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The Poems of Exile: Tristia and the Black Sea Letters by Ovid 9780520242609
RRP: £30.00£23.29In the year A.D. 8, Emperor Augustus sentenced the elegant, brilliant, and sophisticated Roman poet Ovid to exile - permanently, as it turned out - at Tomis, modern Constantza, on the Romanian coast of the Black Sea. The real reason for the emperor's... -
The Charge of the Light Brigade and Other Poems by Lord Alfred Tennyson 9780486272825
RRP: £2.99£2.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486272825Author Alfred, Lord TennysonFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
The Defiant Muse: Vietnamese Feminist Poems from Antiquity to the Present by Nguyen thi Minh Ha
£37.52Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781558615502Author Nguyen Thi Minh HaFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Feminist Press at The City University of New YorkPublisher Feminist Press at The... -
William Wordsworth by William Wordsworth 9780571226788
RRP: £8.99£6.08In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their selection of verses and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their introductions, the selectors offer a passionate and accessible introduction to... -
The Road Between by Courtney Peppernell
RRP: £12.99£8.18The Road Between is poetry well-lived. Poetry for the soul that walks the fine line between losing yourself in the world and finding yourself again, often in the smallest of moments. Courtney Peppernell is the bestselling author of Pillow Thoughts, a... -
The Duck Who Didn't Like Water by Steve Small 9781471192340
RRP: £12.99£8.18'A wonderful, tender evocation of friendship and how its power can help you overcome your worst fears. A pure splash of joy.' The Daily MailShortlisted for Oscar's Book Prize 2022Duck is not like other ducks. Duck doesn't like water and is perfectly fine... -
The Georgics by Virgil
RRP: £12.99£9.09A eulogy to Italy as the temperate land of perpetual spring, and a celebration of the values of rustic piety, The Georgics is probably the supreme achievement of Latin poetry.About the AuthorVirgil (70-19BC) studied rhetoric and philosophy in Rome where... -
When I Grow Up I Want to be Mary Beard by Megan Beech 9781909136267
£8.48Megan has already caught attention with her infectious reeling wordplay, but, as is already evident in When I Grow Up I Want to be Mary Beard, she is quickly moving on into more complex writing. Megan is not afraid of speaking her mind and grappling with... -
Hand Over Mouth Music by Janette Ayachi 9781786942142
RRP: £10.99£10.02Winner of the Saltire Society Poetry Book of the Year 2019. Janette Ayachi's dazzling first collection moves between remembered and imagined spaces as she celebrates the world's variousness, and the energies and exhaustions of the body. Revelling in the... -
Selected Poetry by Hugh MacDiarmid 9781857547566
RRP: £14.95£10.74This selection explores the diversity of Hugh MacDiarmid's work, from delicate lyrics derived from the Scots ballad tradition to fierce polemic. "A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle" and "On a Raised Beach--"with a full glossary of its technical terms--are... -
Hiding to Nothing by Anita Pati
RRP: £10.99£10.02*Shortlisted for the Jhalak Prize 2023 ** Anita Pati's debut collection, *Hiding to Nothing, explores the destabilising effects of violence, particularly empire's aftermath, on a psyche. Threaded with internal dialogue, this multi-layered work witnesses... -
Poems About Birds by H. J. Massingham
RRP: £10.99£7.51Countless writers have been inspired by the beauty of birds - their colours, their easy flight, their lightness and softness, and the grace and whimsicality of their ways. Our literature, especially our poetry, is full of them. This annotated edition of... -
Mina Loy: Strangeness Is Inevitable by Jennifer R. Gross
RRP: £42.00£32.72A richly illustrated exploration of Mina Loy's art and writingsMina Loy (1882-1966) was one of the most iconoclastic figures in modernism. A groundbreaking poet, she also left an indelible mark in painting, drawing, prose, art criticism, and fashion... -
Harlem Shadows: Poems by Claude McKay
RRP: £12.99£8.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593242681Author Claude McKayFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Lips too Chilled by Matsuo Basho
RRP: £3.00£2.49'Nothing more lonely -' A selection of Basho's most magical haikuIntroducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world... -
Poems of Fernando Pessoa by Fernando Pessoa 9780872863422
RRP: £14.99£9.88"At last, at last, at last, Pessoa again! More Pessoa! One of the very great poets of the twentieth century, again and more! And one of the fascinating figures of all literature, with his manifold identities, his amazing audacities, his brilliance and... -
Pindar: v. 1 by Pindar
RRP: £24.95£23.39The preeminent lyric poet of ancient Greece.Of the Greek lyric poets, Pindar (ca. 518-438 BC) was "by far the greatest for the magnificence of his inspiration" in Quintilian's view; Horace judged him "sure to win Apollo's laurels." The esteem of the... -
Curriculum Vitae: A Volume of Autobiography by Muriel Spark 9781847771025
RRP: £12.99£8.94Muriel Spark in the autobiography traces how one of the great modern writers in English emerged. Beginning with luminous evocations of a 1920s childhood in Edinburgh and memories of school, taught by the original Miss Jean Brodie, Spark recalls her... -
Christmas Walk: Twelve Poems for Rosy Cheeks by Various Authors 9781913627140
RRP: £5.95£4.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913627140Author Various AuthorsFormat PaperbackPage Count 20Imprint Candlestick PressPublisher Candlestick Press -
I'm Rising: Determined. Confident. Powerful. by Michelle G Stradford 9780985552701
RRP: £12.79£9.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780985552701Author Michelle G StradfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 218Imprint Michelle G. StradfordPublisher Michelle G. StradfordWeight(grams)... -
Selected Poems by Stevie Smith
RRP: £12.99£9.09Stevie Smith was one of the few modern poets to reach a wide general audience. Bizarre, witty, sad, sometimes caustic, her poems impart a zest for life, and reveal her unique eye for the marvels of the ordinary and her deep sensibility to the paradoxical... -
Smart Devices: 52 Poems from The Guardian 'Poem of the Week' by Carol Rumens 9781784107796
RRP: £14.99£10.77A year of hand-picked poems and commentaries from the Guardian's 'Poem of the Week' blog. Carol Rumens has been contributing 'Poem of the Week' to the Guardian for more than a dozen years. Do the maths: that's more than 624 blogs! No wonder she has a... -
A Cuddle and a Cwtch by Sarah KilBride
RRP: £6.99£5.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912654659Author Sarah KilBrideFormat HardbackPage Count 48Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg LimitedDimensions(mm) 150mm * 150mm * 10mm -
Ballad of the White Horse by G. K. Chesterton 9780486475639
RRP: £6.49£5.36Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486475639Author G. K. ChestertonFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)... -
Soft Thorns by Bridgett Devoue 9781449496883
RRP: £9.99£6.41The poetry living within these pages tells stories of love, heartbreak, freedom, oppression, sexual assault, sexism, hope, and humanity. Our darkest times are where we grow the most, so in this book, i share mine, and together we learn how to heal.Soft... -
The Complete English Poems of John Skelton: Revised Edition by John Scattergood 9781846319488
RRP: £38.50£36.37John Scattergood's 'The Complete English Poems of John Skelton', originally published in 1983 and long out of print, was the leading academic edition with comprehensive notes. Students are currently limited to searching for Skelton's poems in anthologies... -
Little Bunny's Book of Friends by Steve Smallman 9781802580501
RRP: £6.99£5.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781802580501Author Steve SmallmanFormat HardbackPage Count 48Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg LimitedDimensions(mm) 150mm * 150mm * 10mm -
Irish Poems by Matthew Maguire
RRP: £12.00£8.44With its roots in the devotional verse of the early Christian church and the long lyric poems of the Irish bards, Irish poetry has a rich and robust tradition both of engagement and self-reflection. It has grappled long with politics and has provided the... -
In the Lateness of the World by Carolyn Forche
RRP: £10.99£7.40Carolyn Forche is one of America's most important contemporary poets - renowned as a 'poet of witness' - as well as an indefatigable human rights activist. Over four decades, she has crafted visionary work that has reinvigorated poetry's power to awaken... -
Have You Read George's Podcast? by George the Poet
RRP: £25.00£16.78'There's something special about it: the storytelling is unique, so exciting, so kinetic. Even though it's in your ears, you feel like you're walking along with George.' -- Candice Carty-Williams'Have You Read George's Podcast? is a collection of the... -
Changeling by Clare Pollard
RRP: £9.95£6.78Clare Pollard's fourth collection is steeped in folktale and ballads, and looks at the stories we tell about ourselves. From the Pendle witch-trials in 17th-century Lancashire to the gangs of modern-day east London, "Changeling" takes on our myths and... -
Egghead: Or, You Can't Survive on Ideas Alone by Bo Burnham 9781455519132
RRP: £17.99£11.02Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781455519132Author Bo BurnhamFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Grand Central PublishingPublisher Grand Central PublishingWeight(grams)... -
Aristophanes: Fragments by Jeffrey Henderson
RRP: £24.95£23.39The master of Old Comedy.The eleven plays by Aristophanes that have come down to us intact brilliantly illuminate the eventful period spanned by his forty-year career, beginning with the first production in 427 BC. But the Athenians knew much more of his... -
Beauty and Her Beast: Romantic Poetry by N R Hart 9780578616445
RRP: £14.99£12.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578616445Author N R HartFormat HardbackPage Count 146Imprint Monday Creek PublishingPublisher Monday Creek PublishingWeight(grams) 286gDimensions(mm)... -
Migritude by Shailja Patel 9781885030054
RRP: £13.99£9.26The U.S. debut of internationally acclaimed poet and performance artist Shailja Patel, Migritude is a tour-de-force hybrid text that confounds categories and conventions. Part poetic memoir, part political history, Migritude weaves together family... -
Farewell Performance: Collected Later Poems by Vernon Scannell 9781838465339
RRP: £9.99£6.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838465339Author Vernon ScannellFormat PaperbackPage Count 292Imprint Smokestack BooksPublisher Smokestack Books -
Rough Breathing: Selected Poems by Harry Gilonis 9781784103729
RRP: £16.99£12.08For over three decades Harry Gilonis's poetry has milled cheerfully in the literary avant-garde: Rough Breathing is the first substantial gathering of his poems. Most previously appeared in small-press publications or little magazines on both sides of... -
The Geez by Nii Ayikwei Parkes
RRP: £9.99£6.99This stunning new collection from Nii Ayikwei Parkes features poems which embrace play, love and the ephemeral such as water bodies, blood/heritage, history and gossip; and a healthy dose of music and popular culture. Concerned with the phase of life... -
The Masnavi I Ma'navi of Rumi by Maulana Jalalu-'d-Din Muhammad Rumi 9782357287136
RRP: £24.99£22.86Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782357287136Author Maulana Jalalu-'d-Din Muhammad RumiFormat HardbackPage Count 574Imprint Alicia EditionsPublisher Alicia EditionsWeight(grams)... -
Wait Till I'm Dead: Poems Uncollected by Allen Ginsberg
RRP: £10.99£7.77Rainy night on Union Square, full moon. Want more poems? Wait till I'm dead.Allen Ginsberg, August 8, 1990, 3:30 A.M.Allen Ginsberg wrote incessantly for more than fifty years, and many of the poems collected for the first time in this volume were...