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The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot
Category: Poetry | Series: Faber Poetry Ser.
Famous for juxtaposing Eastern cultures with Western literary references, The Waste Land has been celebrated for its eloquence, depth of meaning, and numerous subtleties. Rich with allusions to the religious texts of Hinduism and Buddhism, ancient literature, and Eliot's own life, the poem continues to ...Show more
The Waste Land and Other Poems by T S Eliot
Category: Poetry | Series: Faber Poetry Ser.
April is the cruellest month, breedingLilacs out of the dead land, mixingMemory and desire, stirringDull roots with spring rain . . . Published in 1922, The Waste Land was the most revolutionary poem of its time, offering a devastating vision of modern civilisation which has lost none of its power as w ...Show more
The Wordsworth Book of First World War Poetry by Marcus Clapham
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Wordsworth Poetry Library
The First World War was one of seemingly endless and unremitting waste and sacrifice. 'Who will remember, passing through this Gate, The unheroic Dead who fed the guns?' was Siegfried Sassoon's anguished cry for those whose sacrifice seemed futile. Yet eighty years later it is because of Sassoon and his ...Show more
The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson by Alfred Tennyson
Category: Classic | Series: Wordsworth Poetry Library
Although Tennyson (1809-1892) has often been characterised as an austere, bearded patriarch and laureate of the Victorian age, his poems speak clearly to the imagination of the late 20th century. His mastery of rhyme, metre, imagery and mood communicate their dark, sensuous and sometimes morbid messages ...Show more
The Works of Banjo Paterson by A.B. Paterson
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Poetry Library
Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson may fairly be regarded as Australia's national poet. 'Waltzing Matilda', 'Clancy of the Overflow' and 'The Man from the Snowy River' still strike a chord in the hearts of Australians wherever they may be, evoking, as they do, the rough life and values of the outback. The a ...Show more
The Works of Edward Thomas by Edward Thomas
Category: Gift | Series: Wordsworth Poetry Library
This collection contains all the poetry that Thomas produced in a burst of activity between 1914 and his death in the Battle of Arras in 1917. It includes the famous poems, "Adlestrop", "A Cat", "The Owl", "The Glory" and "Old Man".
The Works of John Donne by John Donne
Category: Classic | Series: Wordsworth Poetry Library
Edited with an Introduction, Chronology, Notes, Bibliography and Glossary by Roy Booth, Royal Holloway College, University of London. John Donne (1572-1631) is a poet of concerted emotional and intellectual force, whose strenuously original approach to the subject matter, diction and form of verse re-ma ...Show more
The World Last Night by M.T.C. Cronin
Category: Poetry | Series: UQP Poetry Series
An exciting new collection from one of Australia's most daring poets. The world tomorrow is haunted only by what doesn't happen now. A new volume from Cronin is much-anticipated and The World Last Night is rich, polished and delightful. It has a confidence and grace about it and moves from wit to whimsy ...Show more
There Once Was a Limerick Anthology: Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear, Mark Twain, Carolyn Wells, Woodrow Wilson and Others by Michael Croland (Editor)
Category: Poetry | Series: Dover Thrift Editions: Poetry Ser.
Humor buffs and poetry lovers will laugh out loud with this captivating collection of more than 350 limericks. A limerick is a five-line rhyming poem with a bouncy rhythm, and common varieties include geographical and bawdy limericks as well as tongue twisters and creative misspellings. Limerick legends ...Show more
This Rare Spirit - A Life of Charlotte Mew by Julia Copus
Category: Biography | Series: Faber Poetry Ser.
The first comprehensive biography of this undervalued writer, who was considered 'far and away the best living woman poet' in her day. The British poet Charlotte Mew (1869-1928) was regarded as one of the best poets of her age by fellow writers, including Virginia Woolf, Siegfried Sasson, Walter de la ...Show more
Three Poems by Hannah Sullivan
Category: Poetry | Series: Faber Poetry Ser.
Shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize 2018One of Bustle's 12 Most Anticipated Poetry Collections for 2018Hannah Sullivan's debut collection is a revelation - three long poems of fresh ambition, intensity, and substance. Though each poem stands apart, their inventive and looping encounters make for a comp ...Show more
Throat by Ellen van Neerven
Category: Poetry | Series: UQP Poetry Ser.
not in Aus, matebad things don't happen here our beaches are open they are not places where bloodied mattresses burn 'Throat' is the explosive second poetry collection from award-winning Mununjali Yugambeh writer Ellen van Neerven. Exploring love, language and land, van Neerven flexes their distinctive ...Show more