POETRY

A powerful debut compelled by questions of borders and displacement.In one story I stay in that city forever,in one I board, and in another I am still waiting.I am daybreak;...

In Pallbearers Envying the One Who Rides, we see the world through the melancholic eyes of Heart - blood-pumping organ, lover, poet and sceptical philosopher of the everyday. Heart reflects...

WITH THESE HANDS is a collection of the very best poems and sketches from one of Britain's best loved entertainers - now starring in her own BBC Radio 2 Sunday...

The poetry in Poems for Gardeners is inspired by the ever popular pastime of gardening and being in nature. Whether it's a gift for a keen gardener in your life,...

Leontia Flynn is one of the key poets of her generation. This first selection of her work reveals how her poetry, so often pained, funny, and heartfelt, also describes a...

The perfect book for fans of Edgar Allan Poe and, more widely, for those who love their dark side with a touch of horror. Poetry s fascination with the weird...

Chosen as a 2021 Book of the Year by The New Statesman, gal-dem & Red Pepper.This is a book of failure and mistakes; it begins with what is stolen from...

Punctuated throughout by counselling 'sessions', this book holds up to the light a processes of healing, both ourselves and the planet, through exercises in reciprocity. It asks what a tree...

An illustrated edition of the bestselling collection of poems taken from the popular Radio 4 programme.Alongside such familiar favourites as Edward Thomas's 'Adlestrop', John Masefield's 'Sea-Fever', Thomas Gray's 'Elegy Written...

Shortlisted for the PEN Heaney Prize 2025 Poetry Book Society RecommendationSomething about Living is the brilliant third collection from acclaimed poet Lena Khalaf Tuffaha.It explores Palestinian life through the lens...

Vernon Scannell is undoubtedly one of the most important poets of the Second World War, a fact that is reflected in his critical acclaim and popular appeal. Of Love and...

Ronsard is considered one of France's greatest love poets, yet his poetic achievements are not restricted to his verses of love, wine and nature. A true Renaissance figure, his themes...

The 'Canzoniere', a sequence of sonnets and other verse forms, were written over a period of about 40 years. They describe Petrarch's intense love for Laura, whom he first met...

This authoritative edition was originally published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode. It brings together a unique combination of Milton's poetry and prose...

'sense too definite cancels your indistinct literature' Stephane Mallarme was the most radically innovative of nineteenth-century poets. His writings, with their richly sensuous texture and air of slyly intangible mystery,...

Writing apart from the mainstream of nineteenth-century poetry Emily Dickinson created a language of her own, and her work is both very varied and very consistent in its strength and...

Russian's political revolution of 1990 set off a cultural earthquake of unprecedented impact. But there were tremors four years before. The whole country saw the cracks starting to appear which...

One in a series of home-learning books, this is a guide to writing poetry with a view to publication. It provides hints on style and content, and offers advice on...

Jan Kochanowski (1530-1584) is acknowledged to be the first great poet in Poland's vernacular literary tradition. His Treny (or Laments) represent the height of his achievement. They are an impassioned,...

This riveting debut from poet Faylita Hicks is a reclamation of power for black women and nonbinary people whose bodies have become the very weapons used against them. HoodWitch tells...

Life has a habit of tripping us up at times, usually when we least expect (or can cope) with it. In The Emergency Poet, Deborah Alma (the Emergency Poet herself)...