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Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head by Warsan Shire
RRP: £12.99£9.09*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 FELIX DENNIS PRIZE FOR BEST FIRST COLLECTION*** AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4**'Warsan Shire is an extraordinarily gifted poet whose profoundly moving poems so powerfully give voice to the unspoken' Bernardine Evaristo'Vital, moving... -
Tear-In by Coulter Jacobs 9781539357957
RRP: £10.00£7.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781539357957Author Coulter JacobsFormat PaperbackPage Count 40Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent... -
Four Quartets by T. S. Eliot
RRP: £10.99£7.32Four Quartets is the culminating achievement of T.S. Eliot's career as a poet. While containing some of the most musical and unforgettable passages in twentieth-century poetry, its four parts, 'Burnt Norton', 'East Coker', 'The Dry Salvages' and 'Little... -
The Forward Book of Poetry 2024 by Various Poets 9780571383344
RRP: £9.99£6.70This is poetry for our times. The Forward Book of Poetry is the indispensable annual guide to contemporary poetry. In bringing together the best new work published in the UK and Ireland, as chosen by the jury of the annual Forward Prizes, this anthology... -
The Collected Poems by Robert Frost
RRP: £12.99£9.09A wonderful collection of Robert Frost's writingNo poet is more emblematically American than Robert Frost. Hailed as 'the most eminent, the most distinguished Anglo-American poet' by T.S. Eliot, he is the only writer in history to have been awarded four... -
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
RRP: £23.00£17.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781626860988Author William ShakespearePage Count 1392Imprint Canterbury ClassicsPublisher Canterbury ClassicsWeight(grams) 1826gDimensions(mm) 235mm * 159mm... -
the princess saves herself in this one by Amanda Lovelace 9781449486419
RRP: £9.99£6.41Winner of the 2016 Goodreads Choice Award, the princess saves herself in this one is a collection of poetry about resilience. It is about writing your own ending. From Amanda Lovelace, a poetry collection in four parts: the princess, the damsel, the... -
The Iliad by Homer 9780140447941
RRP: £9.99£7.11'The first great book, and the first great book about the suffering and loss of war' GuardianOne of the foremost achievements in Western literature, Homer's Iliad tells the story of the darkest episode in the Trojan War. At its centre is Achilles, the... -
Seasons of Sacred Lust by Kazuko Shiraishi 9780811206785
RRP: £9.99£8.00Seasons of Sacred Lust is Kazuko Shiraishi's challenge to the conventions of Japanese erotic poetry. Born in Vancouver, Canada, Shiraishi was taken to Japan by her family just prior to World War II, and her first poetry (written at age seventeen,... -
Heroes: The myths of the Ancient Greek heroes retold by Stephen Fry
RRP: £10.99£8.43IMAGINE SANDALS ON YOUR FEET, A SWORD IN YOUR HAND, HOT SUN BEATING DOWN ON YOUR BRONZE HELMET. ENTER THE WORLD OF STEPHEN FRY'S SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, HEROES'An odyssey through Greek mythology. Brilliant . . . all hail Stephen Fry' Daily... -
English Romantic Verse by David Wright
RRP: £12.99£9.09English Romantic poetry from its beginnings and its flowering to the first signs of its decadence. Nearly all the famous pieces de resistance will be found here - 'Intimations of Immortality', 'The Ancient Mariner', 'The Tyger', excerpts from 'Don Juan'... -
Dylan Thomas Omnibus: Under Milk Wood, Poems, Stories and Broadcasts by Dylan Thomas
RRP: £10.99£4.11All Dylan Thomas' major works gathered together and featuring a bold new livery in celebration of the Dylan Thomas centenary.A rich collection of Dylan Thomas' best-loved poems and stories, such as PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG DOG, and pieces he... -
Grade 9-1 GCSE Poetry Anthology Power and Conflict AQA Revision Guide (with free flashcard download) (Collins GCSE 9-1 Revision) by Collins GCSE 9780008112554
RRP: £5.99£5.10Exam Board: AQA Level: GCSE Grade 9-1 Subject: English Suitable for the 2024 exams Complete coverage of... -
Selected Poems by Gwendolyn Brooks 9780060882969
RRP: £15.99£9.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060882969Author Gwendolyn BrooksFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 132gDimensions(mm)... -
One Hundred Favourite Poems: Poems for all occasions, chosen by Classic FM listeners by Classic FM
RRP: £10.99£6.47This delightful anthology is a timeless collection of poems chosen by Classic FM listeners. With humorous limericks, romantic sonnets, traditional and modern classics, this book is a true refelction of the greatest and best-loved verse. Discover poems... -
The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches by Matsuo Basho
RRP: £8.99£6.45'It was with aweThat I beheldFresh leaves, green leaves,Bright in the sun'When the Japanese haiku master Basho composed The Narrow Road to the Deep North, he was an ardent student of Zen Buddhism, setting off on a series of travels designed to strip away... -
The Selected Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson 9781853264191
RRP: £4.99£3.46With an Introduction by Emma Hartnoll.Initially a vivacious, outgoing person, Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) progressively withdrew into a reclusive existence. An undiscovered genius during her lifetime, only seven out of her total of 1,775 poems were... -
The Wrong Person to Ask by Marjorie Lotfi 9781780376394
RRP: £10.99£7.40Winner of the James Berry Poetry Prize. Marjorie Lotfi's award-winning debut collection is a book of two halves, each a meditation on the idea of home, both the places we start and end up in our lives. Spanning a childhood in Iran dislocated by... -
Mythos Illustrated by Stephen Fry 9781405955102
RRP: £35.00£26.93THIS HANDSOME ILLUSTRATED HARDBACK OF STEPHEN FRY'S BRILLIANT BESTSELLING RETELLING OF THE ANCIENT GREEK MYTHS MAKES THE PERFECT GIFT FOR CURIOUS MINDS . . .No one loves and quarrels, desires and deceives as boldly or brilliantly as Greek gods and... -
Theogony and Works and Days by Hesiod
RRP: £7.99£5.79Hesiod, who lived in Boetia in the late eighth century BC, is one of the oldest known, and possibly the oldest of Greek poets. His Theogony contains a systematic genealogy of the gods from the beginning of the world and an account of the struggles of the... -
Selected Poems: Donne by John Donne
RRP: £9.99£7.11Showcasing the creative power of one of the most outstanding English Metaphysical Poets, the Penguin Classics edition of John Donne's Selected Poems includes an introduction and notes by Ilona Bell.Regarded by many as the greatest of the Metaphysical... -
the witch doesn't burn in this one by Amanda Lovelace 9781449489427
RRP: £9.99£6.412016 Goodreads Choice Award-winning poet Amanda Lovelace returns in the witch doesn't burn in this one - the bold second book in her "women are some kind of magic" series. The witch: supernaturally powerful, inscrutably independent, and... -
Gerard Manley Hopkins: The Major Works by Gerard Manley Hopkins
RRP: £9.99£7.11This authoritative edition was originally published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode. It brings together all Hopkins's poetry and a generous selection of his prose writings to give the essence of his... -
Book of Longing by Leonard Cohen
RRP: £10.99£7.77Book of Longing is Leonard Cohen's astonishing new collection of poems, the first since Book of Mercy was published nearly three decades ago.Leonard Cohen made his name as a poet before he came to worldwide attention as a singer and songwriter. Book of... -
The Collected Poems of Elizabeth Barrett Browning by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
RRP: £4.99£3.46With an Introduction and Notes by Dr Sally Minogue Elizabeth Barrett Browning was such an acclaimed poet in her own lifetime that she was suggested as a candidate for the Poet Laureateship when Wordsworth died in 1850. Yet today we have only a... -
100 Poems by Seamus Heaney 9780571347155
RRP: £18.99£12.83Seamus Heaney had the idea to form a personal selection of poems from across the entire arc of his writing life, small yet comprehensive enough to serve as an introduction for all comers. He never managed to do this himself, and no other edition exists... -
Rainer Maria Rilke The Book of Hours: A Version by Robert Saxton by Robert Saxton
RRP: £11.99£8.43Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913201227Author Robert SaxtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The High Window PressPublisher The High Window Press -
Yapping Away: Poems by Joshua Seigal by Joshua Seigal
RRP: £7.99£5.46WINNER OF THE LAUGH OUT LOUD AWARDS AND THE PEOPLE'S BOOK PRIZE Joshua Seigal, winner of the 2020 and 2023 Laugh Out Loud Book Awards (the only UK prize for funny children's books voted for entirely by children), brings his raucous humour, creativity... -
The Classic Tradition of Haiku: An Anthology by Faubion Bowers
RRP: £3.99£2.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486292748Author Faubion BowersFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Tastes of Sunlight: Haiku for the Seasons by Mary McCormack 9780998172033
RRP: £8.20£7.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998172033Author Mary McCormackFormat PaperbackPage Count 84Imprint Mary McCormackPublisher Mary McCormackWeight(grams) 104g -
Blossomise by Simon Armitage 9780571388417
RRP: £10.00£6.71Simon Armitage, Poet Laureate, brings new perspectives and energy to a timeless poetic subject.Blossomise celebrates the ecstatic arrival of spring blossom just as it acknowledges, too, its melancholy disappearance. Full of spirited leaps of imagination... -
You Are Only Just Beginning: Lessons for the Journey Ahead by Morgan Harper Nichols
RRP: £12.99£8.48Sometimes it's difficult to take that first step into your future and embrace the unknown. This illustrated collection of poetry and essays empowers you to embrace your next adventure with confidence and grace, drawing on invaluable lessons from nature... -
The Man With Night Sweats Thom Gunn 9780571392612
RRP: £12.99£8.56With an illuminating new preface by Colm Tóibín, here is Thom Gunn's extraordinary memorial to love, life and death in the time of the AIDS crisisThe Man With Night Sweats, originally published in 1992, sees Thom Gunn writing at the height of his powers... -
People Who Like Meatballs by Selima Hill
RRP: £9.95£6.78"People Who Like Meatballs" brings together two contrasting poem sequences about rejection by 'this brilliant lyricist of human darkness' (Fiona Sampson). The title-sequence, "People Who Like Meatballs", is about a man's humiliation by a woman. Into my... -
Horse Music by Matthew Sweeney
RRP: £9.95£6.78Matthew Sweeney's tenth collection of poems is as sinister as its dark forebears, but the notes he hits in "Horse Music" are lyrical and touching as well as disturbing and disquieting. Confronting him in these imaginative riffs are not just the... -
Clever Backbone by John Agard
RRP: £10.99£7.40John Agard has been broadening the canvas of British poetry for the past 40 years with his mischievous, satirical fables. In "Clever Backbone", the Guyanese-born word magician plays havoc with biology and makes a monkey out of Darwinian evolution - on... -
Being you: Poems of positivity by Daniel Thompson
RRP: £9.99£6.64Powerful poems for positive thinking! 2023 City Kids Green Awards Winner This collection of 50 poems will inspire confidence and courage, help children to overcome worries and spread kindness. ... -
Selected Poetry of John Clare by John Clare
RRP: £14.99£9.80This is the first selection of the great Romantic 'peasant poet' John Clare to make available the full range of his accomplishment - as the chronicler of nature and childhood, the champion of folkways in the face of enclosure and oppression, the love... -
These Are the Words by Nikita Gill
RRP: £7.99£5.79From international poetry sensation Nikita Gill comes her highly anticipated YA debut These Are the Words: an empowering, feminist and beautifully illustrated poetry collection exploring all the things Nikita wished someone had told her when she was... -
Finn and Hengest by J. R. R. Tolkien
RRP: £9.99£7.26Tolkien's famous translations and lectures on the story of two fifth-century heroes in northern Europe. Professor J.R.R.Tolkien is most widely known as the author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, but he was also a distinguished scholar...