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Wrong Norma is Anne Carson's first book of original material in eight years'Effortlessly readable and - a word critics don't often use about her - fun' DAILY TELEGRAPH'I'm a big fan... She pinpoints the collision of oracle and anachronism' TEJU COLEAs...

The poems in Book of Mercy brim with praise, despair, anger, doubt and trust. Speaking from the heart of the modern world, yet in tones that resonate with an older devotional tradition, these verses give voice to our deepest, most powerful intuitions...

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Book 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...

This anthology contains a cross-section covering his career, including such legendary songs as 'Suzanne', 'Sisters of Mercy', 'Bird on the Wire', 'Famous Blue Raincoat' and 'I'm Your Man' and searingly memorable poems from many collections including...

A hardcover gift edition of Milk and Honey, the #1 New York Times bestselling poetry and prose collection by Rupi Kaur, which has sold over 3 million copies worldwide. Milk and Honey is a collection of poetry and prose about survival. About the...

Notable TikTok creator Michaela Angemeer explores connecting with your inner child, loving the worst parts of yourself, coming out as bisexual, and focusing on self-growth in this highly anticipated poetry collection.Please Love Me at My Worst is a...

Available for the first time, #1 New York Times bestselling author, Rupi Kaur, presents a gorgeous boxed set of her books milk and honey and the sun and her flowers. Global sensation and internationally renowned author - rupi kaur's milk and honey...

In this extraordinary epic poem, Anne Carson bridges the gap between classicism and the modern, poetry and prose, with a volcanic journey into the soul of a winged red monster named Geryon. There is a strong mixture of whimsy and sadness in Geryon's...

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)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375708428Author Anne CarsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 201mm *...

While famous for his celebrated novel, Under the Volcano, Malcolm Lowry always considered himself a poet. First published in 1962 and long out of print, Selected Poems of Malcolm Lowry is the only comprehensive selection of his poetry to be published,...

LONGLISTED FOR THE PAT LOWTHER MEMORIAL AWARDFrom the author of The Baudelaire Fractal, a poetry classic, with new work In 2004, boldly original poet Lisa Robertson published a chapbook, Rousseau's Boat, poems culled from years of...

With A Year of Last Things, acclaimed novelist Michael Ondaatje returns to poetry, looking back on a life of displacement and discovery'My life always stops for a new book by him' JHUMPA LAHIRI, author of The Namesake'Timeless... Remarkable,...

'A source of uncompromising elemental warmth' Ali SmithBy turns moving, playful and wise, the poems gathered in Dearly are about absences and endings, ageing and retrospection, but also about gifts and renewals. They explore bodies and minds in flux, as...

In a stunningly original mix of poetry, drama, and narrative, Anne Carson brings the red-winged Geryon from Autobiography of Red, now called 'G', into manhood, and through the complex labyrinths of the modern age. We join him as he travels with his...

Sunrise in the Eyes of the Snowman, the latest collection by Bosnian expat Goran Simic, is as much a departure as it is a continuance. In this book, we find the world-renowned poet visiting familiar themes in fresh ways.Book InformationISBN...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781943735204Author Sabrina BenaimFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Button PoetryPublisher Button Poetry

First published in 1956 when he was twenty-two years old, Let Us Compare Mythologies is Leonard Cohen's first collection of poetry. It is an accomplished and passionate collection which demonstrates Cohen's remarkably assured voice, even as a young man...

how to write about flowers without the nauseating sentimental phraseology? No quaint, no dainty, no winsome. This smells good, that smells bad, my hands rank with manure. This at least is pure. What is a plant in language? Something like a 'morose...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781524890292Author Jessie ReyezFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Andrews McMeel PublishingPublisher Andrews McMeel PublishingWeight(grams) 116g

'Fans of Anne Carson, rejoice!... Carson's depth of knowledge about Greek mythology coupled with her poetic sensibility and illustrations is sure to breathe new life into this oft-told story.' Lit HubH of H Playbook is an explosion of thought, in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780888395443Author Chief Dan GeorgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,CanadaPublisher Hancock House Publishers Ltd...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780888395450Author Robert ServiceFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,CanadaPublisher Hancock House Publishers Ltd...

Typography meets poetry at a Pink Floyd laser-light show In Surface Tension, poetry is liquefied. Flowing away from meaning, letters and words gather and pool into puddles of poetry; street signs and logos reflected in the oily sheen of polluted...

An immense achievement, comprising a decades-long career - new and collected poetry from one of Canada's most honoured and significant poetsSpanning almost four decades, Dionne Brand's poetry has given rise to whole new grammars and vocabularies. With a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780888393425Author Robert ServiceFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,CanadaPublisher Hancock House Publishers Ltd...

The World Is a Heartbreaker inaugurates a new subgenre: imposter poetry. This collection is a set of 1600 pseudohaikus, bite-sized chunks of poetic goodness shotgunned at the distracted masses. What's a pseudohaiku? It's the poetry of pure indulgence, a...

In Motel of the Opposable Thumbs, Stuart Ross continues to ignore trends in Canadian poetry, and further follow the journey he began over four decades ago with his discoveries of the works of Stephen Crane, E. E. Cummings, Nelson Ball, Ron Padgett,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780771004674Author Eva H.D.Format PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint McClelland & Stewart Inc.Publisher McClelland & Stewart Inc.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781732054912Author Ullie KowcunFormat PaperbackPage Count 338Imprint Savage Owl PressPublisher Savage Owl PressWeight(grams) 494gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Two decades ago a critic characterised Marius Kociejowski as a poet `whose imagination prowls the geographical boundaries of western culture'. He has a Polish name, was born in Canada, and lives in London where he collects other exiles, listens to their...

When it first appeared in 1971, Margaret Atwood's Power Politics startled readers with its vital dance of woman and man. It still startles today, and is just as iconoclastic as ever. These poems occupy all at once the intimate, the political, and the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780771048692Author Canisia LubrinFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint McClelland & Stewart Inc.Publisher McClelland & Stewart Inc.

Extra Illicit Sonnets chronicles a love affair between a man and a woman of different complexions, cultures, continents, and generations, Sonia Fuentes of Andorra and Luca Xifona of Canada. She is Spanish in heritage; and he is Maltese. She is a Boomer...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780771057854Author Don McKayFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint McClelland & Stewart Inc.Publisher McClelland & Stewart Inc.

Based on the rider-waite-smith tarot cards, this book dives into the world of tarot through delicate and illuminating poetry that stirs the soul.Inside this book, you will find 78 poems, one for each card in the Major and Minor Arcana-all a poetic...

Apologies 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)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781478000204Author Dionne BrandFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Duke University PressPublisher Duke University PressWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm)...

'Wry, sharp-eyed and uncompromising, The Caiplie Caves is the most ambitious collection yet from an essential poet.' The Telegraph'Karen Solie should be read wherever English is spoken'. - Michael Hofmann, LRB The Canadian Karen Solie is rapidly...