Anthologies

An inspiring, accessible and powerful collection of words that matter.Published in a gorgeous hardback edition, with a stunning neon and foil-stamped cover, ribbon marker, and beautifully designed insides, Writes of Passage is the perfect gift for every...

Windharp: Niall MacMonagle's essential anthology of the last century of Irish poetryThe Easter Rising of 1916 was a foundational moment of the independent Irish state; but while that insurrection continues to divide opinion, there is no disagreement as...

An incredible collection of verse by women poets writing in Persian, many translated into English for the first timeFrom Iran and India, to Afghanistan and Uzbekistan, from princesses and entertainers to anonymous wives and daughters, The Mirror of My...

Within the pages of Allie Esiri's gorgeous poetry collection, A Poem for Every Summer Day, you will find verse that will transport you to striking summer scenes and inspire adventure.The poems are selected from Allie Esiri's bestselling poetry...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621387237Author R H BlythFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Angelico PressPublisher Angelico PressWeight(grams) 540gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 24mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907598715Author Various AuthorsFormat PaperbackPage Count 20Imprint Candlestick PressPublisher Candlestick Press

One hundred of the most evocative modern poems on joy, selected by an award-winning contemporary poet"Bursting with energy and surprising locutions. . . . Even the most familiar poets seem somehow new within the context of Joy."-David Skeel, Wall Street...

Frank O'Hara (1926-66) is among the most delightful and radical poets of the twentieth century. He is celebrated for his apparently unpremeditated poems, autobiographical and immediate ('any time, any place'). This is not the whole O'Hara: he may have...

'A revelation' Sunday Times, Books of the Year 2018The first Penguin anthology of Japanese haiku, in vivid new translations by Adam L. Kern. Now a global poetry, the haiku was originally a Japanese verse form that flourished from the sixteenth to...

Offering indispensable inspiration for wedding readings, this gorgeous compilation of writing on love and marriage is also the perfect gift for couples and wedding guests alike.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound,...

''A sonnet is a moment's monument,'' said Dante Gabriel Rossetti in a sonnet about sonnets. The sonnets in this collection - whether they capture moments of perception, recognition, despair or celebration - reveal how great an amount of feeling, insight...

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This selection of the earliest poems in English comprises works from an age in which verse was not written down, but recited aloud and remembered. Heroic poems celebrate courage, loyalty and strength, in excerpts from Beowulf and in The Battle of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781570625336Author Mevlana Jalaluddin RumiFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)...

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

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914602047Author Various Keats etc.Format HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Chiltern PublishingPublisher Chiltern Publishing

The perfect Christmas gift for any food or poetry lover, this scrumptious illustrated hardback contains over 50 poems about every type of food imaginable. Food is the one thing that unites us all - across time, nations and peoples. From chocolate,...

Maggie, Bill, Sarah and Barry first read together at a Roundabout Nights event which took place at a Colony exhibition at The Halpern Gallery in October 2018. This reading was a huge success and the four poets agreed to read together again. In 2023, as...

Written from the ninth to the twentieth century, these poems represent the peak of Islamic Mystical writing, from Rabia Basri to Mian Mohammad Baksh. Reflecting both private devotional love and the attempt to attain union with God and become absorbed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907598418Author Lorraine MarinerFormat PaperbackPage Count 15Imprint Candlestick PressPublisher Candlestick PressDimensions(mm) 210mm * 137mm * 3mm

'A wonderful book - an invigorating revelation ... An essential collection of prose poems from across the globe, by old masters and new, reveals the form's astonishing range' Kate Kellaway, Observer'A superb anthology . . . it is hard to know how it...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907598852Author Various AuthorsFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Candlestick PressPublisher Candlestick Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060951696Author Jane HirshfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

This two-volume anthology celebrates four centuries of English poetry, from the Elizabethan era to the present day. This, the second of the two volumes, covers poets from Blake to Heaney, and provides an excellent portrayal of a wide variety of...

PICKED FOR WORLD BOOK NIGHT 2020THE PERFECT READ TO CALM YOUR MIND IN TIMES OF STRESS**** As recommended by RED magazine ****'Dreamy' STYLIST'Calm and restore an anxious mind before sleep... the most beautiful book that will, without a doubt, put you in...

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,...

In 2008 the level of poets of colour published by major presses was less than 1%. By 2020 it was over 20%. The Complete Works Poetry – an initiative spearheaded by Booker Prize winner Bernardine Evaristo – played a significant role in this change...

A great age of poetry speaks for itself in Christopher Ricks's celebrated anthology: the variety and power of Victorian verse, the innovation and creativity with which poets resisted the bad propensities of the era through which they lived. The great...

Could there be a more pleasant way to spend a warm afternoon than lazing under a tree reading poetry inspired by these shade-giving wonders of the world? Trees have sparked some of the biggest literary imaginations over the ages and - as the climate...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780874519181Author Deborah De NicolaFormat PaperbackPage Count 354Imprint University Press of New EnglandPublisher University Press of New England

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907598753Author Hamish WhyteFormat PaperbackPage Count 20Imprint Candlestick PressPublisher Candlestick Press

A child's life should be full of poems, rhymes and songs, and Poems of Childhood is a celebration of that. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library, a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold-foiled edges and ribbon markers. These...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907598739Author Deborah AlmaFormat PaperbackPage Count 20Imprint Candlestick PressPublisher Candlestick Press

Staying Alive, Being Alive and Being Human have introduced many thousands of new readers to contemporary poetry, and have helped poetry lovers to discover the little known riches of world poetry. Each anthology in the Staying Alive series has 500...

"Wow! What a book! The tradition of women's writing that flows out of the work of Symborska and Anna Swir--the way this mighty tradition turns in the hands of a younger generation from the traumatic history of their country to a poetics of everyday life,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910251928Author Keith PayneFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Dedalus PressPublisher Dedalus PressWeight(grams) 252g

Great poetry 'finds its way to the hearts of many, not just the minds of the few', and this delightful collection is the ideal way to browse, remember and enjoy some of poetry's greatest hits.The new hardback edition of the first poetry anthology from...

An immersive collection of poetry to open your world, curated by the host of Poetry UnboundThis inspiring collection, edited by Padraig O Tuama, presents fifty poems about what it means to be alive in the world today. Each poem is paired with Padraig's...

To find solace from grief, we have always turned to the written word. With poetry and prose spanning continents, religions and cultures, this moving anthology examines loss, celebrates lives well lived and offers words of consolation.Part of the...

A key anthology for students of English literature, Metaphysical Poetry is a collection whose unique philosophical insights are some of the crowning achievements of Renaissance verse, edited with an introduction and notes by Colin Burrow in Penguin...