Poetry / Poems
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc The Spiritual Poems of Rumi: Translated by Nader
Book SynopsisTranslated by renowned Rumi expert Nader Khalili, over 120 poems on spirituality from the Persian mystic poet and Sufi master have been carefully collected and curated in this beautifully illustrated edition. For more than eight centuries, Jalaluddin Muhammad Balkhi Rumi—commonly referred to simply as Rumi—has enchanted and enthralled readers from every faith and background with his universal themes of love, friendship, and spirituality, which he seamlessly wove into resplendent poetry. The verses herein perfectly express the spiritual quest and desire for a deeper understanding of not only ourselves, but also of our collective oneness as humankind.You Are you are a sudden resurrection an endless bliss you set a fire in the meadow of our dreams laughing today you are happy crashing the prisons blessing the poor With intricately designed and richly colored covers that mirror the beauty of the words within, the Timeless Rumi series presents themed collections of poems from the great Sufi mystic Jalaluddin Muhammad Balkhi Rumi that serve as cherished tools for self-reflection. Trade ReviewThe Spiritual Poems of Rumi is of those book that tell you truths you should have known all along but that, for some reason, are not that clear enough…I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to challenge their basic understandings about spirituality, what it means to be a spiritual person, and that wants a thought-provoking reading. * Patheos, A Modern Day Sha'ir *Table of ContentsAn Introduction to Rumi’s Spiritual Poetry Pearls of the Deep Fountain of Fire Dancing the Flame About the Translator
£9.49
Penguin Random House Group Take Me With You
Book SynopsisFor readers of Rupi Kaur and Alison Bechdel, a small book with big messages from one of the most quotable and influential poets of our time.
£15.29
Flapjack Press A Quiet Promise
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£11.40
Andrews McMeel Publishing She Outgrew the Wound
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£14.24
Smokestack Books The untsiad
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£7.59
Candlestick Press Ten Poems about Dogs
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Faber & Faber One Lark One Horse
Book SynopsisMichael Hofmann is renowned as one of our most brilliant critics and translators; that he is also regarded as among our most respected poets one of the definitive bodies of work of the last half-century', TLS is all the more impressive for his relatively concentrated output. One Lark, One Horse will be his fifth collection of poems since his debut in 1983, and his first since Approximately Nowhere in 1999. But it is also one of the most anticipated gatherings of new work in years. In style, it is as unmistakable as ever: sometimes funny, sometimes caustic; world-facing and yet intimate; and shows a bright mind burning fiercely over the European imagination. Approaching his sixtieth birthday, the poet explores where he finds himself, geographically and in life, treating with wit and compassion such universal themes as ageing and memory, place, and the difficulty for the individual to exist at all in an ever bigger and more bestial world. One Lark, On
£13.49
"Utter" & Press Tim Key: Chapters
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Canongate Books poyums
Book SynopsisFrom Len Pennie, the performance poet sensation, comes an electric debut collection about loving, learning, surviving, growing and giving - an instant Sunday Times bestseller
£10.44
Faber & Faber Scanty Plot of Ground
Book SynopsisAn essential anthology of beloved classics, hidden treasures and standout contemporary examples of this ever-vital and enthralling verse form.In the introduction to his selection of some of the greatest sonnets ever written, Paul Muldoon reminds us that part of the reason for the durability' of the sonnet is its very specific duration'. It is the perfect length for what Dante Gabriel Rossetti described as a moment's monument' or William Wordsworth as a scanty plot of ground' offering brief solace' for those who have felt the weight of too much liberty'. Among the poets included in this centuries-spanning edition are Elizabeth Bishop, Wanda Coleman, John Donne, Terrance Hayes, John Keats, Claude McKay, Edna St Vincent Millay, Christina Rossetti, William Shakespeare, Patricia Smith and W. B. Yeats. There are Paul Muldoon''s own translations of sonnets by Charles Baudelaire, Rainer Maria Rilke, César Vallejo, and a scurrilous collaboration by Paul Verlaine and Arthur Rimbaud.
£14.24
Batsford The Poetry of Flowers
Book Synopsis A rich collection of poetry that celebrates the beauty and symbolism of flowers. Beautifully illustrated with nostalgic illustrations of a range of beautiful blooms, this book includes a diverse range of poems. From verses celebrating the beginning of spring with the emergence of the snowdrops, daffodils, and bluebells to poems that honour the summer colour of asters, the heady scent of jasmine, and the brazen sunflower. The classic poets are featured including Shakespeare, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Thomas Hardy, Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson and Seamus Heaney. There''s also range of rich poetry from less-famous names which have stood the test of time and evoke nature's beauty.
£12.34
Gemini Books Group Ltd Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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Carcanet Press Ltd Billy Nibs Buckshot The Complete Works
Book SynopsisThis collection of 200 tankas has no Great Purpose, apart from explaining the Meaning of Life. In an firework-display of 31-syllable sparkles, probably set off by accident, it lights up any corner of things done, thought, felt, seen, suffered & enjoyed that it pleases.
£11.69
Pan Macmillan Three Wise Men
Book SynopsisAn enchanting new instalment in Carol Ann Duffy's Christmas poem series, complete with gorgeous illustrations.
£11.69
Random House Poems from an Attic
Book SynopsisIris Murdoch was born in Dublin in 1919. She read Classics at Somerville College, Oxford, and after working in the Treasury and abroad, was awarded a research studentship in Philosophy at Newnham College, Cambridge. In 1948 she returned to Oxford as fellow and tutor at St Anne's College and later taught at the Royal College of Art. Until her death in 1999, she lived in Oxford with her husband, the academic and critic, John Bayley. She was made a Dame of the British Empire in 1987 and in the 1997 PEN Awards received the Gold Pen for Distinguished Service to Literature.Rachel Hirschler, Miles Leeson, Anne Rowe and Frances White are the editors of Poems from an Attic.
£14.24
Andrews McMeel Publishing Lover Girl
Book SynopsisLover Girl is the dreamy debut from poet and breakout TikTok star Raegan Fordemwalt, enhanced with a new cover and never-before-shared poems and art.In her fully illustrated debut collection Lover Girl, poet Raegan Fordemwalt writes the story of a girl boldly and devastatingly fond of love. So eager to feel, she proudly walks through Heartbreak, Loneliness, Jealousy, and Acceptance on the journey to personal growth and self-love. This highly anticipated edition offers fans the collection they first fell in love with, as well as a special edition cover and 14 all-new poems and drawings! With candor and vulnerability, Raegan and her Lover Girl continue to give readers a soft place to land as they fall back in love with themselves and each poem along the way.
£13.49
Alma Books Ltd Footprints
Book SynopsisThe most important Swiss poet of the nineteenth century, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer is regarded as a crucial figure in the transition of German-language poetry from the Romanticism of Heine, Novalis and Eichendorff to the Symbolism of Rilke and Stefan George.
£11.69
Unbound King Arthur's Death: The Alliterative Morte
Book SynopsisKing Arthur’s Death (commonly referred to as the Alliterative Morte Arthure) is a Middle English poem that was written in Lincolnshire at the end of the fourteenth century. A source work for Malory’s later Morte d’Arthur, it is an epic tale which documents the horrors of war, the loneliness of kingship and the terrible price paid for arrogance.This magnificent poem tells of the arrival of emissaries from Imperial Rome demanding that Arthur pays his dues as a subject. It is Arthur’s refusal to accept these demands, and the premise of foreign domination, which leads him on a quest to confront his foes and challenge them for command of his lands.Yet his venture is not without cost. His decision to leave Mordred at home to watch over his realm and guard Guinevere, his queen, proves to be a costly one. Though Arthur defeats the Romans, events in Britain draw him back where he must now face Mordred for control of his kingdom – a conflict ultimately fatal to the pair of them.Combining heroic action, probing insight into human frailty and a great attention to contemporary detail, King Arthur’s Death is not only a lesson in effective kingship, it is also an astonishing mirror on our own times, highlighting the folly of letting stubborn dogma drive political decisions.
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Bloodaxe Books Ltd The Butterfly's Burden
Book SynopsisMahmoud Darwish (1942-2008) was the poetic voice of the Palestinian people. One of the most acclaimed contemporary poets in the Arab world, he was also a prominent spokesman for human rights who spent most of his life in exile. In his early work, the features of his beloved land - its flowers and birds, towns and waters - were an integral part of poems witnessing a string of political and humanitarian tragedies afflicting his people. In his most recent books, his writing stands at the border of earth and sky, reality and myth, poetry and prose. Returning to Palestine in 1996, he settled in Ramallah, where he surprised his huge following in the Arab world by writing a book of love, The Stranger’s Bed (1998), singing of love as a private exile, not about exile as a public love. A State of Siege (2002) was his response to the second Intifada, his testament not only to human suffering but to art under duress, art in transmutation. The 47 short lyrics of Don’t Apologise for What You’ve Done (2003) form a transfiguring incarnation or incantation of the poet after the carnage. The Butterfly’s Burden is a translation of these three recent books. It was awarded the Saif Ghobash–Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation in 2008. Arabic-English bilingual edition.
£17.00
Andrews McMeel Publishing Words of a Goat Princess Volume II
£15.99
The New York Review of Books, Inc Gold
Book SynopsisA vibrant selection of poems by the great Persian mystic with groundbreaking translations by an American poet of Persian descent. Rumi?s poems were meant to induce a sense of ecstatic illumination and liberation in his audience, bringing its members to a condition of serenity, compassion, and oneness with the divine. They remain masterpieces of world literature to which readers in many languages continually return for inspiration and succor, as wellas aesthetic delight. This new translation by Haleh Liza Gafori preserves the intelligence and the drama of the poems, which are as full of individual character as they are of visionary wisdom. Marilyn Hacker praises Gafori?s new translations of Rumi as ?the work of someone who is at once an acute and enamored reader of the original Farsi text, a dedicated miner of context and backstory, and, best of all, a marvelous poet in English.?
£12.59
Penguin Books Ltd Love That Moves the Sun and Other Stars
Book Synopsis''Happiness beyond all words! A life of peace and love, entire and whole!''A collection of cantos from Paradiso, the most original and experimental part of the Divina Commedia.One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics'' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.
£5.63
Brown Dog Books The Disappearing Dodo and Other Awkward Avians
Book SynopsisChildren and adults alike will enjoy over 30 poems featuring fabulous birds with some very quirky habits and habitats. Written in rhyming verse and illustrated throughout in colour, the poems and pictures will bring these birds to life and a smile to the face of the reader.
£9.49
Yale University Press Crush
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£14.40
Orion Publishing Co Notes on Heartbreak
Book Synopsis''Arresting and vivid, raw and breathtaking...told with stunning originality'' DOLLY ALDERTON, author of EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT LOVE''Annie Lord tells us a story at once both specific and universal'' SHON FAYE, author of THE TRANSGENDER ISSUE''An electrifying debut'' CAROLINE O''DONOGHUE, author of THE RACHEL INCIDENTDark, fierce and raw, Notes on Heartbreak is a love story told in reverse...Reeling from a broken heart, Annie Lord revisits the past - from the moment she first fell in love, the shared in-jokes and intertwining of a long-term relationship, to the months that saw the slow erosion of a bond five years in the making. Charting her attempts to move on, Annie explores the ups and downs of being newly single, from disastrous rebound sex to sending ill-advised nudes, stalking your ex''s new girlfriend on Instagram and the sharp indignity of being ghosted.Trade ReviewIt's good, all of this - nearly everyone knows the specific, towering grief of being walked out on by the person whose limbs they woke up tangled in in the morning, but few write about it so directly, so unblinkingly. * The Times *A book on love and loss to get the emotions (read: tears) flowing. One of this summer's most anticipated books * Bustle *She writes about intimacy in a way that's relatable, poetic and makes you think that maybe your own heartbreaks are really as quietly earth-shattering as you thought they were... It's a sparkling and deliciously indulgent read which gets right into your chest and stays with you afterwards. It's someone else's story, but it will make you think about your own. * VICE *The book is cleverly structured and written with unflinching honesty * THE IRISH TIMES *Annie Lord's unhinged but unflinchingly honest memoir delivers up some relatable introspection when it comes to love and loss, ripe for exploring one of the most universal experiences in humanity * REFINERY29 *A deep meditation on the anguish of a modern heartbreak, where Lord's unique writing helps the emotions fly * The Candid Bookclub, The Guardian *Annie Lord released her debut book in 2022 and, if you've ever been through a breakup, it's sure to get you in your feels. This release charts the ups and downs of a long-term relationship and explores the ways it slowly began to come apart - all with a precise, unsparing eye. * COSMOPOLITAN *An unflinching and raw exploration of a relationship and its ending, taking in all the joy, pain and messiness of being in love * SHEERLUXE *Your perception of love, life and starting afresh will be altered for the better * The I Paper *It's painful, cathartic and beautifully written - The Best Books of 2022 * TIME OUT *Vogue dating columnist Annie Lord's debut, Notes on Heartbreak, is a visceral yet funny recollection of the breakdown of her five-year-relationship, told in her distinctive, lyrical style . . . It's difficult to write about experiences as complex as love and heartbreak without sounding either cheesy or melodramatic, but somehow, Lord nails it. Anyone who's ever been unceremoniously dumped will find themselves furiously underlining the book's most resonant passages * The Best Books of 2022 - DAZED *Raw and beautifully tender * Suitcase Magazine *Annie Lord's visceral exploration of love and heartbreak will resonate with us all. * STYLIST *The debut book from Vogue's dating columnist is heartbreaking, touching, funny - and one to be shared around all your friends who despair about modern dating, whether they're recovering from heartbreak or not * GRAZIA *Notes On Heartbreak is a seamless transition from columns to books for Annie Lord, who maintains her magnetic writing style over a longer form . . . Watch out for people crying, laughing and reciting passages to friends and family, as they cling to this book * THE HERALD *It is an unflinchingly honest reminder of the simultaneous joy and pain of being in love that will resonate with anyone that has ever nursed a broken heart * RTE Online *Free of pretence and painfully relatable for anyone who has ever dealt with heartbreak, this cathartic retelling acts as a reminder of the dichotomies of love - the euphoric highs and crushing lows - and its beautiful, messy realities * Luxury London *
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Bonnier Books Ltd Loss: Poems to better weather the many waves of
Book Synopsis*Donna Ashworth's new book Wild Hope is out September 2023*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 Ashworth's poetry reminds us that love and grief are intertwined, and life's true treasure lies in those we hold most dear.Intended to rejuvenate weary souls; these poems are a must for anyone who has lost someone.Readers are cherishing Loss- 'Emotional and beautifully written poems that reach out and speak to you.' ***** Amazon- 'I had to take multiple breaks just so I could read through my tears! It was so heartbreakingly beautiful that I just have no words!' ***** NetGalley- 'Simply WOW! Donna Ashworth's words touched my soul.' ***** NetGalley- 'Emotional and beautifully written poems that reach out and speak to you.' ***** NetGalley
£9.49
HarperCollins Publishers The Battle of Maldon
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Papillote Press Looting Hummingbirds
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£11.69
Candlestick Press Ten Poems about Snowdrops
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Faber & Faber Dream Latitudes
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£11.69
SmithDoorstop Books Lobe
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Wordsworth Editions Ltd Collected Poems 19341952
Book SynopsisWith an Introduction and Notes by Sally Minogue?Dylan Thomas wrote some of the best-known and best-loved poems of the twentieth century, amongst them Do not go gentle into that good night', Fern Hill' and The force that through the green fuse drives the flower'. This edition reproduces the Collected Poems 1934-1952 which the poet authorised just before his tragically early death at the age of 39 and which contains, as he said, most of the poems I have written, and all, up to the present year, I wish to preserve'. His was a precocious talent: his first poem was published nationally at the age of 18, and his first collection, 18 Poems, was published when he was just 20. In spite of his early death, he therefore left behind a substantial and significant body of work, represented here. His poems cover the span of birth to death, while at their heart is a lyrical, joyful impulse that celebrates life.The Introduction and Notes s
£6.23
Faber & Faber The Forward Book of Poetry 2026
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Prakash Books Best of John Milton Paradise Lost and Paradise
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Marshall Cavendish International (Asia) Pte Ltd Sprawl: God's Lonely Man: A Graphic Novel Volume
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£9.89
UEA Publishing Project A True & Just Record
Book SynopsisHecate-like, A True & Just Record invites us to the three-way crossroads of poetry, feminist rhetorics, and early modern studies. Kate Bolton Bonnici weaves together archival materials from the English witch trials, 20th- century poets and philosophers, and her own family. With fury and care, haunted by absences, these poems—all also forms of experimental scholarship—interrogate, disrupt, and play.Here, a multitude of stellar engagements delve spiritedly into what sonic and visual presences may be made of form, utterance, accusation, exchange, and page on the troubled edge of devilish societal inquisition ... . Bring on the prizes, this poetry is delicious! Allison Adelle Hedge Coke, author of Look at This BlueKate Bolton Bonnici’s A True & Just Record movingly demonstrates poetry’s capacity to forge critical and philosophical dialogue across time and space. ... The result is a daring and gorgeous poetic conversation. Melissa E. Sanchez, Donald T. Regan Professor, University of PennsylvaniaWitch as spell, curse, praise, eulogy, recovery, incantation, archival raid and save, library as cathedral and books as catechism — as befits poetry as anarchic art, in Kate Bolton Bonnici’s hands the sacred is barbaric and the profane is holy. ... A wicked and wise achievement. Fred D’Aguiar, author of Letters to America and For the UnnamedBonnici’s collection reveals that, far from being remote and unapproachable, centuries-old writings remain vibrantly relevant to our own historical moment. Kimberly Johnson, author of Fatal
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Andrews McMeel Publishing Pillow Thoughts: Deluxe Edition
Book SynopsisA special hardcover gift edition of Courtney Peppernell’s bestselling Pillow Thoughts! Originally published in 2017, Pillow Thoughts is a collection of poetry and prose about heartbreak, love, and raw emotions. Since its release, an ethereal and awe-inspiring universe has unfolded around it, but the original remains a must-have for lovers, new and old, of poetry and fans of Peppernell. This special hardcover edition—with exclusive content and all new poems, accented by an elegant cloth ribbon marker—is the perfect gift for the Pillow Thoughts fan in your life. Join all your favourite friends from the series, like Heart, Owl, Fox, and of course Jellyfish, as they help you find your way.
£14.39
Carcanet Press Ltd Baby Schema
Book SynopsisIsabel Galleymore's second book is a collection of ecopoetry that explores cuteness, care and commodification in an age of hyper-capitalism and environmental crisis.
£10.79
Octopus Publishing Group Robert Burns Nature Poems
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£9.50
Tapsalteerie Reflections Glimmer
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£10.80
HarperCollins Publishers Sir Gawain and the Green Knight with Pearl and
Book SynopsisThis smart new paperback edition contains the fully-reset text of three medieval English poems, translated by Tolkien for the modern-day reader and containing romance, tragedy, love, sex and honour. It features a beautifully decorated text and includes as a bonus the complete version of Tolkien's acclaimed lecture on Sir Gawain.Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Pearl are two poems by an unknown author written in about 1400. Sir Gawain is a romance, a fairy-tale for adults, full of life and colour; but it is also much more than this, being at the same time a powerful moral tale which examines religious and social values.Pearl is apparently an elegy on the death of a child, a poem pervaded with a sense of great personal loss: but, like Gawain it is also a sophisticated and moving debate on much less tangible matters.Sir Orfeo is a slighter romance, belonging to an earlier and different tradition. It was a special favourite of Tolkien's.The three translations represent the complete rhymTrade Review‘The introduction to Gawain is a little masterpiece.’Times Higher Educational Supplement ‘This magnificent Arthurian tale of love, sex, honour, social tact, personal integrity and folk-magic is one of the greatest and most approachable narrative poems in the language. Tolkien’s version makes it come triumphantly alive, a moving and consoling elegy.’Birmingham Post
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Penguin Books Ltd The Poetry Pharmacy Forever
Book SynopsisThe world has reopened and so has the Poetry Pharmacy: the powerful final instalment in the hugely beloved seriesAfter the tumult of the last years, William Sieghart is back to prescribe the perfect poem for a variety of life''s ailments, offering hope and comfort to readers in need. Here, he draws on the emails he received from the public during multiple lockdowns, as well as tried-and-true classics from his in-person pharmacies, to create an essential anthology of poetry for our times. Through his expert curation and insightful commentary, he reminds us of the power of words to help us heal, to reconnect us with the world and to recover what has been lost.From weathering sorrow and sudden loss, to dealing with environmental despair and burnout, this new selection speaks directly to a society in urgent need of comfort and compassion. Whether you''re searching for guidance, hope, or simply a moment of beauty, The Poetry Pharmacy Forever is here to provide solace, joy and inspiration, one verse at a time.
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Faber & Faber The Green Month
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Faber & Faber Namanlagh
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Ebury Publishing Many Different Kinds of Love: A story of life,
Book SynopsisThe instant Sunday Times top ten bestsellerA Guardian Book of the YearAn Evening Standard Book of the YearAn Independent Book of the YearNetgalley's non-fiction Book of the YearA national treasure's journey to the brink and back.'Will I wake up?''There's a 50:50 chance.'Michael Rosen wasn't feeling well. Soon he was struggling to breathe, and then he was admitted to hospital, suffering from coronavirus as the nation teetered on the edge of a global pandemic.What followed was months on the wards: six weeks in an induced coma, and many more weeks of rehab and recovery as the NHS saved Michael's life, and then got him back on his feet. Throughout Michael's stay in intensive care, a notebook lay at the end of his bed, where the nurses who cared for him wrote letters of hope and support. Embarking on the long road to recovery, Michael was soon ready to start writing about his near-death experience.Combining stunning new prose poems by one of Britain's best loved poets and the moving coronavirus diaries of his nurses, doctors and wife Emma-Louise Williams, this is a beautiful book about love, life and the NHS. Featuring original illustrations by Chris Riddell, each page celebrates the power of community, the importance of kind gestures in dark times, and the indomitable spirits of the people who keep us well.Trade ReviewAn astonishingly original and moving book * David Walliams *Harrowing, beautiful and sometimes very funny * Roddy Doyle *Emotional...impossible to read without a lump in the throat * Observer *Intimate, desolate and sometimes very funny * The Telegraph *Touching and, at times, surprisingly amusing * Independent *
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Canongate Books poyums
Book SynopsisTHE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES, THE TIMES, SUNDAY POST AND iPAPER BESTSELLERNOMINEE FOR 2024 SCOTS BOOK OF THE YEARAnd I have done more than just simply get bySo much more than escape or surviveThrough the galvanisation of love, time and patienceI''ll take hold of my story and thrive.After life that was seldom what life ought to beThrough laughter and love I''ll be wholeThis story is mine from the cover to spineAnd the narrative I will controlWhether she''s writing letters to her younger self, advocating for women''s rights or adapting fairy tales to process an abusive relationship, Len''s voice is bold, unashamedly frank and unmistakably hers. The poems in this collection, both funny and fiercely feminist, announce a formidable new talent. Moving deftly between English and Scots, poyums is as approachable as it is affe
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Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc The Friendship Poems of Rumi: Translated by Nader
Book SynopsisTranslated by renowned Rumi expert Nader Khalili, over 120 poems on friendship from the Persian mystic poet and Sufi master have been carefully collected and curated in this beautifully illustrated edition. For more than eight centuries, Jalaluddin Muhammad Balkhi Rumi—commonly referred to simply as Rumi—has enchanted and enthralled readers from every faith and background with his universal themes of love, friendship, and spirituality, which he seamlessly wove into resplendent poetry. The verses perfectly express the universal importance of friendship in its many forms. A perfect gift to celebrate a special friendship, allow Rumi to exquisitely express the deeper meanings of being, and having, a friend in your life. With intricately designed and richly colored covers that mirror the beauty of the words within, the Timeless Rumi series presents themed collections of poems from the great Sufi mystic Jalaluddin Muhammad Balkhi Rumi that serve as cherished tools for self-reflection. Find Yourself a Friend find yourself a friend who is willing to tolerated you with patience put to the test the essence of the best incense by putting it in fire drink a cup of poison if handed to you by a friend when filled with love and grace step into the fire like the chosen prophet the secret love will change hot flames to a garden covered with blossoms roses and hyacinths and willow spinning and throwing you a true friend can hold you like God and his universeTrade ReviewThe Friendship Poems of Rumi is a perfect gift for a good friend, someone who enjoys short yet powerful readings and would like to meditate in several topics. * Patheos, A Modern Day Sha'ir *Table of ContentsAn Introduction to Rumi’s Friendship Poetry Fountain of Fire Dancing the Flame About the Translator
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Canongate Books 44 Poems on Being with Each Other
Book SynopsisThis celebratory anthology explores human connection through forty poems carefully curated by the host of the internationally acclaimed Poetry Unbound podcast. With an observant eye, Pádraig Ó Tuama shares an enlightening meditation on each poem, revealing the ways we relate to each other, the world around us and ourselves. Blending humour with insight, tension with tenderness, complexity with care, this collection articulates the power of poetry itself; it illuminates aspects of the human condition, particularly the ways we are inextricably linked to each other, and provides inspiration for grounded self-reflection. 44 Poems on Being with Each Other features a remarkable and refreshing range of exceptional poems from around the world including contributions from Wendy Cope, Constantine P. Cavafy, Chen Chen, Joy Harjo, Patricia Smith and many more. It is an anthology that will delight readers just as Pádraig''s podcast has done for millions around the world.
£17.00
