Poetry Books

Follow the journey of a girl breaking the chains that are keeping her true self prisoner, that is shattering mirrors not reflecting what's inside, that wants to scream in order to be heard. Follow the journey of a girl refusing to drown in the storm...

Poems by Gabrielle is a book of poems for women of all ages. It's an expression of love, pain, happiness and the trials of life. It will inspire every woman that reads it to reach their goals and chase their dreams.

"I cut myself on some words today Jagged, jutting out of a memory The tips were filthy And very sharp Dirty pasts flowing in me now Creating new, infected, blood cells But it shouldn't hurt this bad..."-"Filthy Words"

A generous new selection from the only poet to have won the prestigious Forward Prize twice

Elena Georgiou's debut collection of poems unveils the story of a vigorous soul's journey in and out of love. Whether her speaker is buying lunch at a falafel stand or bumping into the ghost of Marvin Gaye in the supermarket, Georgiou's zesty clarity...

In his first book of Satires, written in the late, violent days of the Roman republic, Horace exposes satiric speech as a tool of power and domination. Using critical theories from classics, speech act theory, and others, Catherine Schlegel argues that...

In combining evidence from art and poetry, Graham Zanker examines how people viewed and experienced art and how they constructed mental images, asking what one can tell us about the other. Taking the period from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC...

Comic books, beatnik kitsch, and all that jazz.

Ovid's Art of Love (Ars Amatoria) and its sequel Remedies for Love (Remedia Amoris) are among the most notorious poems of the ancient world. In AD 8, the emperor Augustus exiled Ovid to the shores of the Black Sea for "a poem and a mistake." Whatever the...

Winner of the 2002 Brittingham Prize in Poetry, this collection explores the gestures of hurtfulness and compassion. Whether set in a shelter for battered women, in the midst of a political demonstration, or at the centre of an orchestra, the poems...

This collection of essays on ethnic and sexual identity revolves around the persona that the author calls Ono Ono Girl. Challenging assumptions about genre and gender and acting out the notion that language is a function of the body, these essays are...

From the spewing smokestacks of corporate culture run amok to charting the course of an oncoming dusk, the poems in Mr. Bluebird bring eco-poetry and urban pastoral to exciting new places. Mr. Bluebird, the second collection of poetry from award-winning...

A collection of poems which reveal the inner workings of the human psyche and show us that sometimes the best defense against terror is making mischief.

Harold Scheub has conducted many investigations into nonverbal aspects of storytelling. In this work, he searches out what makes a story artistically engaging and emotionally evocative, the metaphorical centre that Scheub calls the poem in the story.

Winner of the 2014 Brittingham Prize in Poetry, selected by Naomi Shihab NyeThe word tyrant carries negative connotations, but in this new collection, Joanne Diaz tries to understand what makes tyranny so compelling, even seductive. These dynamic, funny,...

This striking book introduces English-speaking audiences to a full range of poetry by Asher Reich, one of Israel's most celebrated contemporary poets, paired with evocative drawings by renowned Israeli artist Michael Kovner. Yair Mazor provides readers...

"Bird Skin Coat "is brimming with startling moments of beauty found within a rusty and decayed landscape. With wild lyrical images of ascent and descent--doves and dives, sparrows and slugs, attics and cellars--this collection reflects Sorby's keen eye...

From traditional verses by Christina Rossetti and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow to modern classics by Carol Ann Duffy, Steve Turner and Benjamin Zephaniah, this dazzling anthology of Christmas poems will delight children and adults of all ages.All the...

Vivere davvero il tempo significa possedere la magica capacità di avvertirne il respiro, di sentirselo dentro vivo, palpitante in ognuno dei momenti del suo cammino dentro lo spazio complicato della vita. La quadridimensionalità, di cui - come tutti gli...

Browsing for books? Check. Thinking about coffee? Check. Thinking about chemo? Ah.When cancer comes knocking, life is turned on its head. Change is inevitable; but hope - hope is constant. This is a book of just that. Hope.If you are supporting someone...

...Ciò che più colpisce di Laura Pingiori è l'idea che l'amore, fonte ispiratrice della sua poetica, sia al tempo stesso tutto - condizione fondamentale del vivere - e in tutto- l'essenza stessa del mondo. L'intera sua raccolta rappresentata in queste...

Je vis avec Pierre Lepère depuis de longues années et j'ai assisté à la naissance des poèmes de ""L'Oiseleur"". Cinq années de patience, de doutes mais aussi de bonheur d'écrire.J'ai été sa première lectrice et ces vers si pudiques, si musicaux, qui ne...

This collection is the second instalment in the Diary of a Small Island Girl series.Through prose and poetry, these deeply personal entries take you on a journey of love, loss, forgiveness and transcendence.The passages contained in this book may well be...

This volume is the same as the Collected Poems of Val Kirkham (my performance name) pub. 2008 except that it has been brought up to date with the addition of poems written since that date. It is a collection of poetry written out of life experience. My...

A book of reflective poetry by John Mansell. "Quiet Afternoons with Mnemosyne and Friends" is a collection of poems, written over a number of years.

Continued book of thoughts for those who like to reflect on this life of ours?

Words Never Said' is the second book from Nicole Reid, exploring an emotional rollercoaster of words that have never been uttered, examining motherhood, to loss of a relationship and finding new love. Nicole draws on her personal experience and...

In his latest collection, Paul Judges has brought together a delightful mix of contemporary haiku poetry and original colour images, which are a subtle combination of simplicity and natural beauty with clear hints at something deeper.

Plus qu'un livre  : une gourmandise à déguster au coin du feu, les jours de pluie. Une friandise, à savourer avec délice, quand vous n'aurez rien de plus important à faire que de respirer le silence des heures claires et laisser venir à vous le goût de...

The Celtic Princess of Vix, whose burial chamber was discovered at Vix, a small village close to Châtillon-sur-Seine in Burgundy, was crippled due to injuries sustained in childbirth. This sequence dramatizes poetic identification with the female, Iron...