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Ten Years in an Open Necked Shirt by John Cooper Clarke
RRP: €10.70€7.68'Yes, it was be there or be square as, clad in the slum chic of the hipster, he issued the slang anthems of the zip age in the desperate esperanto of the bop. John Cooper Clarke: the name behind the hairstyle, the words walk in the grooves hacking... -
Selected Poems: Rossetti by Christina G. Rossetti
RRP: €11.89€8.46This new selection of Rossetti's poems brings together works by one of the most significant nineteenth-century English poets. It includes an illuminating introduction, a chronology of Rossetti's life and works, and explanatory notes.About the... -
Selected Poetry by Hugh MacDiarmid 9781857547566
RRP: €17.79€12.78This 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... -
The Carrying: Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry by Ada Limon
RRP: €13.08€8.81WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR POETRY 2019Ada Limon is a poet of ecstatic revelation . . . a book of deep wisdom and urgent vulnerability' Tracy K. Smith, Guardian'Vulnerable, tender, acute . . . The Carrying is a gift' Natasha... -
The Iliad by Homer 9780140275360
RRP: €20.22€15.09One of the greatest epics in Western literature, THE ILIAD recounts the story of the Trojan wars. This timeless poem still vividly conveys the horror and heroism of men and gods battling amidst devastation and destruction, as it moves to its tragic... -
Dylan Thomas Omnibus: Under Milk Wood, Poems, Stories and Broadcasts by Dylan Thomas
RRP: €13.08€4.89All 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... -
Shakespeare's Sonnets by William Shakespeare
RRP: €8.32€6.10'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?Thou art more lovelyand more temperate . . .'Shakespeare's 154 sonnets contain some of the most exquisite and haunting poetry ever written, dealing with eternal themes such as love and infidelity, memory and... -
Selected Poems by Rumi
RRP: €13.08€9.25The essential poems of the inspirational thirteenth-century Persian philosopher, scholar and mysticThe founder of the order of the Whirling Dervishes, Rumi was also a poet of transcendental power. His verse speaks with the universal voice of the human... -
Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings by Abolqasem Ferdowsi
RRP: €29.75€21.44Dick Davis, "our pre-eminent translator from the Persian" (Washington Post) has revised and expanded his highly-praised translation of Ferdowsi's masterpiece, including more than 100 pages of newly translated text. Davis's elegant combination of prose... -
Metamorphoses by Ovid 9780199537372
RRP: €10.70€7.68The theme of the Metamorphoses is change and transformation, as illustrated in Graeco-Roman myth and legend. On this ostensibly unifying thread Ovid strings together a vast and kaleidoscopic sequence of brilliant narratives, in which the often... -
100 Poems by Seamus Heaney
RRP: €15.46€9.90Seamus Heaney had the idea to form a personal selection from across the entire arc of his poetry, small yet comprehensive enough to serve as an introduction for all comers. He never managed to do this in his lifetime, and no edition exists which has such... -
Birthday Letters by Ted Hughes
RRP: €15.46€10.19Ted Hughes's Birthday Letters are addressed, with just two exceptions, to Sylvia Plath, the American poet to whom he was married. They were written over a period of more than twenty-five years, the first a few years after her suicide in 1963, and... -
Selected Poems of Sylvia Plath by Sylvia Plath
RRP: €15.46€10.19Sylvia Plath is one of the defining voices in twentieth-century poetry. This classic selection of her work, made by her former husband Ted Hughes, provides the perfect introduction to this most influential of poets. The poems are taken from Sylvia... -
Jason and the Golden Fleece (The Argonautica) by Apollonius of Rhodes
RRP: €10.70€7.68The Argonautica is the dramatic story of Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece and his relations with the dangerous Colchian princess, Medea. The only extant Greek epic poem to bridge the gap between Homer and late antiquity, it is a major product of the... -
I cannot be good until you say it by Sanah Ahsan 9781526665867
RRP: €11.89€8.18The much-anticipated debut collection by the winner of the Outspoken Performance Poetry Prize: a tender meditation on queerness and Islam 'Dissolving whatever boundaries would wall us off from love, Ahsan finds a way to let it all be holy' Victoria... -
The Complete Poems and Plays of T. S. Eliot by T. S. Eliot
RRP: €23.80€16.49Poet, dramatist, critic and editor, T. S. Eliot was one of the defining figures of twentieth-century poetry. This edition of The Complete Poems and Plays, published for the first time in paperback, includes all of his verse and work for the stage, from... -
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam by Edward FitzGerald
RRP: €9.51€6.89'The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a line Nor all thy tears wash out a word of it.' In the 'rubaiyat' (short epigrammatic poems) of the medieval Persian poet,... -
The Complete Poems of D.H. Lawrence by D. H. Lawrence 9781853264177
RRP: €5.94€4.12With an Introduction and Notes by David Ellis, University of Kent at Canterbury. Lawrence's reputation as a novelist has often meant that his achievements in poetry have failed to receive the recognition they deserve. This edition brings together, in a... -
The Whitsun Weddings by Philip Larkin
RRP: €13.08€8.71Philip Larkin (1922-1985) remains England's best-loved poet - a writer matchlessly capable of evoking his native land and of touching all readers from the most sophisticated intellectual to the proverbial common reader. The late John Betjeman observed... -
Four Quartets by T. S. Eliot
RRP: €13.08€8.71Four 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... -
Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe (Barnes & Noble Collectible Classics: Omnibus Edition) by Edgar Allan Poe 9781435154469
RRP: €47.60€33.02Edgar Allan Poe is credited with having pioneered the short story, having perfected the tale of psychological horror, and having revolutionised modern poetics. The entirety of Poe's body of imaginative work encompasses detective tales, satires, fables,... -
The Way Back Home by Courtney Peppernell
RRP: €14.27€9.03When a dark storm settled upon the earth, you lost many things-your hope, your strength, yourself. One day, in the middle of the darkness, you meet a spirit, washed from the ocean onto the shore. The spirit hands you a key. It is time to find the way... -
The Cat Prince: & Other Poems by Michael Pedersen
RRP: €15.46€8.94WINNER of the 2023 Books Are My Bag Readers Award for Best Poetry Collection'Pedersen bends words like no-one else. There's a naughtiness, an innocence and surprising vulnerability in this collection. It's poetry to intoxicate. Just sublime.' Juno Dawson... -
The Aeneid by Virgil 9780140449327
RRP: €13.08€9.25'The most truthful translation ever, conveying as many nuances and whispers as are possible from the original' The TimesAfter a century of civil strife in Rome and Italy, Virgil wrote the Aeneid to honour the emperor Augustus by praising his legendary... -
Self-Portrait as Othello by Jason Allen-Paisant
RRP: €15.46€10.64Winner of the Forward Prize for Best Collection 2023. Winner of the T.S. Eliot Prize 2023. Longlisted for the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature 2024. Shortlisted for the Writers' Prize 2024. The Poetry Book Society Spring Choice 2023. A... -
Love That Moves the Sun and Other Stars by Dante Alighieri
RRP: €3.57€2.96'Happiness beyond all words! A life of peace and love, entire and whole!'A collection of cantos from Paradiso, the most original and experimental part of the Divina Commedia.One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to... -
Selected Poems by Dylan Thomas
RRP: €10.70€6.49An ideal introduction to the poetry of one of this country's finest ever poets and featuring a bold new livery in celebration of the Dylan Thomas centenary.This collection features perhaps Dylan Thomas' best-known poem, 'Fern Hill' - a profoundly... -
the princess saves herself in this one by Amanda Lovelace 9781449486419
RRP: €11.89€7.63Winner 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 Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
RRP: €13.08€8.94Thought-provoking, comforting and wise, the simple truths of The Prophet remain compelling and rewarding to this day.Complete & Unabridged. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold... -
Sylvia Plath Poems Chosen by Carol Ann Duffy by Sylvia Plath
RRP: €13.08€8.71Sylvia Plath was one of the defining voices of the twentieth century, and one of the most appealing: few other poets have introduced as many new readers to poetry. The poems in this fresh and inviting edition were chosen by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy... -
New Selected Poems 1966-1987 by Seamus Heaney
RRP: €17.84€11.66This volume contains a selection of work from each of Seamus Heaney's published books of poetry up to and including the Whitbread prize-winning collection, The Haw Lantern (1987).'His is 'close-up' poetry - close up to thought, to the world, to the... -
The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches by Matsuo Basho
RRP: €10.70€7.68'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... -
Beowulf by Seamus Heaney
RRP: €15.46€10.19Composed towards the end of the first millennium, the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf is one of the great Northern epics and a classic of European literature. In his new translation, Seamus Heaney has produced a work which is both true, line by line, to the... -
Faust: A Tragedy In Two Parts with The Urfaust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 9781840221152
RRP: €5.94€4.12Translated, with an Introduction and Notes by John R. Williams. Goethe's Faust is a classic of European literature. Based on the fable of the man who traded his soul for superhuman powers and knowledge, it became the life's work of Germany's greatest... -
The Collected Poems by Robert Frost
RRP: €15.46€10.82A 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 War Poems Of Wilfred Owen by Wilfred Owen
RRP: €13.08€9.25The complete and definitive edition of poems from the greatest poet of WW1, Wilfred Owen2018 marks a hundred years since the end of the First World War. Owen's death in battle, a few days before the Armistice, was a disastrous loss to English letters and... -
The Selected Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson 9781853264191
RRP: €5.94€4.12With 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... -
He He Used Thought as a Wife: An Anthology of Poems & conversations (From Inside) by Tim Key
RRP: €20.22€17.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916222649Author Tim KeyFormat PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint "Utter" & PressPublisher "Utter" & PressWeight(grams) 129g -
The Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas: The Centenary Edition by Dylan Thomas
RRP: €20.22€14.21Like Shakespeare and Joyce before him, Dylan Thomas expanded our sense of what the English language can do. Rhythmically forceful yet subtly musical and full of memorable lines, his poems are anthology favourites; his 'play for voices' Under Milk Wood a... -
I Would Leave Me If I Could: A Collection of Poetry by Halsey
RRP: €20.22€13.66Grammy Award-nominated, platinum-selling musician Halsey is heralded as one of the most compelling voices of her generation. In I Would Leave Me If I Could, she reveals never-before-seen poetry of longing, love, and the nuances of bipolar disorder. In...