Poetry

This is the first paperback edition of a classic anthology of Chinese poetry. Spanning two thousand years-from the Book of Songs (circa 600 B.C.) to the chu form of the Yuan Dynasty (1260-1368)-these 150 poems cover all major genres that students of...

Samantha King Holmes brings forth a raw, original perspective. A collection of poetry that breathes hope into the idea of love while mourning the human condition of seeking out connections, sometimes with the wrong people. Her verse takes the readers on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486414102Author Walt WhitmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 55gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611806939Author Sam HamillFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc

In 2013 poet Sarah Hesketh spent 20 weeks visiting a residential care home for people with dementia. The result is The Hard Word Box, a book of poems and verbatim interviews that takes the reader on a surprising and enriching journey through memory and...

Designed to work with the acclaimed course text How to Read Chinese Poetry: A Guided Anthology, the How to Read Chinese Poetry Workbook introduces classical Chinese to advanced beginners and learners at higher levels, teaching them how to appreciate...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780806164021Author Aaron PelttariFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint University of Oklahoma PressPublisher University of Oklahoma PressWeight(grams) 503g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911356080Author Benjamin MyersFormat PaperbackImprint MayFly PressPublisher New Writing North

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781551528250Author Cicely Belle BlainFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Arsenal Pulp PressPublisher Arsenal Pulp Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398495753Author Keith RavenscroftFormat PaperbackPage Count 142Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley PublishersWeight(grams)...

These poems report on worlds both robust and delicate, from boisterous pub-bluff to the oxygen bubble of an exquisite underwater spider. Whether situated in the quiet lanes of his native Co Cork or amid the bustle of his adopted London, Riordan's...

Karin Boye is Sweden's greatest woman poet. Born in 1900, she was a poet of ideas, and wrote a powerful prophetic novel, Kallocain. Her involvement in the radical literary and artistic movement Clarte during the 1920s led to her interest in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781870612876Author Frances CornfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Enitharmon PressPublisher Enitharmon PressWeight(grams) 149g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912436477Author Carole BromleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint Valley PressPublisher Valley Press

A petite, beautifully packaged collection of poems about motherhood, this is the perfect gift for mothers of all ages. This beautifully illustrated, empowering collection features more than 25 poignant poems about the incredible experience of...

Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, was the first collection of poetry produced by Robert Burns. Published in Kilmarnock in July 1786 it has become known as The Kilmarnock Edition. The contents include 44 of Burns' best known poems including To a...

Little Gods established Jacob Polley as one of the leading talents of the younger generation; his third collection sees him extend that gift in often wholly unexpected directions. As before, Polley's work is often unashamedly lyric, and displays a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780688149895Author Nikki GiovanniFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint HarperCollins Childrens Book GroupPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781626549319Author Otagaki RengetsuFormat PaperbackPage Count 182Imprint Echo Point Books & MediaPublisher Echo Point Books & MediaWeight(grams)...

"To read Maggie Smith is to embrace the achingly precious beauty of the present moment." -Time From the award-winning poet and bestselling author of Keep Moving and Good Bones, a stunning poetry collection that celebrates the beauty and messiness of life...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907598555Author Alison O'NeillFormat PaperbackPage Count 20Imprint Candlestick PressPublisher Candlestick Press

Meister (1911-1979), whose first book of poetry appeared only months before the Nazis came to power, is a mysterious and strange poet. His work abounds in syntactical and philosophical ambiguity which is perfectly captured in this illuminating new...

Antonio Machado, a school teacher and philosopher and one of Spain's foremost poets of the twentieth century, writes of the mountains, the skies, the farms and the sentiments of his homeland clearly and without narcissism: "Just as before, I'm...

'I dislike the idea of being a religious poet. I would prefer to be a poet for whom religious things mattered intensely.' In the poems collected in this book, Rowan Williams writes of many things. He visits the Holy Land, commemorates the deaths of...

James Joyce is most celebrated for his remarkable novel Ulysses, and yet he was also an accomplished poet. Chamber Music, his debut collection, fused the styles of the Celtic Revival with his own brand of ironic exuberance. Pomes Penyeach, a collection...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780862921156Author AristophanesFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Bristol Classical PressPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLCWeight(grams) 369g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398468818Author Frances CohenFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Austin Macauley PublishersPublisher Austin Macauley Publishers

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781804393154Author Rion LevyFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Olympia PublishersPublisher Olympia Publishers

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400041282Author Peter WashingtonFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Everyman's Library USAPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 232gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780809013524Author Professor Wole SoyinkaFormat PaperbackPage Count 92Imprint Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3plPublisher Farrar, Strauss &...

Christopher Middleton, long a resident of the USA, is one of Britain's finest poets. He was writing (not for publication) his 'Nocturnal Journal' during the two years prior to his retirement from the University of Texas at Austin, where he had taught...

Sir Gawain and the Green KnightReviewsQuite simply the best edition there is! * Nancy P. Stork, Stanford University *Book InformationISBN 9780198114864Author J. R. R. TolkienFormat PaperbackPage Count 262Imprint Oxford University PressPublisher Oxford...

Shinkichi Takahashi is one of the truly great figures in world poetry. In the classic Zen tradition of economy, disciplined attention, and subtlety, Takahashi lucidly captures that which is contemporary in its problems and experiences, yet classic in its...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992958145Author Steve ElyFormat PaperbackPage Count 172Imprint Smokestack BooksPublisher Smokestack Books

Ancient Rome's longest epic.Silius Italicus (T. Catius, AD 25-101), was consul in 68 and governor of the province of Asia in 69; he sought no further office but lived thereafter on his estates as a literary man and collector. He revered the work of ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692658444Author Topher KearbyFormat PaperbackPage Count 182Imprint Gray Force PublishingPublisher Gray Force PublishingWeight(grams) 259g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780241240618Author John MiltonFormat HardbackPage Count 512Imprint Penguin ClassicsPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 629gDimensions(mm) 204mm *...

Since his first recordings in 1955, Johnny Cash has been an icon in the music world. In his newly discovered poems and song lyrics, we see the world through his eyes. The poetry reveals his depth of understanding, both of the world around him and within...

A monumental event in American poetry, Get the Money! brings together the essential prose writings of iconic New York School poet Ted Berrigan."Ted Berrigan was a leader of the New York School; his crazy energy embodied that movement and the city itself...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374520250Author Derek WalcottFormat PaperbackPage Count 614Imprint Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncPublisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc