Poetry / Poems
Batsford A Happy Poem to Start Every Day
Book Synopsis This poetry anthology provides a bright and cheery way to start your day, with one joyful poem for every morning of the year. Whether you wake up to the chirping of birds or stumble out the door in a last minute rush, it''s important to take some time for yourself in the mornings to boost your mood. Before stepping into the day, prepare yourself with a jolly poem. You could allow the poem that has been selected for that date to soothe you, to excite you, to motivate you: whatever your needs, have a meditative morning moment with a happy poem to set yourself up for a successful day. With one happy poem for every single day of the year, keep this book by your bedside for a serotonin boost upon waking, on the kitchen counter for a pick-me-up while your coffee brews, or in your rucksack for a moment of (rare) commuting joy. With a delightful illustration for every month and a vast range of poems, it''ll be easy to find something that sparks joy within you. From t
£21.25
Poetry Wales Press Cormorant
Book SynopsisElizabeth?Parker? s second collection,?Cormorant, explores the bird to tell stories about human and natural worlds, their losses and felicities. As Parker regards the miracle of the cormorant, she reminds us of the importance of wonder, offering an uplifting antidote to difficult times.
£9.49
Crumps Barn Studio Dragonflies
Book SynopsisEvolving and personal, dragonflies is a journey in poetry through life's transformations. Graham Powell unfolds memories and moments in time; uncovering all that is lost and gained, and how we each grow into and out of ourselves, recreating the world afresh with every step we take along the way.
£10.79
HarperCollins Publishers Inc What Matters Most Is How Well You Walk Through
Book SynopsisThis second posthumous collection from Charles Bukowski takes readers deep into the raw, wild vein of writing that extends from the early 70s to the 1990s.
£9.49
Little, Brown Book Group The Hurting Kind
Book SynopsisAn astonishing collection about interconnectedness - between the human and nonhuman, ancestors and ourselves - from National Book Critics Circle Award winner and National Book Award finalist Ada Limón.''I have always been too sensitive, a weeper / from a long line of weepers,'' writes Limón. ''I am the hurting kind.'' What does it mean to be the hurting kind? To be sensitive not only to the world''s pain and joys, but to the meanings that bend in the scrim between the natural world and the human world? To divine the relationships between us all? To perceive ourselves in other beings - and to know that those beings are resolutely their own, that they ''do not / care to be seen as symbols''?With Limón''s remarkable ability to trace thought, The Hurting Kind explores those questions - incorporating others'' stories and ways of knowing, making surprising turns, and always reaching a place of startling insight. These poems slip through the seasons, teeming wTrade ReviewBy far Limón's most self- and world-examining book, The Hurting Kind captures the hidden, marginal forces of kindness and suffering around us . . . a set of astoundingly moving poems in which the self becomes an inclusive vehicle for bridging the hurting gaps between generations, ideas and living things . . . If you only read one book this autumn, make it this one * Guardian *I can always rely on an Ada Limón poem to give me hope, but Limón's poems don't give us the kind of facile Hallmark hope; rather, her hope is hard-earned, even laced with grief or happiness . . . Limón is a master at making a simple idea (that of hindsight, seeing the bright side of things) askew. "And so I have/two brains now," she writes. "Two entirely different brains." Limón gives us two brains in her poems, too, revealing new ways to view the world -- Victoria Chang * New York Times Magazine *In one of Ada Limón's early poems, she asks, "Shouldn't we make fire out of everyday things?" For the past 16 years, that's exactly what she's done. [She is] fearlessly confessional and technically brilliant * Washington Post *These poems home in on how grief makes us human . . . [Limón] reminds readers that we are nothing without connection. If you haven't read poetry in a while, this volume might be what you need to reconnect with the form * Los Angeles Times *Brilliant . . . Throughout is the trademark wonder, and blown-out perceptivity, underscoring Limón's clarion melancholy * San Francisco Chronicle *Limón is a poet of ecstatic revelation -- Tracy K. Smith * Guardian *
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Hay House UK Made of Rivers Revised Expanded
Book SynopsisNow revised and expanded with new poems, this raw and poignant collection takes readers on a journey through the winding currents of self-discovery, transformation, and healing, culminating in a glistening sea of love and redemption.the love that is meant for youwill always find you -the riveralways findst h e s e a. i n e v i t a b l eEmory Hall''s debut poetry collection, Made of Rivers, intricately maps the anatomy of a river, surging with themes of loss, grief, and the sacred currents of transformation and motherhood. Brimming with magic and profound depth, Made of Rivers will wash anew all those who come to it, revealing hidden corners of the self yearning to be discovered. It explores the feminine and draws upon Emory's own wellspring of life experiences, hardships, triumphs, and revelations. Her work sheds light on vital themes of healing and self-care, offers solace to thos
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Thomas Nelson Publishers We Say Shalom
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£14.39
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC An Interesting Detail
Book SynopsisAn important and timely collection spanning time and space, pain and power, from an innovative, powerful poetic voice
£10.44
Button Poetry Staying Right Here
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Luath Press Ltd Love Goes North
Book SynopsisIn Love Goes North, Julie McNeill presents a heartfelt collection of poetry that serves as a love letter to trains, travel and the myriad experiences that shape our lives. Through her evocative verses, McNeill charts her journey north to Glasgow and beyond, capturing the essence of each moment along the way. Each poem is imbued with a sense of longing and joy, inviting readers to reflect on their own journeys and the people who have touched their hearts. Love Goes North is ideal for poetry enthusiasts, lovers of travel, and anyone captivated by the stories that unfold on the road. It will resonate with those seeking inspiration from the journeys they undertake and the relationships they nurture. This collection is a perfect addition to any bookshelf, offering a comforting reminder of the power of love and connection in our lives.
£8.99
Rowanvale Books A Twist of Rotten Silk or Words to That Effect
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Wake Forest University Press The Meek
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Wordeee My Cats
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£22.49
Faber & Faber The Faber Book of Beasts
Book Synopsis''The Faber Book of Beasts is a generous and intelligent round- up of old favourites, new juxtapositions, and poems we mightn''t know about ... Will set heads shaking, as well as nodding with pleasure.'' Independent William Wordsworth''s ''To a Skylark''W.B. Yeats'' ''Leda and the Swan''Elizabeth Bishop''s ''The Moose''D.H. Lawrence''s ''Bat''Marianne Moore''s ''Elephants''William Blake''s ''The Tyger'' Gerard Manley Hopkins'' ''The Windhover''Thom Gunn''s ''The Snail''Seamus Heaney''s ''Otter''John Donne''s ''The Flea''Christopher Smart''s ''My Cat Jeoffry''''Baa Baa Black Sheep'' From childhood rhymes to canonical classics, Homer to Ted Hughes, this eclectic poetry anthology celebrating the earth''s creatures brims with beastly delights. Celebrated poet Paul Muldoon''s bestiary shows that we are ''most human in the pre
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Seven Stories Press Love Poems
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Penguin Books Ltd Swell
Book SynopsisEloquent and uncompromising, Swell explores the triumphs and hardships of the journey to new motherhood through pregnancy, miscarriage, birth and beyond In the consultation room I stared at the purple flowers in their purple vase and imagined my insides: an ocean, a cave, a storm. Maria Ferguson's second poetry collection is a raw and powerful documentation of one woman's experience of becoming a mother. Against a backdrop of the sounds and sensations of daily life, she longs for her own mother''s embrace, observes as her body changes and charts a course through loss and wilting house plants toward recovery, empowerment and renewal. Tender, direct and winningly witty, Swell distils the poet''s complex feelings surrounding family and domesticity, exploring the contending weight and levity felt as she contemplates a thrillingly unfamiliar new chapter. Ferguson is a poet as alert to the absurd as to the shattering, and these are large-hearted poems, full of life and thought. Together, they invite the reader to join them in a search for self-acceptance, for freedom from shame, and for a path to stability in increasingly uncertain times.
£10.44
Jantar Publishing Ltd We Were Here
Book SynopsisPoetry from the front lines of the Ukrainian-Russian war
£14.25
Northside House Limited Cedar
Book SynopsisCedar: A Captivating Verse-Documentary Unveiling the Modern Lebanese Experience Delve into the tapestry of the modern and contemporary Lebanese experience with Cedar by Omar Sabbagh.
£10.79
Smokestack Books Eating Thistles
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£7.59
W. W. Norton & Company Enormous Morning
£23.20
Andrews McMeel Publishing The Book of Healing: Selected Poetry and Prose
Book SynopsisFrom bestselling author, speaker, and educator Najwa Zebian comes a collectible treasury of her most beloved poetry and prose. Selected by the author and organized by topic, the pieces in this collection address themes such as letting go, understanding self-worth, and stepping into your own power.Perfect for readers looking to overcome pain, heal from trauma, and rebuild a strong sense of self, The Book of Healing contains Najwa’s favorite pieces from her three bestselling books—Mind Platter, The Nectar of Pain, and Sparks of Phoenix.Beautifully packaged with foil-stamping and a ribbon marker, this gift-worthy selection of poems gets straight to the heart of Najwa’s message. A keepsake or a broad introduction, The Book of Healing is a worthy companion for anyone looking to cultivate emotional resilience.
£14.39
Faber & Faber Beowulf Bilingual Edition
Book SynopsisBeowulf, composed between the seventh and tenth century, is the elegaic narrative of the adventures of Beowulf, a Scandinavian hero who saves the Danes from the seemingly invincible monster Grendel, and, later, from Grendel''s mother. He returns to his own country and dies in old age in a vivid battle against a dragon. The poem is about encountering the monstrous, defeating it, and living on in the exhausted aftermath. Heaney''s celebrated translation honours what is remote and intuits what is uncannily familiar, at the end of the twentieth century, in this founding masterpiece of English poetry. Now, for the first time, the Old English text - which survived only in a single scorched manuscript, now held in the British Museum - can be read in conjunction with the translation on facing pages.Trade Review"'The whole performance is wonderfully intermediate - poised between the Bible and folk wisdom, between the Light Ages and the Dark Ages - and at the same time pulverisingly actual in its language. He has made a masterpiece out of a masterpiece.' Andrew Motion, Financial Times"
£13.49
Silver Press Revolutionary Letters
Book SynopsisBy turns a handbook of countercultural living, a manual for street protest, and a feminist broadside against the repressive state apparatus, Revolutionary Letters is a modern classic, as relevant today as it was at its inception, 50 years ago.Trade Review‘A powerful and ever-urgent call to action...one of di Prima’s best-known, most-loved collections of writing.’ * Frieze *
£12.59
Fitzcarraldo Editions plastic
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£11.69
Jantar Publishing Ltd Dasein
£14.24
The Conrad Press Bracing
Book Synopsis'Bracing' is a full collection of poems, mostly about contemporary life, experienced richly, intensely, unsentimentally and with humour. The writing is humane and accessible, wearing its intelligence lightly. There is something for everyone in 'Bracing', even for those who were put off poetry at school. This is a mature, well-rounded piece of work. The subject matter ranges across modern life and beyond - childhood, parenthood, love, lust, loss, shopping, animals (and our connection to them), climate change, the complexities of the human heart and of relationships, spirituality, food, suffragettes, the status of women, homesickness, grief, illness, ageing, dementia, fear, the joy in small things. All the poems are underpinned by a keen eye, a sharp wit and a total absence of self-pity. Simone is a safe pair of hands, writing in an unshowy style, a poet who manages to be heartfelt, humorous and accomplished.Table of ContentsBreeze 9 Digging 11 Gargoyle 12 For my daughter’s mother-in-law’s sister 13 As kings, in Egypt 15 After the rains return 16 A lady novelist writes to a publisher, 1972 17 Blew in 18 Vision 20 When we were first together 21 Osculation 22 Summer shower 23 The pull of the lizards 24 Boy, playing 25 He's a nice lad 26 Milady fair 28 St. David’s 29 Not getting my autograph book signed by John Noakes 30 Speed awareness 31 On hold 33 Hole punch 34 Lemon cheesecake with ginger 35 Cancelling God 36 Named for the tree 37 Blast To my Suffragette 39 The classroom 42 The migration of Bewick's swan 44 In the nursery 45 Just a little prick 47 Evergreen 50 Love, house, vinyl, desire 51 Polar bear and Oyster 52 Again 54 Last Samaritan in Paris 56 Confession 58 Were you there, bear? 61 It’s an ill wind… 52.0136 North, 4.3881 West – 21st February 2022 64 Balance 66 A coffee and a chat - Barmouth 67 Springers in the air 68 Like a duck to water 69 A photo for Grandpa 70 Inevitability 71 Celebration 72 Nessun Dorma 73 The visitor 74 January 6th 75 Springing 76 I am becoming all those words 77 Diagnosis 78 Retreat 79 Revelation 81 Checking up on Dad 83 What do we do now? 84 For him there was no longing 85 At the bar 87 Acknowledgements 88 About ‘Bracing’ and about Simone 89
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Andrews McMeel Publishing Film for Her
Book SynopsisWith both pen and camera lens, Orion Carloto captures the dreamlike beauty of memory.Film for Her is a story book of people, places, and memories captured on film. Through photographs, poetry, prose, and a short story, Orion Carloto invites readers to remember the forgotten and reach into the past, find comfort in the present, and make sense of the intangible future. Film photography isn’t just eye candy; it’s timeless and romantic—the ideal complement to Carloto’s writing. In Film for Her, much like a visual diary, word and image are intertwined in a book perfect for both gift and self-purchase.
£15.29
Titan Books Ltd Calypso
Book SynopsisThoughtful, elegant, exciting – I loved it. Sarah WatersA ground-breaking, mind-bending and wildly imaginative epic verse revolution in SF. A saga of colony ships, shattering moons and cataclysmic war in a new Eden. Truly unforgettable and richly lyrical eco-fiction, for fans of Kim Stanley Robinson, Adrian Tchaikovsky, and Jeff VanderMeer.Rochelle wakes from cryostasis to take up her role on the colony ark, Calypso. But she wakes to find the ship deserted, and the interior taken over by a forest. As she explores and finds the last remaining members of the crew, she discovers a legacy of war conducted whilst she slept. The engineers and the botanists have different visions for how to build the world. The engineers would build a new utopia of technology; the botanists would have the planet bloom, untouched by mankind. Both will destroy the other to ensure their vision of paradise prevails. And Rochelle, the last t
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Zondervan Getting Through What Youre Going Through
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£14.39
Random House USA Inc Plainwater
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£14.39
Counterpoint The Four Chinese Classics: Tao Te Ching, Chuang
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£20.39
Smokestack Books The Dogs
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£7.59
SmithDoorstop Books The North 71
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£10.80
Spidling Productions Limited Take That Smile Off Your Face
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Andrews McMeel Publishing Once Upon a Feeling
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£26.99
New York Review of Books The Death of a Greek Lover
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Modern Toss Limited Collected Works from DriveBy Abuser
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Button Poetry Lord Of The Butterflies
Book SynopsisThe latest poetry collecting from the biggest name in slam poetry.
£14.39
Pushkin Press Birds Beasts and a World Made New
Book SynopsisA revelatory volume of two of the twentieth century's great poetic innovators, Guillaume Apollinaire and Velimir Khlebnikov, in vibrant new translations by Robert ChandlerGuillaume Apollinaire and Velimir Khlebnikov never met, but they have much in common. Both inventive luminaries of Modernism, they played a central role in the avant-garde movements of their time and worked closely with the most important visual artists around them. Written with exhilarating freedom and creativity, their verse has continued to inspire poets to the present day.Acclaimed translator and poet Robert Chandler offers a unique selection from both poets' work in vivid new translations. Showcasing their most direct, heartfelt verse alongside their form-breaking innovations, this volume reveals the deep insight with which these two poets wrote about love, friendship, art, revolution, famine and war.
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Oxford University Press Peer Gynt
Book SynopsisPeer Gynt was Ibsen''s last work to use poetry as a medium of dramatic expression, and the poetry is brilliantly appropriate to the imaginative swings between Scandinavian oral folk traditions, the Morrocan coast, the Sahara Desert, and the absurdist images of the Cairo madhouse. This translation is taken from the acclaimed Oxford Ibsen.John McFarlane is Emeritus Professor of European Literature at the University of East Anglia, and General Editor of the Oxford Ibsen. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World''s Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford''s commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.Trade Review'Christopher Fry, a poet of genius, has added, in his translation of Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt, a new work of genius to English Literature. Peer Gynt never 'read right' in English before. Now it does.' Dr R.C. Poole, Dept. of English, University of Nottingham'an ultimately bleak but nonetheless entertaining classic' Herts Advertiser
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Central Avenue Publishing Call Me Home
Book SynopsisA powerful exploration of the diverse manifestations of “home”, extending beyond its mere physicality, through topics such as womanhood, spirituality, and immigration.Explore the multifaceted concept of 'home' through Kaur's evocative poetry. Journey beyond its physical confines to discover its emotional and psychological depths, touching on themes like immigration, womanhood, and spirituality. Encounter narratives of loss, rediscovery, and healing that resonate with the human experience. With rich language and imagery, this collection offers fresh perspectives, inviting readers to reconsider their understanding of what it means to feel at home.
£11.69
The New Menard Press Jugoslovenska Kinoteka
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Little, Brown Book Group Startlement
£18.70
Michael Walmer A Day Between Weathers
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£15.15
Cinnamon Press Sparrows at the Breakfast Table
Book SynopsisBeautifully observed and written with a lightness and freshness that breathes life through every poem, Sparrows at the Breakfast Table invites us into a place of wonder and love. These family moments, most acute between a grandfather and grandson, are filled with gentle humour and deep tenderness. And there is nothing shallow here these poems are not whimsies but serious reflections on the bonds we make across generations and how they go on reverberating in memory. In these exquisitely illustrated encounters, we find ourselves more able to savour what matters, to value the heart and soul of life. This is an enchanting collection that not only shines a light on our relationship to children but also invites us to connect again the child within each of us.
£10.44
Candlestick Press Ten Poems from the Lake District
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£6.95
Partnership Publishing Rising From Despair
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£9.99
Flapjack Press Fiery Words for Hellish Times
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