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Her Book by Jo Shapcott
Category: Poetry & Plays | Series: Faber Poetry Ser.
A collection of poems selected from Jo Shapcott's three award winning books, 'Electroplating the Baby', 'Phrase Book' and 'My Life Asleep'. The verse showcases her politically acute and provocative imagination.
Hiddenness, Uncertainty, Surprise by Jane Hirshfield
Category: Gift | Series: Newcastle/Bloodaxe Poetry S.
In this innovative series of public lectures at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, leading contemporary poets speak about the craft and practice of poetry to audiences drawn from both the city and the university. The lectures are then published in book form by "Bloodaxe", giving readers everywhere t ...Show more
High Ground Coward by Alicia Mountain
Category: Gift | Series: Iowa Poetry Prize Ser.
Alicia Mountain's urgent and astonishing debut collection maps a new queer landscape through terrain alive and sensual, defiant and inviting. With a voice that beckons while it howls, Mountain nimbly traverses lyric, confessional, and narrative modes, leaving groundbreaking tracks for us to follow. High ...Show more
High Windows by Philip Larkin
Category: Poetry | Series: Faber Poetry Ser.
Larkin's final collection of poems shows, as does all his best work, his ability to adapt contemporary speech rhythms and everyday vocabulary to subtle metrical patterns and poetic forms. Many of the poems in the collection, which includes some of his best-known pieces ('The Old Fools', 'This Be the Ver ...Show more
High Windows by Philip Larkin
Category: Poetry | Series: Faber Poetry Ser.
Larkin's final collection of poems shows, as does all his best work, his ability to adapt contemporary speech rhythms and everyday vocabulary to subtle metrical patterns and poetic forms. Many of the poems in the collection, which includes some of his best-known pieces ("The Old Fools", "This Be the Ver ...Show more
Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of Poetry with a Beat by Nikki Giovanni
Category: Music | Series: Poetry Speaks Experience
NOW A "NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLER AND INCLUDED IN THE BOOKLIST TOP 10 ART BOOKS FOR YOUTH! Our consensus is Hip Hop Speaks to Children is the most essential poetry purchase to make this year. The poetry is enough. The illustrations are enough. The CD is enough. Together, this book is a treasure of which ...Show more
Human Chain by Seamus Heaney
Category: Poetry | Series: Faber Poetry Ser.
Seamus Heaney's new collection elicits continuities and solidarities, between husband and wife, child and parent, then and now, inside an intently remembered present - the stepping stones of the day, the weight and heft of what is passed from hand to hand, lifted and lowered. "Human Chain" also broaches ...Show more
Hush: A Fugue by Dominique Hecq
Category: Poetry | Series: UWAP Poetry Ser.
"Dominique Hecq writes through dulled topographies of mourning, avowing death is a "singular fear of finitude against a background of black light". Autobiographical, and sharply particular, Hush takes readers into an abyss where "grief is a caesura" and loss means "being hostage to a ghost". But this bo ...Show more
I'll Fly Away by Rudy Francisco
Category: No Category | Series: Button Poetry Ser.
Language so often fails us. In his highly anticipated follow up to Helium, Francisco has created his own words for the things we cannot give name to. English is the shiniest hammer I own, but it's also the only thing in my toolbox. Nolexi noun no-lex-i - \ nō-lek-si \ Definition of nolexi: 1: a word or ...Show more
John Dryden by John Dryden
Category: Poetry & Plays | Series: Poetry Classics Ser.
In 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 some of the greatest poets in history. John Dryden ( ...Show more
Keeper of the Ritual by Marque Shey
Category: Poetry | Series: UWAP Poetry Ser.
Shey Marque's debut full collection is wonderfully responsive to the complexity and sensuality of ocean, bush, animals, art and human relationships. The poems are always wryly intelligent, self-aware and carefully crafted, across an impressive variety of forms. She brings to this rich collection the for ...Show more
Layla (Persian Poetry) Midi Lined Hardback Journal (Elastic Band Closure) by Paperblanks
Category: Stationery | Series: Persian Poetry Ser.
This design pays tribute to an 18th-century binding that housed the Khamsa, a seminal work by Persian Sunni Muslim poet Nizami Ganjavi (c. 1141-1209). Featuring intricate floral detail, our Layla cover design beautifully mirrors the contents of the original volume. Considered the greatest romantic poet ...Show more