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The Great Hunger by Patrick Kavanagh
RRP: £3.00£2.49'I have lived in important places, timesWhen great events were decided . . .'By turns comical, grouchy and exalted, and including his tragic masterpiece 'The Great Hunger', some of the key poems by the writer who transformed Anglo-Irish verse.Penguin... -
Guilty - Unless Proven Otherwise: A Judge John Deed Novel by GF Newman 9781853982002
RRP: £14.99£10.95The ambitious and flawed John Deed has made many enemies during his career both as a QC and as a judge on the High Court bench. While presiding over a murder trial, Deed comes to suspect that it is a vindictive politician who should be in the dock for... -
Poems for Christmas by Various
RRP: £9.99£6.29Poems for Christmas is an exquisitely produced gift anthology which is guaranteed to get anyone in the festive spirit. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library, a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold-foiled edges and ribbon... -
The Night Trotsky Came to Stay by Allison McVety 9781902382906
RRP: £7.95£5.67Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Felix Dennis Forward Poetry Prize for Best First Collection 2008.Book InformationISBN 9781902382906Format PaperbackPage Count 60Imprint Smith|Doorstop... -
Islands: Sirens, Circe and Calypso by Stuart Montgomery 9781901538540
RRP: £11.00£9.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781901538540Author Stuart MontgomeryFormat PaperbackPage Count 88Imprint etruscan booksPublisher etruscan books -
Complete Verse by Hilaire Belloc
RRP: £19.99£14.28Here is the distinctly surreal world of Henry King, who perished through his 'chief defect' of chewing little bits of string; of dishonest Matilda whose dreadful lies led her to death by burning; and of Godolphin Horne who 'held the human race in scorn'... -
Through His Eyes by S Hukr
RRP: £20.00£16.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780645349948Author S HukrFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Fajr NoorPublisher Fajr NoorWeight(grams) 200gDimensions(mm) 178mm * 127mm * 12mm -
If I Had Not Seen Their Sleeping Faces: fragments on death after Anna de Noailles by Christina Tudor-Sideri 9781916541016
£10.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916541016Author Christina Tudor-SideriFormat PaperbackPage Count 118Imprint Erratum PressPublisher Erratum PressWeight(grams) 118gDimensions(mm) 190mm *... -
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran 9780141187013
RRP: £8.99£6.45A hugely influential philosophical work of prose poetry, Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet is an inspirational, allegorical guide to living, and this Penguin Modern Classics edition includes an introduction by Robin Waterfield.First published in the 1920's,... -
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Other Poems (Collins Classics) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
RRP: £2.99£2.34HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Instead of the cross, the AlbatrossAbout my neck was hung' When an albatross leads a stricken ship out of treacherous ice, a hapless mariner... -
I Wouldn't Thank You for a Valentine: Poems for Young Feminists by Carol Ann Duffy 9780805055450
£10.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805055450Author Carol Ann DuffyFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Henry Holt & Company IncPublisher Henry Holt & Company IncWeight(grams) 113g -
City Psalms by Benjamin Zephaniah
RRP: £10.99£7.40City Psalms was Benjamin Zephaniah's first collection from Bloodaxe back in 1992. It includes some of his best-known poems, including 'Dis Poetry', 'Money' and 'Us and Dem'. Best known for his performance poetry with a political edge for adults - and his... -
Memories by Lang Leav 9781449472399
RRP: £14.99£9.76Best-selling poet Lang Leav presents a gorgeous hardcover gift book featuring the best of Lullabies and Love & Misadventure plus thirty-five new poems for fans to discover, along with original color illustrations by the author. For fans of Lang Leav,... -
Selected Poems by Rainer Maria Rilke
RRP: £10.99£7.77Hailed as the greatest modern lyrical poet of Germany, Rainer Maria Rilke's genius lies in his passion for perfection, artistic integrity and 'willingness to remain a perpetual beginner'. The verse contained in this selection ranges from the objective,... -
The Raven and Other Poems by Edgar Allan Poe 9781435171374
RRP: £12.99£9.09Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore." With that undying line Edgar Allan Poe ensured his immortality in the annals of American letters. What student of literature or lover of poetry is not familiar with his poem "The Raven," and the heartbreaking message... -
A God at the Door by Tishani Doshi
RRP: £10.99£7.40An exquisite collection from a poet at the peak of her powers, Tishani Doshi's Forward-shortlisted A God at the Door spans time and space, drawing on the extraordinary minutiae of nature and humanity to elevate the marginalised. Extending the territory... -
The Night Before Christmas: The Collectible Edition by Clement Moore 9781646433995
RRP: £20.00£13.74The Night Before Christmas?is an enchanting Christmas story that has brought Santa Claus to life for generations. Celebrate the holiday season with this #1?New York Times?bestselling edition of the classic poem.'Twas the night before Christmas, when all... -
Collected Poems Volume I: 1909-1939 by William Carlos Williams 9781784106713
RRP: £25.00£17.32William Carlos Williams' Collected Poems Volume I reissued as a Carcanet Classic. Described by Thom Gunn as `an ideal edition', this first volume of William Carlos Williams' Collected Poems is a vivid account of his formation as a poet, his time in... -
Egghead: Or, You Can't Survive on Ideas Alone by Bo Burnham
RRP: £14.99£9.80Sometimes funny, sometimes serious, mostly absurd collection of poetry and essays from comedy superstar and creator of Netflix phenomenon Inside Bo Burnham.Bo Burnham was a teenager living in his parents' attic in Massachusetts when he started posting... -
The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose of John Donne by John Donne
RRP: £15.99£10.93Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375757341Author John DonneFormat PaperbackPage Count 736Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 601gDimensions(mm) 202mm *... -
Poems of the Decade 2011-2020: An Anthology of the Forward Books of Poetry 2011-2020 by Various Poets
RRP: £9.99£6.70Poems of the Decade 2011-2020 celebrates the thirtieth anniversary of the Forward Prizes for Poetry. Gathering one hundred poems by writers and performers who have drawn new audiences to the artform, it highlights poetry as a space for fresh powerful... -
The Poems of Norman MacCaig by Norman MacCaig 9781846971365
RRP: £25.00£16.99This collection of Norman MacCaig's poems is offered as the definitive edition of his work. It has been edited by his son, Ewen. A prolific writer, MacCaig left about 600 unpublished poems after his death; 99 have been selected for inclusion here. The... -
Memoirs Of Montparnasse by John Glassco
RRP: £16.99£11.54Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590171844Author John GlasscoFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint NYRB ClassicsPublisher The New York Review of Books, IncWeight(grams)... -
Circles of Hell by Dante
RRP: £3.00£2.49'I truly thought I'd never make it back.'Ten of the most memorable and most terrifying cantos from Dante's Inferno.Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of... -
Mind Platter by Najwa Zebian 9781449492878
RRP: £11.99£7.59Mind Platter is a compilation of reflections on life through the eyes of an educator, student and human who experienced most of life in silence. It is written in the words of a person who came from Lebanon to Canada at the age of sixteen and experienced... -
Classic Works from Women Writers by Editors of Canterbury Classics
RRP: £19.99£13.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684125548Author Editors of Canterbury ClassicsFormat HardbackPage Count 896Imprint Silver Dolphin BooksPublisher Silver Dolphin BooksWeight(grams)... -
Panic Response by John McCullough 9781913850050
RRP: £9.99£6.99*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 FORWARD PRIZE FOR BEST SINGLE POEM* From the mercurial mind of award-winning poet John McCullough comes his darkest and most experimental book to date. Panic Response puts personal and cultural anxiety under the microscope... -
Sonnets to Orpheus by Rainer Rilke 9781907587221
RRP: £9.99£7.11In fifty-five sonnets, Rilke plays an astonishing set of philosophical and sensual variations on the Orpheus myth. 'Praising, that's it!' he declares; nature, art, love, time, childhood, technology, poverty, justice - all are encompassed in poems that... -
This Life, This Life: Selected Poems 1970-2006 by Andrew Greig
RRP: £14.99£9.80What are the contours of a life? For Andrew Greig: childhood, adolescence, the country then the city, sex, love, marriage, break-ups and breakdowns personal and political, mountain adventures, illness and recovery, increased awareness of mortality and... -
The Complete Poems by Walt Whitman
RRP: £16.99£12.68In 1855 Walt Whitman published Leaves of Grass, the work which defined him as one of America's most influential voices, and which he added to throughout his life. A collection of astonishing originality and intensity, it spoke of politics, sexual... -
Electric Light by Seamus Heaney 9780571207985
RRP: £12.99£8.56Electric Light travels widely in time and space, visiting the sites of the classical world, revisiting the poet's childhood: rural electrification and the light of ancient evenings are reconciled within the orbit of a single lifetime. This is a book... -
One Hundred and Fifty-Two Days by Giles Paley-Phillips
RRP: £12.99£8.73'Superb, moving, beautiful' Joanna Cannon, author of The Trouble with Goats and SheepHe will be allowed to visit his mother soon. His mother who is terminally ill, his mother who he has been barred from seeing as he recovers from his own bout of... -
Eugene Onegin: A Novel in Verse by Alexander Pushkin
RRP: £10.99£7.77Eugene Onegin is the master work of the poet whom Russians regard as the fountainhead of their literature. Set in 1820s Russia, Pushkin's verse novel follows the fates of three men and three women. Engaging, full of suspense, and varied in tone, it... -
Life is Sad and Beautiful: The Debut Poetry Collection from The Original Mummy's Boy by Hussain Manawer
RRP: £16.99£11.54** THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER **THE DEBUT POETRY COLLECTION FROM THE ORIGINAL MUMMY'S BOY, HUSSAIN MANAWER.'I remember the day I wrote my first ever poem, I was sitting on my bed in the attic and started jotting down lines on this little notepad, little... -
Love Poems to No One: Romantic Poetry by N R Hart 9780692168592
RRP: £20.99£14.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692168592Author N R HartFormat HardbackPage Count 206Imprint Monday Creek PublishingPublisher Monday Creek Publishing -
A Choice of Anglo-Saxon Verse by Richard Hamer
RRP: £12.99£8.56A Choice of Anglo-Saxon Verse contains the Old English texts of all the major short poems, such as 'The Battle of Maldon', 'The Dream of the Rood', 'The Wanderer' and 'The Seafarer', as well as a generous representation of the many important fragments,... -
Pan Tadeusz by Adam Mickiewicz 9780781800334
RRP: £21.99£17.06Translated by Kenneth R MacKenzie, Pan Tadeusz is an epic tale of country life among the Polish and Lithuanian gentry in the years 1811 and 1812. It is a poem of the love of country, to which all people belong.Book InformationISBN 9780781800334Author... -
my name is abilene by Elisabeth Sennitt Clough
RRP: £10.99£7.40Sennitt Clough’s twisty fen-Gothic narratives are filled with macabre imagery and sexual violence. Imagine a monstrous fair that has arrived in deepest Cambridgeshire, only to discover that the inhabitants are far more frightening than the carnival. Rich... -
My Mother Was A Freedom Fighter by Aja Monet 9781608467679
RRP: £14.99£9.88Powerful, poetic meditations on motherhood, sisterhood, spirituality, solidarity, displacement/gentrification, racism, and sexism. Textured with the sights and sounds of growing up in East New York in the nineties, to school on the South Side of Chicago,... -
A Broken Man in Flower: Versions of Yannis Ritsos by David Harsent
RRP: £12.99£10.20Yannis Ritsos (1909-90) is generally considered to be - along with Cavafy, Seferis and Elytis - one of the most significant Greek poets of the last century. His life was, to say the least, troubled. From an early age, he was dogged by the tuberculosis...