND WORDS TO LIVE BY 'Amazing . . . Donna's...

New collection of most popular and previously unpublished poems from Jessica UrlichsMotherhood is messy and beautiful, and hard and humbling. We adore our children and sometimes we miss ourselves. Beautiful...

This debut collection is an unflinching and intensely moving evocation of a childhood in rural Ireland. In vivid language, Spaight draws us into a world of parental conflict, poverty, illness,...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING POETRY COLLECTIONIn this fast-paced world, I Wish I Knew is a collection of poems to guide us through the wilderness of life, navigating body image, emotions,...

THE COMPLETELY UPDATED COLLECTION FEATURING NEW POEMS AND MUCH-LOVED FAVOURITES.** 100s of 5* Reader Reviews **OFFERING WORDS OF COMFORT TO BRING SOLACE TO THE DARKEST DAYS OF GRIEF, FROM THE...

'I was moved to tears and then laughing in seconds' DAVINA McCALL'An exquisite, funny look into the life and love of a new dad' HOLLIE McNISH'A gorgeous new book from...

When Emily Wilson's translation of The Odyssey appeared in 2017-revealing the ancient poem in a contemporary idiom that was "fresh, unpretentious and lean" (Madeline Miller, The Washington Post)-critics lauded it...

With a new Introduction by Cedric Watts, Research Professor of English, University of Sussex.W. B. Yeats was Romantic and Modernist, mystical dreamer and leader of the Irish Literary Revival, Nobel...

Rita Ann Higgins' poetry became a national salve during the pandemic, uniquely capturing the mood of the country as read live on radio from RTE's Brendan O'Connor Show. This collection...

An immersive collection of poetry to open your world, curated by the host of Poetry UnboundThis inspiring collection, edited by Padraig O Tuama, presents fifty poems about what it means...

A brilliant way to brighten each day. In this playful, innovative collection, Brian Bilston writes a poem to accompany every day of the year.Each poem is inspired by a significant...

Discover 365 Poems for Life, an uplifting poem-a-day collection from award-winning curator Allie Esiri.This nourishing poem-a-day collection offers readers a brief moment of escape from daily life through some of...

My part of Ireland had a poet at one time, a poor ragged fellow whom no respectable person whom no respectable person would be seen talking to, but he left...

In this debut collection, Una Ni Cheallaigh has produced a volume of elegy touched with beauty. Whether delving into the histories of victims and survivors of war and inhumanity, or...

'For there is always lightIf only we're brave enough to be it.If only we're brave enough to see it.'**Sunday Times and New York Times Bestseller**'I was profoundly moved... The power...

Seamus Heaney's new collection elicits continuities and solidarities, between husband and wife, child and parent, then and now, inside an intently remembered present - the stepping stones of the day,...

W.B. Yeats was one of Ireland's greatest writers and arguably the finest twentieth-century poet in the English language. This book brings together over seventy of his poems from all stages...

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED DEBUT BOOK OF POETRY FROM LANA DEL REY, VIOLET BENT BACKWARDS OVER THE GRASS 'Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass is...

"Painting Rain" explores an Ireland where uncontrolled development is tearing apart a sustaining ecology. Paula Meehan sifts through the lore and memory available to her: her own journey through life,...

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. ' "...Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!"Quoth the Raven,...

#1 New York Times bestseller Milk and Honey is a collection of poetry and prose about survival. About the experience of violence, abuse, love, loss, and femininity. The book is...

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Greedily she engorged without restraint,And knew not eating death;' Milton's Paradise Lost is a poem of epic proportions...