Poetry

Revised and updated for the twenty-first century, Steering the Craft is Ursula K. Le Guin's carrier bag of the essentials of a writer's craft, a generous gift from one of the great thinkers about how - and why - to write.This handbook is an accessible...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780156724005Author Mary OliverFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Houghton MifflinPublisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 116gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 135mm...

A fully updated comprehensive guide for improving and practicing your creative writing, including contributions from Ali Smith and Kit de Waal The Creative Writing Coursebook, edited by Julia Bell and Paul Magrs, takes aspiring writers through three...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623177195Author Tamiko BeyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S.

More than 100 poems about Britain's nature in a beautifully illustrated book Seven chapters touch on different aspects of the British countryside, including seasons, birds and wildlife, woods, water, moors and mountains. This carefully chosen...

'Outstanding... The best short introduction I have come across' Sunday TimesWhen he died at the age of just twenty-five, few imagined John Keats would one day be considered among the greatest poets of all time.Taking nine of Keats's best-known poems,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647751074Author Poetry HouseFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint VervantePublisher VervanteWeight(grams) 699gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 203mm * 19mm

A collection of meditations on poetry, art and life, taken from the creative writing lectures of one of South Korea's most prominent living poets'Kick against words like you would kick back on a swing. You've got to feel as if the soles of your feet are...

The Craft is an indispensable guide to both the 'how' and 'why' of poetic craft in the 21st century, and essential writing-desk companion for poets at all stages. The book covers practical techniques - the nuts of bolts of putting poems together,...

Poetry is increasingly democratic in its use of different formats, but it can be difficult to know how to navigate the range of options available. In a competitive field, this information is not always easy to access, and many poets make mistakes. This...

'An extraordinary book of real passionate research' Edmund de WaalIn 1945, Ezra Pound was due to stand trial for treason for his broadcasts in Fascist Italy during the Second World War. But before the trial could take place Pound was pronounced insane...

Fascinating and informative - advice to inspire budding writers as well as entertaining Maeve Binchy fans the world over.'A motivating, and pleasingly undaunting volume for the would be writer in your life' DAILY MAIL'The most important thing to realise...

From the bestselling author of How to Read Literature Like a Professor comes this essential primer to reading poetry like a professor that unlocks the keys to enjoying works from Lord Byron to the Beatles.No literary form is as admired and feared as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780156007627Author Frances MayesFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint Harper PerennialPublisher Harper PerennialWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm) 201mm *...

An engaging and authoritative introduction to an increasingly important and popular literary genreProse Poetry is the first book of its kind-an engaging and authoritative introduction to the history, development, and features of English-language prose...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312010447Author FreyFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 304gDimensions(mm) 214mm * 146mm * 19mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914914126Author Jackie WillsFormat PaperbackImprint SmithDoorstop BooksPublisher SmithDoorstop BooksWeight(grams) 138g

What makes reading a poem unlike reading anything else? While there are as many ways to read a poem as there are types of poetry, every poem demands a conscious attention to language. Reading poems forensically helps us bring that attention to our own...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646117970Author Christopher SalernoFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Rockridge PressPublisher Rockridge PressWeight(grams) 299gDimensions(mm) 210mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781598537703Author Robert FrostFormat HardbackPage Count 164Imprint The Library of AmericaPublisher The Library of AmericaWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781068644610Format PaperbackImprint The 87 PressPublisher The 87 Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646114696Author Marya LaythFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint Rockridge PressPublisher Rockridge PressWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 145mm *...

A wonderfully accessible handbook to the art of writing and reading poetry-itself written entirely in verse"Reading this book, you get to know poetry from the inside, without the alienating or distracting effect of abstract definition. Knowledge of how...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781068606519Author Louise GoodfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 470Imprint Cotton Field PublishingPublisher Cotton Field PublishingWeight(grams)...

When you are facing down a blank page (or screen), a constraint-based prompt-for example, "you must use the words 'cloud' and 'green'" or "you must set the scene in a crowded grocery store"-can get your brain working in unexpected ways. In this creative...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062730244Author Robin BehnFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint HarperReferencePublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 249g

Originally published in 1766, the "Laocoon" has been called the first modern attempt to define the distinctive spheres of art and poetry, and its author, Lessing, the first modern esthetician. Lessing invented the modern concept of the artistic medium...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781734966107Author Hakim Abul-Ghassem FerdowsiFormat PaperbackPage Count 622Imprint Girouette BooksPublisher Girouette BooksWeight(grams) 898gDimensions(mm)...

Poetry: A Survivor's Guide has earned high praise from students, teachers, and readers from around the globe for its playful sincerity and idiosyncratic humor and for its approach to a subject both loved and feared. Updated and expanded, including six...

Locating Strongwoman is a portrait of unperformed femininity. Eschewing the stereotypical portrayal of the "Strong Woman" and the even more loaded "Strong Black Woman", these poems invite the reader to interrogate the protagonists and find in their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781399977456Author Girija ShettarFormat HardbackPage Count 76Imprint Girija ShettarPublisher Girija ShettarWeight(grams) 259gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

Silver Medal Winner for Poetry at the 2022 Nautilus Book Awards.A powerful new anthology depicting how love over the past two-and-a-half millennia has found its expression in the words of the world's greatest poets.No, Love Is Not Dead is a timely...

Using side-by-side pairings of first drafts and final versions, including full-page reproductions from the poets' personal notebooks, as well as an insightful essay on each poem's journey from start to finish, The Art of Revising Poetry tracks the...

Become a poet and write poetry with ease with help from this clear and simple guide in the popular 101 series. Poetry never goes out of style. An ancient writing form found in civilizations across the world, poetry continues to inform the way we write...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912196333Author Jonathan DavidsonFormat PaperbackImprint Smith|Doorstop BooksPublisher Smith|Doorstop Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645471653Author Mevlana Jalaluddin RumiFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912257607Author Michelle GordonFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Turquoise Quill PressPublisher Not From This PlanetWeight(grams) 95gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781087902050Author Teri SantitoroFormat PaperbackPage Count 210Imprint IngramSparkPublisher IngramSparkWeight(grams) 286gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 11mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262043670Author Paul StephensFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 25mm

'So long as you and you and you, venerable and ancient representatives of Sappho, Shakespeare and Shelley, are aged precisely twenty-three and propose... to spend the next fifty years of your lives in writing poetry, I refuse to think that the art is...